Green Smoothie

A few months back I had a rather bad experience with green smoothies. I had decided to just make up my own with no recipe and hope for the best (typical me, right?). Well without going too much into detail, about two bites into the thing it was poured down the drain never to be mentioned again.

So after that experience it took me a little while to build up the courage to try again. But with trying to get in shape for my dance performance and just feeling like trying something different I finally tried again. This time with a recipe though. ;)
I decided to go with a simple, basic smoothie to start with. I know a lot of green smoothies have tons of veggies in them, but they also taste like it. I figured I would go easy on myself and start with something more...edible?
The recipe I found which I believe was called "beginners green smoothie" (perfect, right?) was made from only a few ingredients.

1 cup Spinach
1 cup Frozen pineapple
1 Banana
1 cup coconut milk
1 Tablespoon chia seeds (optional)

Literally all you have to do is throw it in your blender (in stages if your blender is as pathetic as mine) and blend it all up. Making sure that it's all well ground up, you don't want bits of spinach in your smoothie (eww).

Well let me tell you this IT WAS AMAZING. It didn't taste weird at all, in fact it just tasted like a normal smoothie, except better. I can't wiat to make these next summer with fresh fruits and veggies form my own garden. I guess that means I'll actually have to get my lazy self up out of my bed and plant a garden though...hmm...

Here are a couple pictures of my "green martian goo" as my dear little brother called my lunch. :)

~Alyssa <3