My Favorite Green Smoothie

I trust Dana to make a spinach-forward but still delicious smoothie. Thanks for sharing!

Delish! I substituted soy milk for increased protein, added a tablespoon of combined flax, chia, hemp, and used a tablespoon of PB2 powder instead of peanut butter. Perfect!

I’m not a smoothie person but found this recipe while searching for ways to incorporate more greens in my diet. Blown away by how yummy it is! Thank you!

I make a non vegan version with collagen and subbing the almond milk for 2% milk.

I haven’t historically been a smoothie person, but this is so tasty and you don’t even notice the spinach. Thanks for the great smoothie – it’s my favorite too!

I love this recipe! It has been on repeat all week.

Fantastic smoothie! This is going in my rotation. Great way to use up a big bag of greens!

Thank you so much for this recipe! I used unsweetened flaxseed milk instead of almond milk for extra protein. Turned out great :)!

I love this smoothie! So easy to make. Sometimes for a little extra protein I add a scoop of vanilla flavored vegetarian protein powder, but otherwise I leave it as is. Thanks for consistently great recipes :)

The absolute best green smoothie I’ve ever made and I have tried quite a few. Wow! It’s so simple to make. And keeps me full all morning! This is my go to morning smoothie!!

Oh my god. I typically hate smoothies, but had some leftover spinach that I needed to use up and I was tired of always making spinach dal with it, so I decided to give smoothies another try and came across this gem of a recipe. This is hands down the best smoothie I’ve ever had in my life – thank you so much for posting this recipe, it’s a game changer.

I googled green banana smoothie and this came up! Yay! It was absolutely fantastic and will be my go-to way to get greens into my breakfast. I look forward to trying your other recipes. Thanks for sharing!

Best smoothie I’ve ever made! Thank you! I’ve always screwed up my smoothies by adding too much ice or water and it separated. I followed this exactly and it was perfect!

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This smoothie is delicious and very satisfying. Thank you for such a great recipe!

Tried it this morning while I’m in between vegan meal powders. I subbed Sunflower butter for the peanut butter and still delicious! Thank you for all the yummy recipes!

So delicious!!! Subbed vanilla yogurt & water for the almond milk. My whole family loved it.

I rarely leave reviews, but I was really surprised at how good this smoothie was! I went vegan about a year ago and have since been on a fruitless search for smoothies that actually taste good. I am lured by rave reviews to recipes that always leave me disappointed. Many are just bland, some are even disgusting (to me), and almost all of them just taste like bananas. Which is okay if I want a banana smoothie, but when bananas are included not as the main ingredient but as a sweetener/thickener, they just overpower everything else. I generally have good luck with your other recipes, however, so I decided to try your “Favorite Green Smoothie” and — I actually LIKE this one! :D I don’t know why – the ingredient list looks similar to all the other (disappointing) ones, but this one was perfectly balanced, fruity and sweet, with a tiny hit of salty PB – and the bananas did not intrude, but blended quietly into the background. It didn’t come out green – more like purple with tiny flecks of green, which was pretty. My kids liked it, I liked it, and I’m eager to try your other smoothie recipes. Thank you! :)))

This has became my favorite smoothie! It’s delicious and nutritious and is my go to when I’m craving something sweet. I do add Keifer to it for some probiotics and more protein. I drink it almost every day.

I love making this smoothie on days I want that signature banana strawberry almond butter flavor! This recipie never fails, and I think it’s consistently the best tasting one time after time.

Came here for a recipe, got a post full of advertising. Bah.
Never know what can click without going to third parts.
Shame ?

Delicious – my new favorite

I make green smoothies all the time and this is probably my favorite recipe. My son loved it and I love that’s it’s not overly sweet

Such a great recipe! I always try to come up with a good smoothie recipe but I can never get the proportions right, but these are perfect. The fruits I had on hand weren’t frozen, so I added a few ice cubes instead. Also, I used almond butter in place of peanut butter. Thanks for sharing this recipe…I can’t wait to make it again!

