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This Tropical Green Smoothie uses tender spinach leaves, plain non-fat greek yogurt, and frozen fruit for a naturally sweet smoothie that’s great for breakfast or a snack!

I was provided with a Blendtec blender to review and use to create this post. All opinions and text are 100% mine.

This Tropical Green Smoothie uses tender spinach leaves, plain non-fat greek yogurt, and frozen fruit for a naturally sweet smoothie that's great for breakfast or a snack!

If you follow me on instagram, then you know that I received my dream blender in the mail at the end of last month! Once that box was opened and the Blendtec cleaned, I haven’t been able to stop creating recipes since!

This week, you are going to get 4 recipes that I have made with my Blendtec Designer 675 and Twister Jar! Today’s recipe is a smoothie because, well, I have a smoothie every morning for breakfast, and now I can use A LOT more frozen fruit for a Jamba Juice type of texture! That’s the way smoothies ought to be!

This Tropical Green Smoothie uses tender spinach leaves, plain non-fat greek yogurt, and frozen fruit for a naturally sweet smoothie that's great for breakfast or a snack!

This Tropical Green Smoothie uses tender spinach leaves, plain non-fat greek yogurt, and frozen fruit for a naturally sweet smoothie that’s great for breakfast or a snack!

When you load your blender, you will want to add the liquids first; in this case I used water. You don’t need juice to sweeten this smoothie, the fruits do that. Then add the softer ingredients; in this case yogurt and spinach. Lastly, add the frozen or whole ingredients. This just helps things blend the best. Stick the lid on and blend. If you have a Blendtec, simply hit the smoothie button and 40 seconds later you will have this…

This Tropical Green Smoothie uses tender spinach leaves, plain non-fat greek yogurt, and frozen fruit for a naturally sweet smoothie that's great for breakfast or a snack!

A super smooth, green smoothie with no spinach chunks hiding in there! This is a drink both of my children fight over!

This Tropical Green Smoothie uses tender spinach leaves, plain non-fat greek yogurt, and frozen fruit for a naturally sweet smoothie that's great for breakfast or a snack!

And they know it has spinach in it, but they guzzle it up anyway! We have a hard time getting our greens in, but if we can drink them, it’s much easier! Grab the recipe below.

This Tropical Green Smoothie uses tender spinach leaves, plain non-fat greek yogurt, and frozen fruit for a naturally sweet smoothie that's great for breakfast or a snack!

Tropical Green Smoothie

Ingredients

  • 4 oz (1/2 cup) cold water
  • 1/4 cup non-fat plain greek yogurt
  • 1 generous handful of spinach (about 1 cup, packed)
  • 1 cup frozen mango chunks
  • 1 cup frozen pineapple chunks
  • 1 frozen banana

Instructions

  1. Load ingredients into the Wildside+ Jar in the order listed above. Securely place lid on top.
  2. Press the smoothie button and blend away (medium-high for 40 seconds).
  3. Pour smoothie into a cup, add a straw, and enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 1
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
author: Amber Brady /
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This Tropical Green Smoothie uses tender spinach leaves, plain non-fat greek yogurt, and frozen fruit for a naturally sweet smoothie that's great for breakfast or a snack!