Super Food Berry Smoothie

Jump-start your day with this Super Food Berry Smoothie! Full of vitamins, fiber, and antioxidants, it's nutrition at its best!

Prep Time5

Total Time5

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

1 ripe banana peeled
2 cups fresh or frozen berries such as blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries
1 tablespoon flax seed whole or ground
1 tablespoon chia seed
1 cup packed fresh spinach or 1 cup unpacked frozen spinach
2 cups unsweetened almond milk
Stevia to taste optional

Add all ingredients to the blender in the order listed. Use the "smoothie" setting, or blend starting on low for about ten seconds, then increase the speed to high for another 40 seconds.
Stop the blender and push the food to the bottom if necessary. Continue to blend until everything is smooth.
Pour into a glass and garnish with extra berries if desired.

When making your own smoothies, don’t add yogurt unless it’s unsweetened Greek yogurt. The sugar content on your 6-oz. containers of yogurt have anywhere from 20-35 grams of sugar! If you do add unsweetened Greek yogurt, don’t add too much. It can really overpower the flavors of everything else.
For healthy smoothies, ripe bananas will be your sweetener. If you feel like you need things to be sweeter but still want to keep the sugar content down, you can add some Stevia (I use Purevia or xylitol.)
Use spinach for extra nutrition. Spinach is flavorless in smoothies but adds a ton of vitamins and minerals. It may not make your smoothie look pretty, but your body will thank you! You can use fresh or frozen spinach.
Add healthy seeds with Omega-3 fats, like flaxseed and chia seed. If you do this, you may want to run the smoothie cycle on your blender twice.
Use unsweetened almond milk or water for your liquid. Juice has too much sugar, as does regular milk.

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