So good!!!! You cannot taste the spinach at ALL which makes it extra satisfying to cram as much of it as I can into this yummies smoothie!

This is the most delicious green smoothie! I loved it! Perfect way to start my morning with some greens and fruit. I used mostly frozen ingredients (banana + mixed berries) so I had to add a little bit more almond milk to prevent a sloshy morning slushy- but it was amazziiinnng. A new favorite for my morning smoothies.

Sub the PB for a couple tablespoons of nuts. I use almonds because I keep them for snacks. Makes if les peanut buttery. Also my favorite smoothie ingredient is OATS. They also had e a nutty flavor as to mask greens. However, oats are not overwhelming, very affordable, and lend a fantastic texture. Hope that helps the peanut butter haters

I just made this smoothie for the first time and am excited to make it more often. My blender isn’t the world’s best which made the spinach was a little chunky (that’s on me, not the recipe). I didn’t have frozen bananas, so I cut the banana first and popped it in the freezer on parchment paper while I readied the other ingredients.

Best smoothie ever! I use Power Greens from Costco (baby spinach chard and kale combo).

Omg, so latley I’ve tried different green smoothies for my 19 month old and myself! Every recipe stated kids loved them. My son liked them only because I had to overdo the fruit side of every recipe I found…bllaa today I came across this recipe and WOW! I used the almond milk, frozen wild blueberry,frozen banana, few raspberries, few BlackBerry, Super green protein powder, fresh kale,spinach,baby bok choy,chard, I also put in flax seeds,chia seeds,hemp seeds, I used skippy creamy penut butter “didnt have natural”. THIS WAS AND IS AMAZING!! Thank you so much I now have a good recipe for both of us!♡

21 year old avid smoothie maker (nearly 4 years now). This was the first green smoothie I ever made! I’ve made it many times and love how nutritious and tasty this is! It’s not too sweet and has a nutty taste. It’s like a peanut butter banana smoothie. Also, freezing the spinach can disguise its taste even more. Definitely have your banana frozen in coins (takes ~2 hours) to have a nice ice cream texture ❤️

This smoothie is SO GOOD! I absolutely hate eating greens–I wish I liked them but I just don’t. I’ve tried a lot of smoothie recipes, and most of them are too high in sugar for my taste. So I gave this recipe a try, not expecting too much, and OMG–it really does taste like a peanut butter and banana milkshake. I used all blueberries instead of mixed, and I wanted to up the protein so I used unsweetened soy milk instead of almond. So, so good. I will definitely be making this often.

I was very skeptical, but this is GOOD! I added bee pollen and prebiotic powder – everything else was the same and I’m shocked at how good it is! Thanks for sharing!

Have to say the combo of PB and Spinach is not very appetizing, my daughter spit it out. I am struggling through it so as to not waste it

I have never made a green smoothie that I like…or really any smoothie at all. But this is it. I switched the spinach with kale and it still hits.

Made this today.. I swapped the berries for a green apple and it was bright green and delicious ?

As I’m drinking it I thought maybe I should leave a comment:)
Such a good green smoothie!!! I’ve been making it in the past 2 weeks on the daily basis and I don’t get sick of it :)

We really enjoyed this smoothie but it was definitely brown and nowhere near green for us. Not sure why as we followed the recipe exactly. Anyway, the taste was great! I love peanut butter so it being the strongest taste didn’t bother me at all. We added in some chia seeds after mixing too. I might just put a lid on it when I drink it so I don’t have to look at the color, haha!

I love the site overall! We get a lot of our vegan recipes from here!

Pretty good basic smoothie. I added nearly half an avo and it made it extra creamy.my 3 yr old loved it too

I have tried several green smoothies and I really like this one! I didn’t have mixed berries so I used blueberries and mango for the fruit. I agree with another commenter that the pb is the strongest flavor that comes out but I love pb so no problem here. This is my first time to visit your site, I look forward to finding more yummy recipes.

