This dairy free green smoothie is the perfect way to kick off your morning. Loaded with a delicious, healthy combination of foods, you won’t be able to wait for another one of these vegan green smoothies.
If you have never tried a dairy free green smoothie, then you are missing out!
A few years ago, green smoothies became all the rage. And for a good reason.
They are loaded with a combination of ingredients that are super healthy for you and can really give you an extra boost of nutrients.
Depending on what you put into your green smoothie, depends on what nutrients that may be.
Some people, however, are turned off by the green color and refuse to even try a one of these green smoothies.
Really, it’s just another color on the rainbow spectrum and doesn’t mean that it can’t taste as good as any dairy free fruit smoothie that may happen to be pink, purple, or yellow. All colors that seem to be appealing.
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Watch how to make a dairy free green smoothie:
What is a dairy free green smoothie?
Essentially, a vegan green smoothie is just a fruit smoothie that you add dark leafy greens too.
Fruit helps to balance the sometimes bitterness of the greens and make it actually taste sweet while you can reap the benefits of the dark leafy greens that you are adding.
Spinach or kale are the two most common types of leafy greens that are added to a vegan green smoothie.
What ingredients do you need to make a dairy free green smoothie?
All dairy free fruit smoothies are pretty simple to make and this dairy free green smoothie is no exception.
If you have a blender, there’s no reason you can get started on making this really simple smoothie right away.
The ingredients that you need to make this vegan green smoothie are:
- Banana (Frozen best)
- Kale
- Orange (Orange Juice or Clementines also work)
- Rolled Oats
- Coconut Water
- Agave (or maple syrup)
- Chia Seeds
How do you make a dairy free green smoothie?
Inside of a blender, you are going to add all your ingredients.
We love our high powdered Vitamix because of the ability to really blend the ingredients; however our second favorite blender that is well within most people’s price range is this Ninja Professional Kitchen System (watch it for sales, it’s frequently ran for $99).
The most preferred way to add ingredients to a blender in order to preserve the blades is to add liquid, dry, then frozen ingredients on top.
This way, by the time the blades come in contact with frozen ingredients, it has already starting blending a good amount of your vegangreen smoothie.
Should I use a frozen or fresh banana to make this dairy free green smoothie?
Honestly, either a fresh or frozen banana will work in this smoothie.
Most people prefer to drink cold smoothies, and because of that will typically add ice.
Ice, however, is just frozen water, so by adding ice, it has a tendency to dilute the flavor profile of this vegan green smoothie.
One way to combat diluting it, is to add a frozen banana. This way your smoothie still gets cold, but without essentially adding water to it.
Pin this dairy free green smoothie for later:
Dairy Free Green Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup coconut water
- 1 medium orange (can also use ¼ cup orange juice or 2-3 clementines)
- 1 cup kale, packed
- ½ cup rolled oats
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 1 teaspoon agave
- 1 frozen banana (or fresh- see notes)
Instructions
- In a blender, add all the ingredients.
- Blend until well combined.
- *If using a fresh banana, add ice if desired.
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Notes
Nutrition
This post was originally published on 12/31/18 and updated on 1/6/2020.
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