Put This Smoothie Into Your Belly!

I MEAN. Just a friendly recommendation from one pal to another. You're gonna wanna try this. Not only is this a yummy smoothie recipe, but it also doubles as a solid tip for how you can salvage and use your "about to go bad" bananas and berries.

Here's what you need:

• 1 banana (frozen or fresh)
• handful of baby spinach 
• 3 tbsp all-natural peanut butter
• 2-3 strawberries (frozen or fresh)
• 1/3 - 1/2 cup of low-fat milk
• 3 ice cubes
• Optional: 2 tbsp Nesquik, if you're feeling extra feisty

Spoiler alert - you're going to just put all of those things into a blender and blend them till they're smooth. Sorry if you thought there was some other magical way to get those things into a delicious smoothie form.

HERE WE GO:

So you see in my ingredients that I've listed either frozen or fresh banana/strawberries. In our apartment, we wash the berries that are about to go bad and freeze them in a Tupperware container for future smoothie use. Same with bananas - if they've become too ripe, we peel them and freeze them. Whatever you do - don't put your bananas into the freezer with their peels still on, unless you love battling with a peel that's frozen to its fruit. It's like trying to peel off old wallpaper that will only come up one scrap at a time. #Oy.

This tip about freezing your fruit is especially useful if your supermarket, like mine, never has a berry container that's comprised 100% of "good-looking" strawberries. You know what I mean, right? Like if 75%-80% of the package looks like it's in good shape, I consider that a success at my market.

Any kind of berry will work for this smoothie recipe - blueberries and raspberries are both delicious in it as well. You can even do mixed berries, or swap out the Nesquik for some Swiss Miss mix for a little bit of a different taste.

What is your favorite smoothie recipe? I'd love to hear it!

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