This smoothie didn’t taste bad, but I didn’t love the taste either. I was in a green smoothie fad a few years back, where I used a very similar recipe and ate it every day for several months, which eventually led to me completely disliking green smoothies. Likewise, I haven’t had much success in finding another smoothie recipe that I adore, which balances taste, isn’t too sweet or not sweet enough, and is nutritious. In terms of “hiding the taste of the spinach”, this one does it very well, but peanut butter is the defining flavour for this recipe. As I’m not a huge fan of peanut butter, but I’m not convinced that other nut butters would mask the taste as well. However, if you absolutely adore peanut butter and wish for a nutrition-packed smoothie, then this is the recipe for you.

This is my FAVORITE green smoothie! I’ve had so many green smoothies where “You can’t taste the greens!” and I always do lol. The spinach in this recipe is totally masked by the banana and peanut butter though, and it tastes amazing! I used oat milk in lieu of almond milk, and Sunflower seed butter instead of peanut butter because I have a peanut allergy, and 2 Tbs of hemp seeds because I didn’t have flax. Delicious!

My first green smoothie – and I’m hooked! Super good, and the nutritional makeup is pretty great. My body loves this as a “first meal of the day” thing.

Daily consumption of this smoothie has dramatically increased my “milk” consumption, so I am now making my own oatmilk, too… way less $$!

Thanks for the article and recipe. Inspiring find!

I didn’t have all the ingredients on hand so I substituted kale for the spinach and had to use part coconut milk and part light vanilla almond milk. It was delicious! I used frozen blueberries and blackberries and it turned out a lovely shade of purple!

This was DELICIOUS! I was so surprised at how good it was and loaded with nutrients—this is my new favorite smoothie recipe!

Success! I’ve only made green smoothies with orange juice or water, never almond milk, so this was a first and a welcome change. Every recipe I’ve tried here, from your one-bowl chocolate cake to your lentil pulled “pork” sandwich has been a great hit for my vegetarian/vegan side of the family. I’ve also turned a friend of mine onto your website, as she makes the transition to a plant-based diet due to a recent (and scary) heart attack. Thank you so much!

I decided to try in this smoothie just as the recipe said. And mostly because you asked us to LOL. I was a little skeptical but it was delicious! I’m so glad I tried it, this will definitely be on a regular rotation now. I was really afraid that the peanut butter would be odd tasting in it but oh how wrong I was. Looks like I’ll be looking into your other recipes now as well. Thank you

I just made this with a banana, spinach, Elmhurst unsweetened almond milk, peanut butter, 5.3oz Daiya blueberry yogurt alternative, and a heaping tsp of brownie batter dessert hummus (please note: I consume and use products that do not contain animal products or palm oil).

I have to say, my shake turned out to be very creamy and yummy with a perfect consistency. Yummy!

Made this for breakfast this morning! I only had my favourite dairy-free milk (Rebel Kitchen semi-skimmed – tastes exactly like regular milk if this is something you’re looking for!) but everything else was the same. So yummy! Will make again!

Mmmmmm so good! I used milk instead of almond milk, and chia seeds instead of flax seeds, all blueberries instead of mixed berries – although slightly different, very similar to this recipe. Thank you for the fantastic recipe!!!

I made this and it is delicious! I used unsweetened, plain almond milk and added a bit of romaine too! Mine however was not quite as nice of a color as yours! Mine looks like mud! Lol

This smoothie was a 10/10! I intermittent fast and this is the perfect smoothie to break my fast. The sweet(not too) and salty was a winner! Enough spinach(60 grams) to IMO validate calling it a green smoothie. Yummy! Going to be a go to for me!

I love this smoothie so much! I have been drinking it daily for a month or so. I make it just as you have in the recipe, but use wild frozen blueberries instead of mixed berries. For an extra special zing I add the zest of one orange and it is AMAZING! Thank you!

Why do PB and Berries work so well? It’s really quite bizarre to me… So good!

