Breakfast

Green machine smoothie

When breakfast needs to disguise the vegetables. The mango covers everything.

What you need

Ingredients

Making for

1 serving

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1
Layer the blender
Add ingredients in this order: 1 cup milk first (so the blade can spin), then 2 handfuls baby spinach, 1 frozen banana, 1 cup frozen mango chunks, ½ cup plain Greek yogurt, 1 tbsp hemp hearts.
2
Blend until the green disappears
Blend on high for 60 seconds until completely smooth and uniformly green-yellow. If you see any spinach flecks, blend another 20 seconds.
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Common mistake: Putting spinach on top of the frozen fruit. The blade can't catch it. Liquid first, leaves second, then frozen stuff.
3
Pour and drink
Pour and drink immediately. The color is best within the first minute.

Two cups of raw spinach = 2 grams of iron + tons of vitamin K. They will not taste it.
Hemp hearts add 3 grams of plant protein and omega-3s. Skip if you don't have them.
Frozen mango is the texture trick. Fresh mango makes it watery.