Power up your day with this delicious and simple green smoothie with hidden veggies! It's the ultimate sweet, creamy and tasty drink -- even the kids will love it! Requiring only five simple ingredients, this healthy banana spinach smoothie recipe makes such a quick and easy breakfast or snack! {no sugar added, gluten-free & vegan-friendly}
Place all of the ingredients in a blender. Blend until smooth and creamy.
Serve immediately or store in fridge for later use. You may wish to blend it again before serving.
Notes
For the best taste, use a really overripe frozen banana (the brown spotty kind) as that will lend the best flavour. If the banana is not ripe enough, the smoothie will have a very strong banana flavour and won’t be as sweet.
The more spinach you add, the greener the smoothie will be. I tend to add quite a bit of spinach in to pack in lots of extra goodness, but you can add less if preferred. The great thing about spinach is that it has a fairly neutral taste so you can’t really taste it in the smoothie.
You can typically find frozen riced cauliflower in the frozen vegetable section in most grocery stores. If you can’t find it, you can use frozen cauliflower florets instead; just be sure to blend it really well so there are no chunks of cauliflower floating around.
I recommend using a high power blender (we love our Ninja) if you have one to help break down the frozen fruit and veggies. If you don't have a high power blender, you may wish to add the frozen ingredients in increments so that you don't burn out your blender, or add in a bit more milk to make it easier to blend.
If you’re not a fan of peanut butter, you can leave it out and replace it with hemp hearts or chia seeds instead to get some extra healthy fats.