Purple Power Smoothie Recipe

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College

more smoothiesLast week we made mouths water with our Purple Power Smoothie post. Unfortunately for your taste buds, we were mean and didn’t give you the recipe. Since there are only two more weeks until move-in, we wanted to give you the recipe to this delicious (and sneaky) smoothie to give you the nutrition and energy you need to soak up these precious last couple weeks! Want more smoothie love? Look for the recipe to our Berry-Mango Smoothie next week!

PURPLE POWER SMOOTHIE

Ingredients:

  • Spinach, 1 cup
  • Banana, 1
  • Blueberries (frozen), 1/3 cup
  • Yogurt (plain, nonfat), 1/2 cup
  • Orange juice, 1/2 cup
  • Crushed ice, a little over ~1/2 cup

Put all ingredients in a blender and blend until smoothie reaches desired consistency.

NUTRITION per 18oz smoothie:
240 calories
1g fat
110mg sodium
58g carbohydrate
6g fiber
35g sugar
8g protein