This vegan green smoothie tastes so good you can hardly believe that it’s loaded with fresh greens! It’s the perfect power breakfast to start your day, packed with flavor and nutrition.
This vegan green smoothie is so simple and delicious that, once you’ve tasted it, you’ll want to return to it again and again as your go-to green smoothie recipe.
It goes down super easy and you’re getting a heap of fruit and veg in.
You’ll never again have any issue getting in your 5-a-day quota for fruits and vegetables. You can knock that out of the park at breakfast.
And if you love a good green smoothie then you’ll also love our kale smoothie so try that one too.
What Goes Into This Green Smoothie Recipe:
Ingredient Notes
- Frozen banana – whenever you have ripe bananas on hand, freeze a few of them for smoothies. Just peel them and cut them into pieces and then freeze them in a freezer safe container so that they’re ready for smoothies whenever you need them. If you don’t have any frozen banana on hand for this smoothie then you can use fresh banana.
- Mango and pineapple – we used fresh mango and pineapple but frozen will also work just fine. If you’re using frozen mango and pineapple then you may want to use a fresh (not frozen) banana.
- Baby spinach – is ideal for this smoothie as it is so neutral in flavor, you just don’t taste it at all. However, regular spinach is also fine to use.
- Almond butter – can be switched for any nut butter you have on hand.
- Maple syrup – is optional and can be omitted if you prefer.
- Almond milk – can be switched for any non-dairy milk you have on hand.
How To Make A Vegan Green Smoothie
You will find full instructions and measurements in the recipe card at the bottom of the post. This is a summary of the process to go along with the process photos.
- Add all the ingredients to the blender jug starting with almond milk, then almond butter, maple syrup, frozen banana, baby spinach and finally mango and pineapple.
- Blend until very smooth.
- Pour immediately into glasses and serve.
Recipe FAQ
It’s best to drink it right away and not to make it in advance as the ingredients will oxidize. It’s best and most delicious enjoyed immediately.
It’s absolutely ideal to drink a green smoothie for breakfast. They’re also great as a pre or post workout meal as they digest quickly and get those nutrients into your system super fast.
Spinach, and especially baby spinach work so well in a green smoothie. The flavor is really mild so it blends in beautifully and you don’t taste it at all. Kale can also go great in a smoothie, but the flavor is stronger so you usually need to make more of an effort to mask the taste. Try our kale smoothie, it’s totally delicious and you don’t taste the kale at all.
You actually can’t taste the spinach at all. All you can taste is the delicious fruit, making a green smoothie a really good way to get your greens in without even noticing.
More Delicious Smoothie and Juice Recipes
- Blended Green Juice
- Apple Carrot Celery Kale Juice
- Easy Green Juice
- Strawberry Mango Smoothie
- Mango Smoothie
- Papaya Smoothie
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Vegan Green Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup Almond Milk (240ml)
- 1 Tablespoon Almond Butter
- 1 Tablespoon Maple Syrup Optional
- 1 Medium Frozen Banana (100g)
- 3 ⅓ cups Baby Spinach (100g)
- 1 ¼ cups Fresh Mango (200g)
- 1 ¼ cups Fresh Pineapple (200g)
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to the blender jug starting with almond milk, then almond butter, maple syrup, frozen banana, baby spinach and finally mango and pineapple.
- Blend until very smooth.
- Pour immediately into glasses and serve.
Notes
- Almond milk – can be switched for any non-dairy milk you have on hand.
- Almond butter – can be switched for any nut butter you have on hand.
- Maple syrup – is optional and can be omitted if you prefer.
- Frozen banana – whenever you have ripe bananas on hand, freeze a few of them for smoothies. Just peel them and cut them into pieces and then freeze them in a freezer safe container so that they’re ready for smoothies whenever you need them. If you don’t have any frozen banana on hand for this smoothie then you can also use fresh banana.
- Baby spinach – is ideal for this smoothie as it is so neutral in flavor, you just don’t taste it at all. However, regular spinach is also fine to use.
- Mango and pineapple – we used fresh mango and pineapple but frozen will also work just fine. If you’re using frozen mango and pineapple then you may want to use a fresh (not frozen) banana.
- This recipe has been updated with new photos and a slightly updated and improved recipe.
Just made this. It’s delicious! I added juice from two oranges, juice from a half of a lemon, and a tsp each of spirulina powder and barley grass powder. I didn’t have mangoes, so I left that out. Excellent drink!
I absolutely loved this smoothie and it really tasted delicious! I used a bit of almond milk and water instead of coconut water and I used mb two cups of spinach instead.
I love everything around here. Just perfect!!!!!!!????????????????
Thanks Renée!
Love mango! Just in time for the warm weather.
Fruity, even though there are veggies as ingredients, one hardly tastes them.