Green Energy

Menu Note:

• This is my first try at making a green smoothie. I started from the formula published by Jen + Jadah on the Simple Green Smoothies blog. We love this mixture because it is nutty, creamy, not super sweet, gives a small but definite energy boost, and it's a lovely shade of green.

The Ingredients (for 4 to 6 servings):

• 1 cup of pressed down baby spinach leaves, weighing 70 g (or 2½ oz)

  

  I usually freeze some ripe mango and banana
  when I buy them at the farmers' market

• 240 ml (or 1 cup) of unsweetened almond milk (preferably vanilla-coconut flavor)
• ½ of a ripe avocado, weighing approximately 85 g (or 3 oz)
• 1 or 2 frozen bananas, weighing approximately 85 g (or 3 oz)
• 1 to 1½ cups of frozen mango, weighing approximately 230 g (or 8 oz)

The Method:

1. Wash and drain the spinach leaves and put them into the bottom of a blender.
2. Add the almond milk to the spinach and blend them at high speed until the spinach is completely liquefied.
   
3. Cut the frozen fruit into chunks that will blend well.
4. Add the avocado, frozen banana, and frozen mango and blend again at high speed until the mixture is completely homogeneous.
5. Taste and, if necessary, add more almond milk or frozen fruit to thin or thicken the smoothie.