5 Delicious Smoothie Recipes to Try This Spring

Are you ever in a rush and want a quick smoothie recipe? VALLEY is here to help with the best smoothie recipes of spring. Check out the (VALLEY approved) recipes below!

Classic Mixed Berry

What you’ll need:

• 1 cup of frozen blueberries
• 1 cup of frozen strawberries
• ½ cup of frozen blackberries
• ½ cup of frozen raspberries
• 1 ½ cups of milk (your choice of milk)
• 1 cup of plain Greek yogurt

What you’ll do:

1. Take fruit out of the freezer and grab your ingredients.
2. Put milk, Greek yogurt and frozen fruit into a blender and mix until the consistency is smooth.
3. Pour the smoothie into a glass.
4. Enjoy!

Cherry Dragonfruit

What you’ll need:

• 1 3½-ounce package of frozen dragon fruit or 1 cup fresh red dragon fruit
• 1 cup frozen sweet cherries
• 1 cup frozen banana or one medium banana
• 1 cup sweetened vanilla almond or soy milk, or plant-based milk of your choice
• 1 tablespoon agave nectar or sweetener of your choice (optional)

What you’ll do:

1. Add the dragonfruit, cherries and banana to the blender.
2. Pour in the plant milk and optional sweetener, then blend for one minute or until smooth.
3. Pour the smoothie into a glass.
4. Enjoy!

Mango Pineapple

What you’ll need:

• 1 cup frozen mangos
• 1 cup frozen pineapple
• ½ cup yogurt (plain or vanilla)
• ¾ cup water

What you’ll do:

1. Place the mangos, pineapple, yogurt and water into your blender.
2. Blend on high speed until very smooth. If you want a thinner smoothie, add a little bit more water.
3. Pour the smoothie into a glass.
4. Enjoy!

Peanut Butter Banana

What you’ll need:

• 2 bananas, broken into chunks
• 2 cups of milk
• ½ cup of peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons of honey (or to taste)
• 2 cups of ice cubes

What you’ll do:

1. Gather all the ingredients.
2. Place bananas, milk, peanut butter, honey and ice cubes in a blender.
3. Blend until smooth (about 30 seconds).
4. Pour the smoothie into a glass.
5. Enjoy!

Green Machine

What you’ll need:

• 1 cup frozen spinach or kale
• ½ frozen banana
• ½ tablespoon almond butter
• 1 to 2 cups peeled and frozen oranges (or frozen pineapple or mango chunks)
• ½ teaspoon chia seeds (optional)
• 1 cup almond milk (and more as needed to blend)
• Handful of ice

What you’ll do:

1. In a blender, place the spinach, banana, almond butter, 1 cup frozen fruit and chia seeds. Then add the almond milk and blend until smooth, adding more almond milk as needed.
2. Add the ice and blend again.
3. Taste and add more frozen fruit if you want your smoothie to be sweeter. Blend until smooth.
4. Pour the smoothie into a glass.
5. Enjoy!

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