Description
A delicious and nutritious smoothie featuring pears, spinach, and warm spices, perfect for a healthy start to your day.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ripe pear, cored and chopped
- 1 cup fresh spinach
- 1 banana, sliced
- 1 cup almond milk (or any milk of choice)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup (optional)
- Ice cubes (optional)
Instructions
- Prepare your ingredients. Core and chop the ripe pear into manageable pieces. Slice the banana and measure out your spinach, almond milk, and spices.
- Combine ingredients in a blender. In your blender, combine the chopped pear, fresh spinach, sliced banana, almond milk, ground cinnamon, and nutmeg. Add honey or maple syrup if desired.
- Blend until smooth. Start blending on low speed, gradually increasing to high. Blend until creamy, about 30-60 seconds.
- Adjust consistency with ice. Add ice cubes for a colder smoothie and blend again until the ice is crushed.
- Serve and enjoy. Pour the smoothie into glasses and enjoy immediately for the best flavor.
- Clean up. Clean your blender promptly to avoid sticking, rinsing and washing with warm, soapy water.
Notes
Best enjoyed fresh but can be stored in the fridge for up to 24 hours. Can be frozen for longer storage.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 325
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 60g
- Fiber: 6g
- Protein: 7g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
