Creamy Banana Spinach Smoothie

I absolutely love starting my day with a green smoothie! I feel like I'm starting my day on the right foot. When I'm not making my spinach mango smoothie, I love to make this banana version!

Because I'm using frozen fruits and veggies, it's a really good breakfast smoothie since I usually have everything on hand already!

Also, you might be thinking - a spinach smoothie, ew?? I promise it doesn't taste like spinach, and this is coming from someone who isn't a big spinach fan! The banana and the nut butter mask any spinach taste, and instead, it just tastes subtly sweet.

Just a Few Simple Ingredients

• Milk: I'm using almond milk here but feel free to use regular whole milk, soy milk, cashew milk, oat milk or any other non-dairy milk. You can also sub it for water if you prefer.
• Bananas: I prefer to add frozen bananas to my smoothies instead of a fresh banana! It makes the smoothie a lot thicker. What I do is when I have a bunch of ripe bananas at home, I peel them and cut them in half, then place them in a freezer safe bag.
• Nut Butter: use whatever nut butter you have on hand - peanut butter, almond butter or cashew butter!
• Spinach: I'm using frozen spinach here but you can sub it out for fresh baby spinach if you prefer or that's what you have on hand.

Step 1: Place all of the ingredients in a blender.

Step 2: Blend until smooth and enjoy! If you're finding the smoothie isn't as smooth as you would like, you can add some more milk and blend again.

Making the Perfect, Thick Smoothie

I find this smoothie to be naturally thick, but if I want to make it extra thick, I like to add frozen cauliflower rice! I promise you cannot taste the cauliflower at all. You can also add Greek yogurt to make it thicker and creamier.

Using a high-speed blender will help blend up the frozen banana and spinach, giving you a creamy smoothie.