This is the first green smoothie I’ve liked! I love fruit smoothies but love veggies and want to eat more of them, however every other green smoothie I’ve tried has had a weird texture. I honestly couldn’t taste the spinach (no bs) and it was almost more like a MILKSHAKE than a healthy green smoothie- also love that it doesn’t have fruit juice or added sugar! I’m going to try without the berries for variation, with cacoa powder or more peanut butter for flavour. Thank you so much Xx

Found you on the Internet and your green smoothie recipe seemed the “least” weird (and I had all the ingredients!) It was very good, almost great, but it needed something to make it “bright.” That something was salt, I bet. I had grabbed unsalted almond butter instead of salted natural peanut butter! It was STILL good, regardless!

I had given up on green smoothies after eliminating dairy from my diet over 6 months ago. My favorite protein powder had whey in it, and I hadn’t found a suitable tasting plant-based one since. I had tried drinking smoothies without any protein powder and hated them too. Well, not anymore. This smoothie is simply delicious. It was very tasty and equally filling. This is now my new favorite smoothie too! Thanks for sharing this recipe.

my smoothie turned out looking like grey cement

This was absolutely delicious. Thank you!

It’s my first time to make a green smoothie and I absolutely loved it! It tasted great even though I used regular ground flaxseed and almond butter. Thank you for this recipe! :)

Fantastic! I’ve had trouble finding healthy ways to stomach 3 cups of spinach a day but this recipe is amazing. I have a bad reaction to bananas so I substituted a half medjool date, used pb2 powder and added cocoa powder. I can only imagine how delicious this would be with real peanut butter and bananas!

I have tried a few green smoothies over the years and they all pretty much got a gag reflex out of me. I’d rather eat a giant salad. But having tried so many other of your recipes I had to try this one and oh my gosh it is perfect. I don’t know what does it but you can’t taste those greens. Thanks for another awesome recipe!

I have to add that I find it hilarious that everyone is complaining that the smoothie isn’t really green. “Green” smoothie is not always meant to be taken literally – it means that there are greens in the smoothie. Still green, still healthy. Sheesh. It’s an amazingly delicious smoothie and will become a new staple in my morning routine!

Wow, this is delish! So glad I found your recipe!

Hey! If you’re looking to spice it up, add some cinnamon! I make this exact recipe with cinnamon all the time and it is delicious.

Yum! Just made this and it was delish! I absolutely LOVE green smoothies, and I love PB-banana smoothies, I don’t know why it’s never occurred to me before to combine the two. I made it as written and added about 1/4 c rolled oats and a touch more almond milk to make it more filling since this was my whole lunch. Fabulous!!! Thank you for sharing :)

So, sO, soOo fantastic!! I’ve been on the hunt for a go-to green smoothie for a bit & here it is! My hubby & I eat paleo, so used almond butter like the others- just brilliant :) Thanks for the yummy share!

I made this one this morning and it tasted really good. My son is allergic to peanut butter so we used almond butter though. I couldn’t figure out why it wasn’t turning green so we doubled the spinach and it still wasn’t green. That’s why me I realized my frozen berries have cherries in them. Still tasted great. Thanks!

Just made this, delicious!

Not only my favorite green smoothie but my favorite breakfast! I use soy milk in place of almond and almond butter in place of peanut butter. Using all strawberries keeps it a bright green if that’s your thing :)

wow – this was super delicious! I am an experienced green smoothie maker/drinker and I must say that this is going to the top of my list.
I did feel the need to add some more almond milk and added a medjool date for a little extra sweetness (i was making it for a friend that is not an avid green smoothie drinker and thought the extra sweetness would be more appealing to her)

Holy Cow!! This is my first attempt at a green smoothie and I am so impressed!! I have been eating a plant based, whole food diet for almost 2 months now and this smoothie is going to really jazz up my mornings! I didn’t have vanilla almond milk, just the original unsweetened, so squeezed in a tiny bit of honey (we are beekeepers so I like honey). I don’t think it blended in though. I think the cold made it stay in a little ball! Oh well, it turned out great! Thanks for an easy and delicious recipe!