Heeey Moothie Monday! Yeah, there's intentionally no "s" on the moothie. Because THAT'S HOW WE ROLL! Get used to it. If this is your first Moothie Monday, you'll probably want to check out last week. And the week before. And the week before that. There is no week before that because Moothie Monday is but a wee lass. Or lad. Whatever floats your boat. We're all being weird together and not saying smoothie correctly, because isn't alliteration fun? Yes, yes it is. Thank you for still being my friend.
I'm still diggin' moothie mondays, especially because one of the few pieces of kitchen equipment we've bought here in Bali is a BLENDER. Oooh yes. We hemmed and hawed over which one to get — no choice looking as good as our VitaMix back home — and finally decided we'd be miserable with a crappy blender. So, we got the one that cost 40% more and looked less like it was straight out of the 1980's. I'm glad to report that it works! And it works quite well! It's amazing how it blends right up! It even comes with one of those mini processing attachments (they call it a "food mill") that I've been using to whip up peanut sauces, etc.! I'm pretty sure we'll be glad we bought this, especially since we use it at least once every day. {the other thing we bought for the kitchen is a bialetti!! get ready for some affogato posts!}
This particular recipe is pretty simple. As I mentioned during the first installment of moothie monday, I usually just throw all the berries and fruits I can find into one smoothie, plus some spinach and almond butter, and call it a day. It tastes fine, but you can't really say it has a specific flavor. My goal for Moothie Mondays (are you sick of hearing that term yet?) is to create actual FLAVORS of smoothies. So, this recipe was created by me wanting a green smoothie! One that tastes good! I actually don't think I've found one that tastes bad yet — so if you're thinking "eew green smoothie" you can just get over that right now. You can't even taste the spinach! Or chard! Or kale! Or whatever you want to throw in there! The key? OTHER delicious ingredients!
This one has banana (99% of my smoothies do), peach, orange juice, chia, and spinach. SIMPLE. Looking at it now, I should have posted this on Friday and called it a FRANKENSMOOTHIE! That's a pretty green drink! We drink chia pretty often in our juices, but I've actually never used it in a smoothie before. I didn't want the chia texture to steal the show here, so I blended it all together rather than mixing it in later... I'm not sure what experienced chia-smoothie-makers would say about that, but it turned out perfectly for me! Surely the chia is still good for you when it's blasted to pieces, right? Let's hope so.
Have a wonderful week, everybody! xo
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Peach Chia Green Smoothie
- Prep Time: 2 mins
- Cook Time: 2 mins
- Total Time: 4 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
Ingredients
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 cup frozen peach bits
- ½ cup orange juice (maybe ⅔ cup if you need it)
- 1 LARGE handful fresh baby spinach leaves (like 2 packed cups!)
- 2 Tbsp dry chia seeds
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in the blender.
- Blend until smooth, adding more liquid if necessary.
Coty and Mariah@quirksandtwists says
Digging the simplicity of this. I love that it has a flavor too!
Mary says
Thanks, guys!