This smoothie is from a book called "Crazy About Kale." I love to prepare this for Atzin in the morning. The first time I made it though, I worried he wouldn't like it because it is not sweet and I added a sweetener - Don't do that!! The sweetener ruins the flavor. This is a green smoothie and is delicious and NOT intended to be sweet. I suppose if you do want it a bit more sweet, you might consider adding a banana. I added Stevia that time and the flavor doesn't work. Actually, I have doubled the amount of banana and it does turn out really good. I think that makes just sweet enough for those who want a sweeter taste. Atzin though told me he doesn't need his smoothies to be sweet, so that was good news to me.
1 cup fresh spinach
1/2 cup kale (I use the big bag of frozen Kale from Costco that I keep in the fridge for kale smoothies. I also do use fresh kale).
1/4 of an avocado
1/2 large banana
1/2 cup water (A variation I use here is adding more almond milk instead of water. That's up to you).
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 - 1 cup of ice cubes or more depending on how you like it.
I have also added a bit of protein powder in the past. This morning, I just made it like this.
This makes one large glass of smoothie. You can make it and split it with someone for a smaller glass or have the whole thing to your self!
About 5 WW points for the full glass.
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