So I see all these awesome spinach smoothies all over Pinterest. And they look great and refreshing and like an awesome way to pump your body full of good things while enjoying a seemingly naughty, cold beverage. The problem is they usually have yogurt or milk or almond milk or all kinds of things that have calories and points. And while milk and yogurt are excellent sources of calcium, so is spinach and I don't want to waste 2-4 points on this snack.
So I found a solution! Apple juice that is 1 point per serving! It's Healthy Balance apple juice and I found it in a normal grocery store (with a great coupon no less). A serving is 1 cup but unless you drink a whole lot of smoothie, you won't drink that! Half a serving (1/2 cup) is 0 points! Hallelujah! We've found our liquid base for a 0 point smoothie!
Yesterday I mixed this same mix up in a small hand mixer. I only used 1/2 a cup of the apple juice and drank all 14 oz of delicious goodness guilt free. Today I used a full cup of the apple juice and took it to the big blender to mix up a great smoothie as a morning treat and make up some Popsicles for later.
Ingredients
(For a doubled recipe - enough to make a smoothie & Popsicles. Half this if you want to just have a 0 point smoothie or make Popsicles only!)
1 cup Healthy Balance apple juice
1/4 cup blueberries
10 strawberries
2 bananas
3-4 cups spinach leaves
4-5 cubes of ice
Pour apple juice into your blender. Then toss in your raw ingredients. Blend and pulse until smooth. Add in your ice. Blend until you don't hear the racket of the ice. Pour into your Popsicle molds and enjoy the rest!
Let popsicles freeze 4-5 hours and enjoy in the hot sun while your kids play. And MAYBE your kids will eat this too. Mine didn't. It's like they know the spinach is in there. It's probably the color. ;)
As always, I'd love your feedback if you tried this and liked it! Have a happy, refreshing weekend!
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