Monday, February 21, 2011

Goes Down Smooth


I've never been much of a smoothie girl, especially those of the green variety. But after hearing how the spinach taste pretty much disappears and how drinkable a green smoothie can be, I decided to give it a try. This recipe containing coconut milk and grapes covered the spinach taste completely and though, it may not be pretty to look at, it was actually really good. I'll be keeping the blender out of the pantry for the rest of the week, and I'm excited to try a few more concoctions.

Spinach, Grape, and Coconut Smoothie
Recipe courtesy of Real Simple

1 cup seedless green grapes
1 cup packed baby spinach
1/2 cup ice
1/4 cup coconut milk

Place the grapes, spinach, ice, and coconut milk in a blender. Blend until smooth and frothy.

25 comments:

  1. What a great combination of flavors. Thanks for sharing.

    Happy Monday!
    X,
    Www.brittanyhavican.blogspot.com

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  2. I've been wanting to try this and it looks delicious!

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  3. ooh, I'll have to try this. Kale is also a good smoothie ingredient. You can't taste it at all! We've been making avocado/banana smoothies around here. :]

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  4. I am going to try it! I think the green actually is pretty look at!...my husband would not agree, but who cares. :D I used to buy something called Green Goodness...or something like that...with similar ingredients, I think. Making it sounds much better.

    Hay, thanks for your sweet words last week! I needed to hear them! :) Now to play catch-up...

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  5. Hmmm, I'll have to give it a try then!

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  6. this sounds awesome! I love coconut anything, really. I'm going to have to whip out my magic bullet hahah Have you had a wonderful weekend :)

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  7. Spinach in a smoothie... hmm interesting. Def looks healthy though!

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  8. Hmmm, actually sounds really good. I might have to try this. I recently resurrected my blender to make Mexican hot chocolate all frothy, but for Spring and summer something cool like this smoothie would be perfect.

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  9. I love coconut milk... I'll have to give this a try!

    I need to get my dose of winter fruits and veggies in!

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  10. so yummi! and it looks so Springy :)

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  11. Just had a green smoothie yesterday! I put frozen banana, vanilla protein powder a little yogurt, some milk and ice! yumm!

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  12. kale, banana, and soy milk's pretty good too :)

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  13. I actually thought it looked beautiful!! I will have to try this! MMM!

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  14. Yum! I try to hide spinach in all the smoothies since my little one will not touch anything green. The taste really does disappear. Perhaps he'd like one that completely embraces it greenness!

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  15. That sounds delish! I need a to invest a new blender ASAP. Definitely before margarita season! :)

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  16. Sounds yummy! Green smoothies can be hard to master. I will definitely give this recipe a spin! '
    Thanks!

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  17. It actually looks very good to me. Thanks for sharing. Calra

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  18. This is a pleasant combination of flavors! Thanks!

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  19. i may have to take your word for it. the green color is throwing me off!!!!! haha

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  20. nina's blog is the one that finally made me try green smoothies. i absolutely love them now.

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  21. I've been drinking this smoothie daily (with different fruits, and sometimes coconut milk)... and despite the large amount of spinach, you seriously cannot taste it!

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  22. I'm definitely going to try this yumminess! Thanks for sharing and so happy you popped over to Fresh Quince! :)

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