Despite my valiant efforts, my kids are super picky about their veggies. It drives me absolutely nuts. Are staples are baby carrots and sometimes cucumbers, but I seriously doubt their health benefits when dipped in globs of creamy ranch dressing.
Considering the circumstances, sometimes a mama’s gotta get tricky.
Enter my favorite kitchen gadget: the magic bullet.
This puppy was a hand-me-down from my angel of a friend Tami. She is the kitchen gadget girl. When she upgraded to fancier processing tools, she gave us her hardly-used bullet, and we were SO grateful!
Oh, and if you don’t have an angel of a friend who might give one to you, you can score the bullet at a decent price on amazon:
The kids love the colorful lids. And I love the quick breakfast options. We’re also big on having smoothies with dinner for a special treat, usually with english muffin pizzas.
And I love that I can get tricky with the veggies with the sweet little bullet.
I know it looks absolutely nasty, but for real, you cannot taste the spinach!
Since folks have different blender sizes, and since I’m not really very precise in my kitchen endeavors ;), I’m going to give you my not-so-technical recipe for this yummy (& sneaky) treat:
The Not-So-Technical Sneaky Spinach Smoothie:
Ingredients
- A big ol’ handful of fresh spinach leaves
- One banana
- A whole bunch of strawberries and/or other berries
- Ice. Lots of ice.
- A cup or two (or three?) of orange juice.
“Recipe” (the term used very loosely)
Ready for it? Ok, put in all that spinach first. Add a small amount of the OJ and blend it up real good, so there’s no “pieces” that will send your kids running ;)
Next, add in everything else. Blend it up. [End recipe.]
Pour and enjoy!
Try it and let me know if you’re kids say a word about it being spinachy… promise you can’t taste it!
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I think I might try this. My brother & I picked up one of these on a shopping trip we { that I forced him to go on} went on. They’re so awesome & you can mix anything. I’m not one for veggies either so this is a great idea!
Nikki: I’m not a veggie lover either, but I love these smoothies. It’s good stuff… you should try it!
We’ve been drinking green smoothies every day for several years. They are the main reason we love our blender.
We use milk kefir as our main liquid with a little added OJ concentrate for sweetness. Last month we pick over 70 pounds of blueberries to freeze enough for a full year of smoothies! We’re so thankful for en extra freezer we were able to get at the beginning of the summer!
Wow that is AWESOME about all the money you saved getting blueberries in bulk! Love that!
I thought you might be interested in a post I wrote recently on Feeding Picky Eaters :)
Thanks for sharing, Allyson! I’ll hop over & check it out!
The title caught my eye…haha I will try this recipe and let my kids be the judge…if they say yum then it’s a keeper! although they aren’t to picky. ;) We’d love it if you’d share this at our Home is Where the Heart is! http://www.homesteadsimple.com/home-is-where-the-heart-is-link-it-up-wednesdays-1/
Let me know what they think, Erika ;) I’ll be over to link up now!
Sounds yummy! Thanks for linking up to Thrive @ Home Thursday. :)
Sounds like a great way to get the veggies in. Thanks for sharing at the All Star Block Party!
Love the title!! I’ve been trying to be sneaky with my toddler but she’s a tough one!! While I’m a fan of the spinach smoothie, she doesn’t like banana :( You think it would work without it?? I always get excited when I find something healthy to give her, but then I cry inside because she never likes it! ;) I would love if you came and shared this {and your other great ideas I see over there on the sidebar} at my new link party!! http://www.hubbymademe.com/throwback-thursday-no-2/
Thanks Britni! Hmm…. The banana gives it a good consistency… what if you used yogurt??? Not sure! I’m on vacation this week but will def link up next week. Thanks for the invite! :)
First, the math problems make me smile :) My boys request smoothies all the time, so I might have to sneak in some spinach … Thanks for sharing this at the {what’s shakin’ link party} this week!!
Thanks for stopping by CountryMommaCooks and linking up at our Saturday Link and Greet Party…hope to see you again tonight : )
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