Breakfast · 5 min

Green Machine Smoothie

Banana does the heavy lifting here, with spinach rounding it out. A breakfast that takes 5 minutes, start to finish. Each serving lands at 350 calories with 12g of protein, so it eats like a much heavier meal. Simple enough for a Tuesday, good enough to serve to guests — that is the whole idea.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 1 Banana
• 2 cups Spinach
• 2 tbsp Almond butter
• 1 cup Almond milk
• 1 tbsp Ground flax

Steps

1. Add the liquid first: pour 1 cup of almond milk into the blender. Liquids on the bottom help the blades catch everything.
2. Add 2 cups of spinach, 1 banana broken into 3 or 4 chunks, 2 tablespoons of almond butter, and 1 tablespoon of ground flax.
3. Lock the lid on and blend on high for 60 seconds, until the mixture looks completely smooth with no green flecks.
4. Stop and check: if you see unblended spinach on the sides, scrape it down with a spatula and blend 15 seconds more.
5. Taste it. If the banana was not very ripe, add a drizzle of honey and pulse once more to mix.
6. Pour over a glass of ice and drink right away — smoothies separate if they sit, so give it a stir if it waits more than a few minutes.

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