Brewed green tea gives mango, grapes, and apple a different base from milk or juice. Spinach adds leaves, and the tea contributes a lightly tannic background. It suits people who enjoy green tea rather than expecting its flavor to disappear.
Healthy Smoothie Recipes
Green Tea Mango Apple Smoothie
Brewed green tea gives mango, grapes, and apple a different base from milk or juice.
Prep: 5 minutesServings: 1
Base recipe: 1 serving; the full base batch
Vegan
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Measured ingredient amounts adjust with servings. “To taste” amounts and directions stay as written.
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh spinach
- 1 cup green tea unsweetened, brewed and cooled
- 0.5 cup frozen mango chunks
- 0.5 cup green seedless grapes
- 1 green apple, cored
Directions
- Put the measured liquid in the blender with the prepared leafy greens. Secure the lid and process until the leaves are finely dispersed, stopping the machine before scraping down the sides if needed.
- Add the remaining edible ingredients, including the measured fruit, nuts, seeds, or spices listed for this recipe. Blend until evenly combined. Use the machine instructions to choose a suitable speed, and stop before checking texture or scraping the jug.
- Taste a small spoonful after blending. If the mixture is too thick to pour, add cold water one tablespoon at a time and blend briefly again. Divide the base batch into 1 serving and enjoy promptly.
Notes
Prepared ingredients are required; additional cooking, cooling, freezing, brewing, or soaking time is excluded from the active prep estimate. Serving volume and nutrition totals are not measured.
Adapted from Jen Hansard at Simple Green Smoothies.
Tips and ingredient notes
Brew tea ahead and cool completely. Avoid a very long steep, which increases bitterness. Use seedless grapes and core the apple. Green tea contains caffeine unless you choose a decaffeinated product.
Measure mango after removing skin and the flat central stone. Frozen pieces give a more repeatable portion than estimating a whole fruit. Break apart any pieces stuck together before blending, especially when other ingredients are frozen too.
Remove the full apple core, including seeds and hard stem attachments. Small pieces blend more readily than large wedges. Washed peel can stay where your machine handles it well, but a coarse texture may call for peeling in a later version.
Ingredient health benefits
- Spinach contributes folate, needed for normal cell division.
- Mango contributes carotenoids that the body can convert into vitamin A.
Nutrition references: NIH: Folate; NIH: Vitamin A. These are ingredient contributions; nutrition per serving has not been calculated.
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Recipe adapted from Jen Hansard at Simple Green Smoothies. Article text and directions written for Healthy Smoothie Recipes. Supplement omissions and preparation changes mean source nutrition totals do not apply.
