I like to think that LB's food choices are mostly healthy. Some of his favorite foods include humous, yogurt, oatmeal and bananas. However, he has never been good about eating vegetables. He likes carrots and that's about it. I decided to try sneaking spinach into a smoothie. There are lots of recipes floating around the internet since this seems to be a current trend. I landed on one called the Green Monster and I got the recipe from the blog, Iowa Girl Eats. If I am being honest with myself then I probably don't consume enough green veggies either. So my hope was that both LB and I would like it. Here is the recipe:
1 frozen sliced banana (slice the banana before you freeze it)
1 tablespoon peanut butter (I put in a little more than that.)
1/2 cup Vanilla Greek Yogurt
1 cup milk (I used Almond Milk.)
4 cups baby spinach
Throw it all in a blender until smooth.
Here is the great news. LB liked it! He even said, "yummy." That was definitely the first time he consumed spinach. I think the next time I make it I will use a little less spinach. I liked the smoothie but think I will like it more if I use less spinach and a little more yogurt. I know I am defeating the purpose a bit but it wasn't quite sweet enough for me. I am thinking 3 cups of spinach and 3/4 cup of vanilla yogurt. It was incredibly filling! Truly, it is a meal and not a snack.
I am hoping to make more of these types of sneaky smoothies so I'll be sure to post more success stories.
1 frozen sliced banana (slice the banana before you freeze it)
1 tablespoon peanut butter (I put in a little more than that.)
1/2 cup Vanilla Greek Yogurt
1 cup milk (I used Almond Milk.)
4 cups baby spinach
Throw it all in a blender until smooth.
Here is the great news. LB liked it! He even said, "yummy." That was definitely the first time he consumed spinach. I think the next time I make it I will use a little less spinach. I liked the smoothie but think I will like it more if I use less spinach and a little more yogurt. I know I am defeating the purpose a bit but it wasn't quite sweet enough for me. I am thinking 3 cups of spinach and 3/4 cup of vanilla yogurt. It was incredibly filling! Truly, it is a meal and not a snack.
I am hoping to make more of these types of sneaky smoothies so I'll be sure to post more success stories.
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K refuses veggies. That boy is a bottomless pit except when it comes to veggies. I may have to try this smoothie idea!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, that sounds delicious! You've given me the idea to add some spinach to our banana "ice cream." It's a struggle to get Liya to eat anything so the other day I put some frozen bananas in a blender with vanilla soymilk and she couldn't get enough! Tomorrow I think I'll make some green "ice cream" :)
ReplyDeleteI went to a conference last weekend that Karyn Purvis spoke at - so good! She is who I want to be when I grow up :) I have also started making this smoothie. I feel like it tastes good, but has a leafy aftertaste. I added some ground flaxseed (like 1/2 teaspoon) and now I can't taste the spinach at all. It tastes like a banana peanut butter smoothie. Yum!
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