A Blueberry Smoothie packed with greens is the perfect way to start the day. Healthy, easy to make, full of fruits, veggies, and filling flax seed. The blueberry smoothie is packed with protein and heart healthy fats. It may just knock Wheaties out of the title holder “breakfast of champions”. It’s Monday, Breakfast is calling, it’s hot and I’m always rushing around trying to get to work. Most mornings that means I’m having breakfast in the car! I don’t know about you but having something cool and refreshing first thing in the morning is just about my favorite way to start the day in the summer. An added bonus, the gorgeous color and sweet blueberry flavor.
Blueberries are loaded with antioxidants, and they also have vitamin C in them, which is amazing for your skin heath. Vitamin C is necessary for the production of collagen in your skin. Collagen is what helps your skin stay supple and help keep the skin from developing wrinkles. Who knew a breakfast smoothie could do so much for you?
The flaxseed (affiliate link) in this recipe is a crucial ingredient as it helps thicken the smoothie to make it almost like dessert. I’ve mentioned before that I love to add greens to my breakfast if possible, and this smoothie is no exception! It starts with a healthy base of frozen spinach. Frozen spinach is one of my essential pantry ingredients for healthy cooking and eating. If you had to buy that much fresh spinach it would be triple the cost. And because it’s frozen it’s less likely to go bad on you. Frozen spinach is great to have on hand, you can also add it to soups, pasta sauce or as an easy healthy side dish sauteed with a little bit of garlic and olive oil.
I have been trying to incorporate more healthy fats into my everyday diet and that includes my breakfast. I had no idea how adding a little bit of fat in my smoothie would help bring out the sweet flavors in the blueberries as well as add a creamy consistency to the entire smoothie making it so much more like a dessert. My recent obsession is coconut butter (affiliate link)in my smoothies. I could eat coconut butter by the spoonful like it’s peanut butter only sweeter, and much thicker. If you don’t have coconut butter, you can always use peanut butter or almond butter.
- ¾-1 cup frozen spinach
- ½ cup frozen blueberries
- 1 tbs. flax seeds
- 1 tbs. coconut butter (or nut butter of choice)
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
- ½ - 1 cup cashew milk (or milk of your choice)
- Add ingredients to the blender in the order listed. Blend until smooth
What about you?
- Do you eat your breakfast in the car?
- Green smoothies – what’s your favorite flavor combo?
- Have you tried coconut butter before?
I need to know more about coconut butter! Can’t go wrong with green smoothies. Shared the goodness.
I have been wanting to try coconut butter. I hear it’s delicious. I have never been much of a car eater. I would usually either eat at home or when I got into work.
This is the first I have heard of coconut butter. I am intrigued! Lovely use of superfood blueberries and spinach. I love that you use frozen – no washing required! A beautiful smoothie!
I love the color of this! You should pantone it, lol. And I just got myself a pint of blueberries. Eating them by the handful!
Everyone is posting a smoothie recipe today! haha! Love blueberry smoothies though and I love the coconut butter!!
I like the spinach and the blueberries together. I will certainly need to give it a try.Great recipe!
Oh I have those flax seeds too and I’ll need to add them to my smoothies – I have blueberries too!
I love blueberries and have been eating a ton of them! Oh yes, I eat in my car all the time in general. It’s really bad actually – the seat of my car has chocolate protein bar stains and other randomness from me always munching while driving!
I have not tried coconut butter yet! I’m not a huge fan of the coconut flavor, although I don’t mind coconut oil!
I used to eat bfast in the car every morning, but it left me feeling kind of stressed haha. Now I make time to have it before I leave. It feels nice to sit and enjoy breakfast sometimes! Looks delish, Sam 🙂
Cannot get enough smoothie recipes!! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
I love to include healthy, nutritious smoothies in my diet in a variety of ways, so I am delighted that you shared your
wonderful Blueberry Smoothie recipe with us on the Healthy Happy Green and Natural Party Blog Hop. I’m pinning and sharing.