Sweet apples, sweetly tart green grapes and tart raspberries combined to make a very refreshing and not overly sweet smoothie. The banana is optional, but it will make for a creamier smoothie.
The spinach, however, is completely required for this smoothie as it balances the other flavors. My kids and I were not overly impressed with the flavor of the smoothie without the spinach, but once I added the spinach, we all gave it two thumbs up.
* Similar in appearance to the Strawberry Spinach Smoothie, we call this one “Deliciously Ugly” as well
Apple Grape Raspberry Spinach Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut water
- 1 apple cored and quartered, I used a gala apple
- 1/2 cup green grapes
- 1 cup frozen raspberries
- Optional: 1 frozen banana
- 1 large handful or 2 cups baby spinach leaves
- Optional: 1 tablespoon of ground chia seeds
Instructions
- Layer ingredients into the blender as listed and puree until smooth. Enjoy!
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Claudia Annie Amore Vero says
che meraviglia! davvero delizioso! complimenti 😀 baci!
Sue/the view from great island says
This one almost looks chocolaty!
Anna @ hiddenponies says
"Deliciously ugly" – love it 🙂 Interesting that spinach is so necessary! I love how healthy this is…although I totally would've guessed chocolate was involved!
Magnolia Verandah says
What a great way to hide all sorts of good things for kids!
Jed Gray (sportsglutton) says
Interesting to toss in spinach, but I bet it's still good and worth a try.
Alex@Best Smoothie Maker says
What out of those ingredients brings out that color in the smoothie?
Mary says
The combination of spinach and red berries produces a brown smoothie most of the time. Not the prettiest, but always tasty!
Anonymous says
green + red = brown 🙂