Strawberry Spinach Smoothie

Hello there,

After sharing my basic smoothie recipe last time, and proclaiming that I don’t usually make fruity smoothies, of course I ended up indulging in just that for three days straight, because I ran short on groceries and had to make due with what I had!

This is still a greens based smoothie at heart, but it’s definitely on the fruitier side. I managed to score a huge case of organic strawberries on sale at Costco, so this was a great way to use them up before they spoiled. And the spinach was supposed to be part of a dinner dish, but since I ran out of all my other leafy things after a midweek juicing marathon, I resorted to using it as the greens for this smoothie. I figured this would be an easy pairing, and I’m pretty pleased with the result.

A sweet little pair of simple but scrumptious ingredients

This is how many strawberries I used (Sorry for the picture being a tad blurry)

Here’s how it looks before it gets blended

STRAWBERRY SPINACH SMOOTHIE

Serves 2 (about 40 ounces)

1. Place 12 ounces of coconut water into blender
2. Add 1 or 2 tablespoons each of chia seeds, ground flax meal, and hemp seeds
3. Add 2 big handfuls of raw spinach
4. Add 2 handfuls of strawberries
5. Add 1 frozen banana
6. Add a splash of lime juice
7. Add filtered water until the ingredients are just covered
8. Blend!

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Have a great week!

-RawSeva