Blueberry Spinach Smoothie

Coming up with a bunch of smoothies recipes has been a great way to keep me on track. Not only do I get the various health benefits from cycling through a wide variety of ingredients, but it keeps my attention!

I get bored easily, what can I say?

Anyway, my nutritionist wants me to try and pack some extra spinach into my diet, so I’ve been playing around with green smoothies - and smoothie bowls.

I’ll be sharing those recipes eventually, but today I’m going with my spinach blueberry smoothie. Probably more of a “superfood smoothie” than an actual greens smoothie, seeing as it’s purpose, but hey - tons of spinach in it!

This is one of my favourite breakfast smoothies - it’s a healthy way to get a good breakfast in on busy mornings, but it doesn’t TASTE like it.

It’s amazing to me, just how well spinach blends in to fruit smoothies. You can actually pack a LOT of spinach into one, before it does anything to really impact the taste and texture.

So, this is basically a nice blueberry smoothie, with the almost-invisible benefit of added greens.

Personally, I love spinach... but this would be a great way to get your greens in, if you’re not a fan of spinach.

Anyway, let’s look at what you’ll need to have on hand, for this high protein spinach and blueberry smoothie recipe.

Ingredients

This blueberry spinach protein smoothie recipe uses just a few simple ingredients - you won’t have any problem finding what you need in any larger grocery store.

As always, I have a few ingredient notes for you:

Frozen Blueberries

I like to use frozen fruit for the convenience of it. Also, it’s a great way to give your smoothie a thicker consistency. I’m not a fan of ice cubes, and I find the just dilute the flavour of whatever smoothie I’m adding them to.

As a note, using wild blueberries - vs cultivated blueberries - will give you a more intense blueberry flavour.

This is both because wild blueberries HAVE more flavour than cultivated... and because they’re smaller. Smaller berries = more berries (in weight), per measured cup.

In terms of fresh fruit, it can be fun to use fresh blueberries... but expect a different texture.

Beyond the “ice replacement” thing for texture, freezing breaks down the blueberries a bit, and they’ll blend in more thoroughly than fresh blueberries will.

That said, when the it’s the time of year for fresh, local blueberries... I’ll use em. I’ll deal with picking the bits of blueberry skin out of my teeth afterwards, LOL!

Baby Spinach

I’ve only used fresh spinach in my smoothie recipes. One of these days, I’ll try adding a cube of frozen spinach and see how it goes.

If you try it, let me know how it goes, in the comments!

Beyond that, just be sure to use baby spinach, rather than regular leaf spinach.

Regular spinach has a more hearty texture, which doesn’t break down as well when blended raw.

Vanilla Flavored Protein Powder

This blueberry and spinach smoothie recipe uses Vanilla Flavored Whey Protein Powder.

Personally, I keep a big canister of Revolution Nutrition's High Whey in Vanilla Cake on hand at all times, and use it in a TON of my recipe - baked goods, beverages, etc.

Use whatever vanilla protein powder that you like to drink, is the best protein powder for your macros.

Alternatively, if you have a berry flavoured protein powder, that would work as well.

Unsweetened Almond Milk

Unsweetened Almond Milk has been my milk of choice for years now. It was a great dairy-free option when I could no longer handle cow’s milk, and it’s a fantastic, low carb option in general.

When it comes down to it, though... depending on your macros, you can use pretty much any kind of milk in this blueberry spinach smoothie recipe.

As far as non dairy milk goes, Oat milk, Cashew Milk, Flax Milk, Macadamia Milk and Coconut Milk are all good options.

Almond is the most neutral tasting option, though - so just know that the other plant based milks may change the overall flavour of the spinach blueberry protein smoothie a bit.

Anyway, beyond the non-dairy milk options, regular milk works, too - just a bit higher carb.

You can use whatever you like, but I’d recommend at least 2% fat, for texture reasons. Whole milk is great... I find 1% / skim milk to be too watery, IMHO.

Greek Yogurt

This recipe - and the nutritional info provided - is based on using plain Greek Yogurt.

That said, feel free to use blueberry flavoured Greek yogurt - just expect that the carb count of the finished smoothie will be a bit higher.

Collagen Peptides

This is entirely optional, but I like to include collagen.

It doesn’t really add anything in terms of flavour or texture, but it’s a convenient way to sneak a dose in!

If you’re not already taking collagen, I wouldn’t bother picking some up just for this recipe.

How to Make Blueberry Spinach Protein Smoothies

The full recipe is in the printable recipe card at the end of this post.

Measure spinach and almond milk into a high-speed blender, blitz until smooth.

More High Protein Shakes and Smoothie Recipes!

Looking for more high protein smoothies and shakes? Here are a few more tasty recipes for you to try!:

Chocolate Malt Protein Shake
Malted Milk Protein Shake
Mango Daiquiri Protein Smoothie
Mango Lassi Protein Smoothie
Pumpkin Pie Protein Shake
Strawberry Daiquiri Protein Smoothie
Sugar Cookie Protein Shake