Chocolate Green Smoothie

May’s Recipe ReDux theme is on kitchen staples: What favorite kitchen staples do you now make from scratch – but in the past you purchased? Show us your best DIY recipe for keeping cupboards, fridge or freezer stocked with healthy basics. Think homemade frozen waffles, salad dressing, broth or other kitchen essentials.

I don’t know how the weather is over where you are, but…I’m all sorts of overjoyed that summer is finally around the corner (cannotttt wait til boards are over though *-*)!

Honestly, I’m not sure if this counts as a kitchen staple(?), but I’m gonna go with it, because…

1. I’ve already shared my super-easy 3 ingredient pancake recipe.
2. Smoothies are a total staple when warm weather is back in my life.
3. This month has been riddled with shelf exams and practice boards exams (8 hour exam yesterday, 4 hour exam next Tuesday, 2.5 hour exam next Friday), so in my book, the easier/quicker the recipe, the better.

And what better way to incorporate more greens into my life than with a green smoothie?

I made my very first green smoothie back in 2010, and documented the recipe a year later on this blog. That is, in essence, my “base” recipe (bananas, spinach, milk), and from there, you can soup it up with whatever the hecks you want (e.g. go crazy on more frozen fruits + toppings). This is about as versatile a recipe as it gets. :O

I decided to keep it simple, and just switched up the soy milk so that I could use up my So Delicious Dairy-Free Chocolate Coconut Milk! :D (Translation: I’m still on my grocery ban, and have spent $10 on groceries since the beginning of April. I’m finally thinning down my pantry/kitchen! :] See how I stay so darn frugal here!)

Chocolate Green Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 2 cups [frozen] spinach
• 1 frozen banana
• 1 cup chocolate coconut milk
• sprinkle of hemp hearts

Instructions:

1. Add spinach, banana + milk into a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Top with hemp hearts.

P.S. Since it’s Friday, you know what that means! :O Foodie Friday! This week’s theme was “Fire It Up” (yay for spicy foods!), so come back in about 6 hours to check out my recipe for Honey Sriracha Chicken + to link up a recipe of your own!

• What’s your favorite DIY kitchen-staple recipe?
• Favorite smoothie recipe?

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