Made with apple, kiwi, banana and spinach, this Apple Kiwi Green Smoothie is refreshing, nourishing, and deliciously packed with nutrition. This is a fantastic healthy breakfast to start your day, or a mid-day snack when you're short on time.
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Why You'll Love This Smoothie
Homemade smoothies are one of my favourite ways to easily and efficiently get my servings of fruits and veggies each day. This Apple Kiwi Green Smoothie is not only loaded with vitamins and minerals in supporting immune, digestive, and heart health, but it also packs a real punch when it comes to delicious and refreshing flavour.
What makes this smoothie so great:
- No added sugars - most store-bought smoothies come with tons of unwanted added sugars that make them taste great. No need for that here - our fruits will do the heavy lifting in the taste department!
- Packed with nutrition - with a healthy serving of spinach, avocado, banana, apple, and kiwi, along with a couple of nutritional boosters, this recipe not only tastes great but is also full of nourishing ingredients for your mind and body.
- You don't taste the 'green' - our blend of fruits make this so tasty, you won't even realize the greens are there!
My Easy Smoothie Formula
I make all my smoothies following my easy-to-follow 5-step formula that yields consistent results every time - producing healthy, tasty, and balanced smoothies. If you want to learn how to adapt this method to easily build your own smoothies at home (and which I've used for this Apple Kiwi Green Smoothie recipe), check out my 5-step smoothie formula here.
Ingredients
Please see the recipe card below for exact quantities.
- Unsweetened almond milk - I use this as the base liquid for many of my smoothie recipes because it's creamy yet neutral tasting, relatively low in calories, and has no added sugars.
- Apple - I prefer using a green apple for its more sour, tart taste but you can use a red apple as well.
- Kiwis - kiwis are packed with vitamin C, making them great for an immune-boost! Any type of kiwi will work here.
- Spinach - a nutritional powerhouse, I use this in so many of my smoothies.
- Avocado - helps thicken my smoothie with a creamy texture, while providing a great source of healthy fats.
- Banana - frozen pre-ripened bananas are my favourite mix-in for smoothies. They're sweet, creamy and thick when blended, and often remove the need to add in any extra sweeteners or thickeners.
- Ginger - a great boost of anti-inflammatory benefits.
- Hemp seeds - to mix in some protein and healthy fats.
Instructions
STEP 1: Prepare your ingredients (wash, peel, chop) and then add them into the blender.
STEP 2: Blend ingredients thoroughly until smooth. Pour and enjoy!
Toasty's Tips
- Use frozen bananas - instead of fresh bananas, opt for frozen ripe bananas for their amazing ability to thicken and sweeten smoothies. Just freeze them before blending - I like to keep a bunch in the freezer on-hand at all times. They're also great for homemade ice cream!
- Add nutritional boosters - I'm using hemp seeds and ginger for a nutritional boost, but use whatever you like! The great thing about smoothies is how customizable they are - so use other types of seeds, supplement powders, superfoods, etc. based on your nutritional needs.
- When adding ingredients, make sure the wet ingredients are added so they're closest to the blender blade. This will ensure a smooth and even blending process.
- Set aside the wimpy blender! Use a high-powered blender to avoid ending up with chunky ingredients that don't fully blend. This helps ensure smooth, consistent results every time.
What Type of Blender Should I Use?
I recommend using a high-powered blender for smoothies, especially if using frozen fruits. Having used older, low-powered blenders in the past, they've often produced chunky, inconsistent results. My daily driver that I use for all of my smoothies is a Vitamix A3500, but before that, I used a Nutribullet Pro 900 with great results (and a much more affordable option). Regardless of brand, I highly recommend investing in a good, high-powered blender for best results when it comes to smoothies.
Can I Refrigerate My Smoothie?
Unfortunately, smoothies don't last very long in the fridge before they start losing their texture, flavour, nutrition and freshness. I wouldn't recommend leaving them refrigerated (in an air-tight container) for more than a day or two max. Drink your smoothie right after blending for optimal freshness, or you can also freeze it for up to a month, or sometimes even longer.
Meal Prep Tips for Smoothies
Instead of refrigerating, you can try freezing your smoothies - which make them fantastic for meal prep! Here are a few helpful tips on how to meal prep in advance with smoothies:
- Ice cube tray - an easy time-saver is to pour your smoothie into an ice cube tray to freeze, so they can easily pop out as cubes to thaw or blend whenever you're ready to enjoy it.
- Freezer jars - Freeze your smoothie in a mason jar (or other air-tight container), and then thaw it in the fridge for 2-3 hours whenever you're ready to enjoy it.
- Portion and freeze ingredients - chop up the fruits and vegetables and store them in a zip-lock bag in the freezer. This allows you to quickly throw the frozen ingredients into a blender along with the liquids and boosters whenever you're ready to enjoy it.
Other Smoothie Recipes to Try
Check out some of my other delicious smoothie recipes here:
📖 Recipe
Apple Kiwi Green Smoothie
Suggested Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1 green apple
- 2 kiwis
- 1 cup spinach
- ½ avocado
- ½ banana - frozen and ripened
- ¼" slice ginger
- 1 tablespoon hemp seeds
Instructions
- Prepare (wash, chop, slice) any ingredients as needed. Then add ingredients into the blender.
- Blend ingredients thoroughly until smooth. Pour and enjoy!
Notes
- Video: Watch the step-by-step video tutorial here.
- Use frozen bananas - instead of fresh bananas, opt for frozen ripe bananas for their amazing ability to thicken and sweeten smoothies. Just freeze them before blending - I like to keep a bunch in the freezer on-hand at all times. They're also great for homemade ice cream!
- Add nutritional boosters - I'm using hemp seeds and ginger for a nutritional boost, but use whatever you like! The great thing about smoothies is how customizable they are - so use other types of seeds, supplement powders, superfoods, etc. based on your nutritional needs.
- When adding ingredients, make sure the wet ingredients are added so they're closest to the blender blade. This will ensure a smooth and even blending process.
- Use a high-powered blender to avoid ending up with chunky ingredients that don't fully blend. This helps ensure smooth, consistent results every time.
STEP-BY-STEP VIDEO
You can find step-by-step video tutorials for all of my recipes on my YouTube Channel. There you'll find many more tips and tricks to help you along!
Nutrition
Note: Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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