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Made this smoothie today it and came out perfectly! The consistency is super smooth and I love the ginger POP! Super yum!
Emily
It’s humble, I know. But sometimes humble and practical is the best. Which is very true in this case.
I’ve tried many green smoothies, and this is the combination I always come back to.
- Peaches
- Mangoes
- Kale
- Almond milk
Add ginger if you like spice, cinnamon if you like to your fresh smoothies to feel cozy. Honey if you’re not opposed to a little natural sweetener, which, personally, I am not. ♡
How To Make Our Green Smoothie:
I have two favorite things about this green smoothie.
First: the taste and texture are literally the best. It’s smooth and creamy – not icy like a slushie and not runny like a juice. Just a perfectly perfect, creamy, satisfying smoothie.
Second: the moment I remember I had this for breakfast (usually sometime around lunch) and feel so good about myself for already getting so many fruits and veggies in AND IT’S NOT EVEN LUNCH YET. This is a good moment.
Third (bonus, just thought of it right now): you can easily prep it ahead of time with all your other meal prep stuff. Just pack your mango, peaches, kale, and ginger into a bag and freeze it up. When you’re ready to blend, add your liquid of choice and get after it.
One ginger consideration:
I usually use a ginger paste (the kind that you can buy in the tube in the produce section) but I recently realized that sadly it is made with sugar. Sad. No wonder I like it so much. It’s got a full 1 gram of sugar in less than a teaspoon, so since I’m doing the whole Sugar Free January thing and trying to recalibrate my palette away from super-sweet things, lately I have been making it with a hunk of fresh (peeled) ginger. And that seems to work just fine as well. The one thing to consider is that when it’s frozen, it is rock solid, so depending on what kind of blender you have you might want to just let everything sit out for a while before giving it a whirl.
I’m telling ya. This one is the best.
Thank you, frozen fruit and creamy almond milk and spicy ginger and powerhouse kale, for being so lovely together.
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The Best Green Smoothie
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1-2 1x
Description
The best basic, smooth, creamy green smoothie. So easy – just blend peaches, mango, kale, almond milk, and ginger. Honey or cinnamon if you want, too! ♡
Ingredients
- 1 cup frozen mango chunks
- 1/2 cup frozen peach slices
- a handful of kale (stems removed) or spinach
- 1–2 cups almond milk
- 1/2 inch slice of fresh ginger
- sprinkle of cinnamon
- honey to taste
Instructions
- Blend until smooth!
- Enjoy!
Notes
Add more or less almond milk to make this more like a smoothie vs. more like a juice. You can also use water instead of almond milk if you prefer. Coconut water is also nice although it has a bit more natural sugar. Sometimes I find adding a tiny pinch of salt helps the flavor a little bit. This works best with frozen fruit so you get a nice smooth and creamy texture. Protein powder would be a great addition. I’ve also added coconut oil and/or cashews for an extra fat/protein boost. You will get the best results with a high-speed blender, like the Vitamix or the Blendtec. We use both (one at home, one at the studio) and I don’t really have a preference between them. They’re both great. For a good blender that doesn’t cost quite so much, the Ninja brand is pretty good, too. Drink this right after you blend it. You can keep it for later, but be sure shake it up. I don’t recommend drinking it more than 24 hours after you make it.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: best green smoothie, green smoothie recipe, healthy green smoothie
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I’ve been making this smoothie regularly and it’s honestly my favorite! I use a vita mix and it blends everything perfectly smoothly. The kick of ginger and cinnamon add so much flavor, I would never have thought to add them myself! Thanks for the great recipe!
Love this recipe. I do not have a powerful blender so I grated the frozen ginger and that worked great. I added some protein powder and I found I wasn’t chasing my hunger all day.
Great job Lindsay, this green smoothie recipe is just wow 🤩
I finally found a green smoothie recipe that I like! Used non fat milk since I’m allergic to nuts and the ginger paste since that’s what I had on hand. I added a bit of water to thin it a bit but it was great! Going to see if my picky eater son will give it a try!
This sounds delicious. I have a question about the kale. If everything is being whizzed up in the blender, why do we need to remove the kale stems? It’s not just this recipe. I notice it in lots of different recipes by other chefs too. Just curious. Are the stems bitter? I’m lazy so I’d love to just leave them on but don’t want to ruin the flavor.
This is my favorite green smoothie I’ve tried. So yummy!! I prefer it without the cinnamon and I use unsweetened vanilla almond milk. A tip on the ginger.. I buy organic ginger at Costco and freeze it. When I need it for smoothies I just use a micro plane zester and grate it in the blender. Perfect for smoothies (or any fresh ginger recipe) and no worries about it all getting blended when frozen. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe.. it’s a keeper in our house!!
Glad you enjoyed it, Terri!
This smoothie sounds delicious, but 35 grams of sugar??
As a borderline diabetic, I watch my sugar intake.
Made this smoothie today it and came out perfectly! The consistency is super smooth and I love the ginger POP! Super yum!
So happy to hear this, Emily!
I have used this recipe a few times.
Great recommendation
Hi,
I make a smoothie each day so I’m always looking for different recipes. I enjoyed your best green smoothie receipt
I provided a link to your recipe in my blog. I hope you don’t mind
https://healthjim.com/who-is-the-winner-super-greens-versus-multivitamins/
I’m eighty-four am trying to stop loss of muscle, not a big meat and needs greens and protein. This tastes good and I like that you took the time to make good suggestions in your Notes. Thanks…I hadn’t found a green drink that tasted good to me.
So happy to hear you enjoyed the smoothie, Marcia!
Love this inspo! I do pineapple instead of peaches, and typically add some plain yogurt and/or collagen powder for some protein and staying powder!
Sounds delicious, Ashley! 🙂
i’m not sure what it is but whenever i make this smoothie it tastes like sadness. i love green smoothies and often experiment different ingredients on my own, and i love all of the ingredients in this recipe so i’ve tried it multiple times with different variations and the original and it never tastes good. i always end up having to add a tsp of white sugar to break the bitterness which just makes it feel unhealthy. ive tried it adding sliced apples, spinach instead of kale, more honey, less peaches, more mango, sweetened almond milk, etc. any suggestions would be appreciated!
This amazing homemade green smoothie recipe sounds just awesome for such hot days like this summer. Thanks for sharing your amazing recipe book.
Glad you enjoyed the smoothie!
The most favorite one! This is yummy and superb. I take the green smoothie every morning before going to the office. This looks so healthy with Mango and Almond milk. Have to taste it.
It’s looking sooo healthy!
Why dont you just make it w the kale stems left in it, thats where most the nutrients are.
I make smoothies every morning. kale, knudsen mega-green (more greens!) and solgar whey – it’s very low sugar (1gr) and high protein frozen fruit is a must. i keep them and re-zhuzz them in the blender for 2 days easily. costco makes an organic vanilla-tinged almond milk that has no added sugar. also, i use no-sugar added coconut water to thin it out.
I prefer it without honey.
Quite some time ago I swore off green smoothies forever. But this one is trying to seduce me. If I make it I’ll have to make something else for my husband because nothing will seduce him into trying another one. 🙂
Great recipe, will try but not with mangos or ginger. I’ll add bananas, strawberry, carrot and maybe pineapples.???? I may add some honey too
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This looks delicious. I would add a scoop of the Collagen Protein Powder to it too!
That’s a great idea!
I am trying *very hard to eat healthy so I decided to start doing smoothies in the morning. So I love this one! Funny story, I reach 7th grade and they saw me drinking it and a girl says “why is it green? Is there KALE in there?” And I said yes and all 20 kids went ewwwww simultaneously lol