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If you follow me on Instagram, you may have noticed an onslaught of smoothie photos recently. I had a few on vacation and basically got addicted (again). Smoothies used to be my snack of choice after class in high school. I would come home and experiment with all sorts of recipes. My favorite was chocolate peanut butter and frozen yogurt smoothies, but I also liked trying my hand at mixing and matching fruit flavors.
These days, I try to pick smoothies that incorporate veggies too. With the recent kale fad, I’ve definitely had my fair share of super dark, green smoothies… but I’ve never made these at home. When Del Monte reached out and asked if I’d fit their new juice products into my morning routine I couldn’t say no. It just made perfect sense – it gave me an excuse to craft up all sorts of new smoothie recipes AND would help me get back on track to eating healthy. Vacations are good at derailing that. I also decided it was as good of a time as any to ditch our old blender and get a new one. What can I say, any excuse to shop.
I’m starting small; for these, I grabbed a bag of spinach, some new Del Monte Pure Earth Juice, and some other goodies and made a couple of batches that shouldn’t scare those who have yet to jump into the green smoothie fad. These are just greenish. ;)
Avocado Peach Green Smoothie
Ingredients
1/2 an avocado
1/2 a banana
1/2 an apple
1 handful of spinach (about one cup loosely packed)
1 handful of frozen peaches or nectarines (Make sure these are ripe! I bought frozen peaches that ended up being sour. Barf!)
2 heaping Tbsp Greek Yogurt (optional)
1 tsp Flax Seed (optional)
1/2 cup Del Monte Pure Earth Juice in Banana, Coconut, & Pineapple flavor, chilled
Directions
Cut larger fruit items into wedges. Add ingredients to blender, blend until smooth. Serves 1.
Blueberry Banana “Green” Smoothie
Ingredients
1/2 a banana
1/2 an apple
3/4 cup frozen blueberries
1 handful of spinach (about a cup loosely packed)
2 heaping Tbsp Greek Yogurt (optional)
1 tsp Flax Seed (optional)
1/3 cup Del Monte Pure Earth Juice in Blueberry, Blackberry, & Pineapple flavor, chilled
Directions
Cut larger fruit items into wedges. Add ingredients to blender, blend until smooth. Serves 1.
I had a little oops with the first round of Avocado Peach smoothies.. apparently the bag of frozen peaches I bought were all unripe! So gross. So, I took the photos while I had daylight, ran to the store and bought more avocados and peaches just to make sure the recipe I came up with wouldn’t taste terrible. Luckily, it didn’t, and now Dave and I have enough leftover to take to work tomorrow morning. It was a win-win after all.
To get you started on trying your hand at these recipes, Del Monte is offering a $1 off coupon for their new Pure Earth Juice products. I highly recommend the juice – it’s just straight up fruit juice and is ridiculously addictive. I have to stop myself from drinking the entire bottle at once. It’s like candy, but healthier.
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Are you a fan of smoothies? What are your favorite fruit and veggie combinations?
The avocado peach smoothie looks yummy to me! I’ve never tried anything like it before, but the peach part got me sold!
It’s definitely a different texture than your standard smoothie – very thick and creamy, almost like a milkshake. It’s good, but you definitely need to use sweet, ripe peaches otherwise the avocado and banana flavors may overwhelm!
I love green smoothies. Kale, spinach and mango is one of my favorite combinations right now.
Yum, that sounds super good! I’ll have to get brave and get some kale for smoothies next! I’ve never made them at home with kale!
I love smoothies! I was super skeptical of green smoothies at first but then I tried one and I was sold! They definitely taste better than they look! :)
I was skeptical too… it just sounded weird, especially kale! But I’m definitely a fan and they do taste much better than you’d think! :)
This is maybe the 3rd or 4th blog post I’ve seen about this juice and they have all been great reviews! That means I need to try it; I love smoothies in the morning. Your recipe is the best one I’ve seen yet, so when I’m at the store next, I’ll be grabbing these ingredients! Thanks for sharing!
It’s super good, the two I used were my favorites of the bunch. (They have two more flavors Pineapple Lime and just plain Pineapple) I will definitely be buying more for smoothie-making! :)
Yum that smoothie looks relish!
Okay I meant delish not relish haha!
Haha, I knew what ya meant ;)
Thanks Caroline! :)
Chocolate peanutbutter banana is my favorite smoothie! Also peach, mango, and spinach!
