I’ve been drinking green smoothies for a while now.  Full of vitamins and low in calories, they are a great way to pack a good nutrition punch in a fun package.  My girls have been begging for a purple smoothie for a few days and I finally gave in this morning.  They called them Fairy Smoothies and have declared them awesome.  And they are good for them too!

Fairy Smoothies

1 to 2 cups of frozen berries (strawberries, rasberries, blueberries, blackberries, etc)

1 cup of plain yogurt

2 cups Silk Vanilla Almond Milk

2 handfuls of fresh baby spinach

1 banana

I layer the ingredients in my Ninja blender starting with 1 cup of berries, yogurt, spinach, and the banana.  I pour the almond milk over the top.  I start blending on speed 1 to get it going and then kick it up to 2 briefly and then 3 to really liquefy the spinach.  When it’s all blended together you’ll have a thick, creamy smoothie that you can’t even see the spinach in.  Makes about 4 cups.