Recipe Directions

  • 1. Add all ingredients to blender. Place soft ingredients like bananas in first, because that's what I was taught!
  • 2. Blend in your high-speed blender until nicely smooth.
  • 3. Your green smoothie is ready! Pour green smoothie into cup(s) or a large mason jar for on-the-go goodness.

The Rawtarian's Thoughts

By The Rawtarian

I have been a raw vegan for over two four years. And for breakfast almost every single day I have a green smoothie. And I am still not sick of them yet, if you can believe that! I can make them super quickly, and I always keep the main ingredients on hand.

If you have any trust in me believe me when I tell you that in order to make a tasty green smoothie you absolutely must have a high-speed blender like a Vitamix or a Blendtec. Otherwise it'll be chunky and grainy and downright disgusting and you'll have to pinch your nose to get it down. When it comes to green smoothies texture is everything and high-speed blenders are going to take a slightly disgusting chunky mixture and turn it into a silky smoothie like the one in this photo that actually tastes delicious--like a treat. Texture is everything when it comes to this green smoothie recipe.

This may not be the most exciting green smoothie recipe in the world, but it's what I have for breakfast almost every morning so I figured that you'd like to know what I have for breaky! What I like about it as well is that it's not too expensive, since bananas are inexpensive here in Canada.

To clean your blender: Add 1-2 cups of water into your blender immediately and blend again to aid in cleaning process. Take carafe to sink and finish rinsing/cleaning blender right away. I am not a good housekeeper but the one rule in my house is to NEVER let the Vitamix carafe sit uncleaned. NEVER! Why? Because then if I'm lazy later on and it's not clean then I won't use it, then I won't know what to make, and I'll just eat nuts for dinner because I'm too lazy to clean the blender.  NEVER store recipes in your blender for this reason. :)

This recipe makes quite a large green smoothie, it's a perfect breakfast for 1 person. This is my go-to breakfast.

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Nutrition Facts

Nutritional score: 94 out of 100
  • This recipe is very low in Calories, Fat, and Sodium.
  • This recipe is low in Carbohydrates.
  • This recipe is an excellent source of Vitamin C.
  • This recipe is a good source of Vitamin B6, and Vitamin K.
  • This recipe is a noteworthy source of Dietary Fiber, and Riboflavin.

Amounts per 240 g (8 oz) suggested serving

NameAmount% Daily
Calories 141 6 %
Protein 2.1 g 4 %
Fat 0.53 g 1 %
Carbohydrates 36 g 11 %
Dietary Fiber 5 g 15 %
Sugars 20 g
Calcium 42 mg 4 %
Iron 0.67 mg 5 %
Sodium 11 mg
Source: USDA, The Rawtarian

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First day of my 7 Day raw food challenge!
The smoothie is delicious!! Looking forward to lunch and dinner!

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Awesome Andrea!!

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I have a problem with arugula and spinach do you have any other ideas for a substitute. Thanks

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Hi Dimitrios, you can try parsley or romaine lettuce instead (add a little less than called for because they have a stronger "green" taste than spinach)

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Day 1 of my 7 day Raw food beginnerchallenge :-) loved this smoothie, yummy!! Thank you <3

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Awesome Peta! Keep me posted on how you get along :)

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So glad you enjoyed, Julianne :)

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So... I accidentally bought arugula instead of spinach... Silly me!! I didn't even think to look as I was putting it in. I'll be more careful next time I go grocery shopping I think! :S

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Happens to the best of us! You can still use the arugula, but it will taste a bit "greener" than the spinach - so just cut down a bit on the arugula (ie. use a bit less than called for)

 

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Just made day one breakfast!!! yummy!!! :)

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Awesome Marie!

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Used a mango instead of bananas and the result is just as awesome!!!Simply heavenly!

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Yum, Kat!

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Thank you, managed to find it :) online calculater, now I can try some if your wonderful recepies

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Great, Gul!

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Hello ,
This app looks amazing cant wait to try them all.
Only problem is how much is 1 cup I am not sure?
Thank you

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Hi Gul,

"Cups" are the American way of measuring ingredients in cooking. You should be able to easily convert cups to your system of measuring using an online calculator. Hope this helps!

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Hi I have a 1000w home use breville blender (New Zealand) it was about $250nz Would this do the trick for this recipe? would like to try these for breaky.

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Hi Kyle, give it a shot! You might want to omit the orange though. Maybe substitute with a peach, it'll be easier for your blender to blend.

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I had this for breakfast today and my $250nz 1000w breville blender made it nice and smooth:) Just made sure I did not blend for more then 1minute at a time to avoid oxidation. Thanks so much for this it's yummy. Just got to get my head around drinking a litre of smoothie at a time. (just starting out with raw food)

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Sounds like success, Kyle!

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Re Anne's comment about the nutribullet - it is amazing! Super easy to clean and easy to travel with, and most importantly, it blends things SMOOTH! It's almost as good as the vitamix in that respect. It's much better at blending kale and parsley than my big blender. It goes on sale at canadian tire for $80 if you watch for it.

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Made something similar to this today - going to try your ratios. Sounds good - cinnamon is an interesting addition. Do you add it for the taste or the health benefits?

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Hi Liz, definitely adding cinnamon for flavor!

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