Green Smoothie: Banana-Raspberry-Spinach

Green Smoothie: Banana-Raspberry-Spinach

If you don’t have a Vita-Mix, you may want to reduce this recipe by 1/3 or 1/2.

yields approximately 1/2 gallon

  • 1/4 cup flax seeds, heaping
  • 3 medium size bananas
  • 1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries
  • 2 huge handfuls spinach
  • 6 to 8 ice cubes
  • 3 to 4 cups filtered water (enough to fill blender 3/4 full)

Put flax seeds in bottom of blender container. Add bananas, raspberries and spinach. Add ice cubes. Pour water over all, until water level is at about three-fourths. Blend until smooth.

© Copyright 2006 by Wardeh Harmon

About Wardeh

Wardeh ('Wardee') Harmon lives in Oregon with her husband, Jeff, and their three children, Haniya, Naomi & Mikah. They garden and raise a dairy cow, chickens and goats. Wardeh is passionate about traditional cooking. She writes books and teaches online classes in traditional cooking, sourdough, cultured dairy, cheesemaking and fermentation. Follow Wardeh on Google+.

Comments

  1. Robin says:

    Dear Wardeh,

    I have to say that this sounds like my favorite of all the smoothies you’ve listed thus far. We used the last of our spinach this evening in a salad that was totally scrumptious. We will get some more greens next week.

    Our salad tonight consisted of: 3/4 spinach, 1/4 iceberg & Romaine, a few grated carrots, raisins, shredded coconut and each person’s favorite organic dressing. Oh, was it good! :mrgreen:

    Huggs, Robin

  2. Wardeh says:

    Your salad sounds delicious.

  3. Michelle says:

    Wardeh, I am having a good time looking around your blog today. :D It is making me hungry. (lol) This smoothie sounds wonderful. I do not have a Vita-Mix and my children do not like the raspberry in anything because of the seeds. Does you Vita-Mix chop them up?

    I just have a Champion Juicer and a regular blender.

  4. Wardeh says:

    The Vita-Mix chops them a bit, but they still are there. You could use a different berry, like maybe blueberries, instead. And also, you might want to grind the flax seeds beforehand, to make sure they are ground up, as I’m not sure if a regular blender would grind them sufficiently.

  5. Michelle says:

    Thanks Wardeh. I grind our flax seeds in a coffee grinder. I put it in all of our freezer pops, when the kids are not looking. :D

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