Anyway, moving on to today's recipe...I had been wanting to muster the nerve to try including green veggies in my smoothies for some time. Especially since I realized that throwing frozen yogurt cubes in my smoothies was a convenient way to get my 3 servings of dairy a day, it seemed like a great idea to throw in a veggie too. A few months ago, I bought a gigantic bag of kale and gathered a couple new recipes to try, but I wound up cooking it as a side dish one evening. A while passed and I actually stopped having quite as many smoothies--no particular reason, I just didn't make as many. Then last week as we were going out of town for the long weekend, I realized that we still had most of a bag of spinach left which would go bad. On a whim, I threw the whole bag with a banana, a cup of blueberries, some frozen yogurt cubes and enough milk to get the consistency I desired. It looked and tasted (mostly) just like a regular berry smoothie. It wasn't as a sweet as my usual smoothie, but that's likely due to the use of plain yogurt and milk instead of either juice or vanilla yogurt. I don't remember if I took pictures or not, but I'll post them later if I did. That early effort was successful enough to convince me to try other recipes.
Today's smoothie creation is fantastic, although its color might be a bit off-putting to some. I swear that you cannot taste the spinach, only the sweetness of fruit with a hint of creaminess. I thought about putting it in a nice glass to photograph, but was too lazy (and I couldn't wait to drink it). At least I walked out onto the patio so the background was a little nicer, right? I highly HIGHLY recommend this smoothie, as well as the nifty single serve blender from Hamilton Beach that I mixed it in.

8 oz apple juice
3-4 frozen non-fat plain yogurt cubes (each of my cubes is about 1.5 tbs)
1/4 c frozen strawberries
1 c baby spinach
In my blender, it's best to start with juice or some sort of liquid before adding the frozen goodies. I layered juice, yogurt, spinach, and then strawberries. Blend until desired consistency is reached.
Serves 1-2
Here's a last look.

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