If you’re lucky enough to romance someone with breakfast in bed…. do not bring kale. Bring bacon. Bacon is better in bed. Kale is stupid in bed. Kale is better if you’re a single lady that wants a smoothie.
How is that for a pro tip?
Believe it or not, kale and spinach blend up perfectly into a smoothie.
I know! I totally had my doubts…. but it works.
I added pear and banana and almond milk too. So super delicious. It doesn’t taste like you’re drinking kale and spinach. It tastes like your drinking good.
Ps. I have spinach in my teeth. True story.
Kale Spinach and Pear Smoothie
inspired by Tracy. Thanks Tracy!
1 heaping cup spinach leaves
1 heaping cup chopped kale leaves
1/2 pear
1 frozen banana
1 1/2 cups cold almond milk (or soy milk or orange juice)
1 tablespoon honey
Remove kale leaves from their rough center stalk and coarsely chop. In a blender, combine kale spinach and almond milk. Blend until no big kale bits remain. Stop blender and add banana honey and pear. Blend until smooth. Enjoy immediately. Heck yea!
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how much does this recipe make? enough for one, two or three??
one big or two small servings.
did i not mention that!? geez. i’m sorry.
This is delicious!!! I just made it and am enjoying it now. I totally agree with you that it doesn’t taste like kale and spinach, but like pure goodness!!! Thanks for the recipe!!!
p.s. I have spinach in my teeth too.
Just found your blog via the BUST potluck article. Love it muchly. Sipping on this smoothie right now. Hooray!
i’m so glad you found me!! love that!
Hi Joy! I love reading your blog. it’s beautiful.
I’ve been visiting for quite some time but I think this might be the very first time I leave a comment!
are you a Tahini fan? if you are you should try using it in a smoothy! for example with an apple, walnuts, honey and yogurt or almond milk… : – )
that sounds interesting!
This is super delicious, I just tried it! Wayyyy better than you’d think, almost too sweet. My banana wasn’t frozen and I added a little advocado, still came out great; I just put the finished smoothie in the freezer for a bit before drinking.
I made this with skim milk & I loved it! The best part is that my picky 2 year old boy loved it too! Thank you, Joy.
Added kefir, green grapes and a touch of apple juice.. mmm
I’ve been making a similar smoothie for about a year and am losing one pound a week. Start with a scoop of the Ultimate Meal from Ultimate Life. The cheapest price I have found is from Vitacost.com.
Add a scoop of oatmeal such as Coach’s Oats from Costco for chewiness. Also a half an apple and half a banana. Don’t use Honey or Almond Milk since that just adds unneeded calories. You can use pears instead of apples for a different taste. Occasionally I throw in a pealed grapefruit. Stuff in as much Spinach, Kale, Collards, Mustard Greens (Trader Joe’s has a nice Southern Mix) and other leavy greens as you can fit in the blender. Think of more greens and less sugary fruit. Also small carrots. Lastly, I add one or two tablespoons of Cinimon powder because I love Cinimon. I also put in a teaspoon of Tumeric powder occasionally. Add enough water so that the blender can mix it up, but it’s still thick and chewy. Total volume of the smoothie is 18 to 24 ounces. Eat at least two olf these a day as a meal. I use an Osterizer blender. They’re about $30 instead of $200 for a Vitamix and they work just as well for small portions… 28 ounces or less.
I don’t like banana, but the smoothie otherwise sounds great- any suggestions for substitutions for the banana?
add a quarter of a lemon.
I felt like it was really important to keep this vegan but I didn’t have almond milk…I did then find soy milk with pandan in the fridge though. Have you ever seen it? It’s this really amazing shade of light green. I used a glug of that- it has kinda a strong taste and then ginger syrup instead of honey. Ginger syrup is amazing and it has flecks of caramelized ginger in it too which adds a ginger flavor to the whole smoothie. My banana was not frozen sadly but the smoothie was amazing!
amazing. thanks! getting all that necessary kale into my diet is gonna be much easier now.
I just made these and the first few sips were awesome, then all of a sudden, got a warm feeling in my head and I took another sip and it tasted peppery?? I had to add strawberries and blueberries to counteract that taste, really weird??? all in all, pretty happy with the calories for your exact recipe….208 from spark people calculator. :-)
I just tried this in desperation of finding a drink that didn’t taste like grass! This was so good. I used coconut water instead of almond milk. Thanks for the post.
This was very good–I added a tablespoon of psyllium husks for added fiber–I typically add that to smoothies and soups because you can’t taste it and it adds a lot of health benefits to a diet. especially if you are having trouble getting enough fiber.
This was a great smoothie. I got the idea to look up spinach and kale smoothie from my husband’s cousin who was doing a similar smoothie and has lost 20 pounds. I happened upon this recipe and love it. I have come up with my own variation: 1 cup spinach, 1 cup kale, 1/2 banana, 1/2 pear, 2 strawberries, 5 walnuts, 1 cup almond milk (unsweetened), 11 drops of liquid stevia. I’m using this because of the sugar content and calorie intake. The unsweetened almond milk is only 35 calories per cup and does not have sugar. The stevia cuts out on the use of sugar as well. The walnuts add some extra protein (especially for those on vegetarian/vegan diets like myself).
Tried it and loved it!
I love this. Adam (husband) and I were just talking about adding kale to our morning smoothie. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
This sound delish. Must add to my “to make” list. It’s getting really long… I have almost all ingredients except the pear. Making mental note to grab a pear during this weekends shopping trip.
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