So good!
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I love mango in any smoothie, I’ll have to try it with peach and spinach! :)
I love smoothies! I’ll have to give this a try!
Awesome, hope you like them, Kassie!
Oooh, I’ll have to keep an eye out for these juices!
Awesome, Bekah! They are quite tasty! ;)
Great recipes and post! I’m in this campaign with you. :)
Awesome, I’ll be sure to check out your post too, Andrea! :)
I love kale, spinach, blueberry and coconut water!
Oh that sounds delicious! I’ll have to add that to my list to try :)
That blueberry banana smoothie sounds AMAZING right now! Smoothies are my FAVORITE thing ever! My favorite combos are blueberry, strawberry an raspberry (basically an all berry one!) <3
Yum, love berries too! I also made one with spinach and strawberries that was good, but it wasn’t as pretty as these… red + green mixed is kind of yuck looking, haha! ;)
Yum. Love a good, green smoothie! These sound delicious! <3
Thanks Shipra! :)
Sounds delicious! I will have to try this. I love adding falx seeds and hemp powder to my smoothies :)
I haven’t tried hemp powder before, sounds interesting!
these look so tasty. thanks for the inspo.
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You’re very welcome, Rosie!
Yum! I need to get into smoothies. So healthy and look so amazing, and refreshing!
Smoothies are pretty good, and quite addictive once you get started! :)
Oh my goodness, this looks absolutely delicious! I’m definitely adding this to my grocery list!
Awesome, hope you enjoy them, Erin!
Mmm! I love green smoothies! I really love the green banana almond smoothie from the Plant Cafe.
Oh that sounds good, I haven’t experiemented with nuts yet!
What a fun combination.
Thanks Karissa!
I love smoothies, I need to try out those juices.
They’re quite delicious and work well in smoothies to add a little sweetness! :)
These look delish! I might have to try the avocado one! Also, I stalked your instagram and saw you have a shiba inu! We just got a shiba puppy!
Aw, congrats on the new addition! She’s super cute! :)
Oh my gosh that looks awesome. And just so nutritious. I’m trying to work on eating more nutrients right now — not necessarily clean eating, but a variety of good-for-you things.
Is that the adult term?
Now, if I can just get up earlier, I can make these.
I definitely can’t do strictly clean either, but I don’t feel so bad when I have a smoothie for breakfast. I know what you mean about the getting up earlier thing… I meant to make more this morning, but sleep got the best of me!
Not had some green smoothies in a while thanks for inspiring me to go make one. Looks delicious
Yay, green smoothies are so yummy, hope yours was good! :)
love the texture avocados give to smoothies.. .great recipes thanks for sharing
I do too! So creamy! :)
Avocado peach sounds like DELICIOUS combo. Yum! I’m actually a fan of avocado + peanut butter + juice, but that’s definitely not low-cal.
Oooh that sounds interesting! I’ll have to try that combo!
I love new smoothie recipes! I’ll have to try yours! Thank you!
You’re so welcome, hope you enjoy! :)
You know, I have never put an avocado in my smoothie. Hows the texture?
Super creamy and very thick. If you use avocado in place of something in another recipe, I recommend doubling the liquid you would normally use!
This looks so delicious! I’m going to give it a try!
Thanks Margarita! Hope it goes well if you try them :)
What great smoothie varieties!! I am so saving these for later. Since we have smoothie or juicing juice each weekday morning.
My husband and I went “bad” on ours and made an adult beverage with them.
Haha, I think that’s totally understandable every once in awhile… I could definitely see making a tasty cocktail with some of these juices!
OK, avocado AND peach??? It’s like combining two of my absolute favorites into one totally wonderful concoction. I’m in!
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Me too, I absolutely love the creaminess that avocado adds and the sweetness of peaches. You’ll have to let me know if you try it! :)
These both look delicious! I do like smoothies, particularly green ones. I make one with pear, ginger and broccoli that I love. xxx
Broccoli?! Wow, that sounds interesting! I’m going to have to try that!
Oh yum – I have just re-discovered smoothies this last month and am going through a proper face, so have been on the lookout for new flavour combinations to try!(I have tended to stick with banana / blueberry / oats which is delicious, but at the same time, I would like to try something different!
That definitely sounds delicious and filling! You’ll have to let me know if you try either of these combos! :)
Now I’m craving Nectarines.
Ha! I think that’s a good thing to crave :)