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Very Berry Smoothie

★★★★ 4 /5 Updated: 11/19/22
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This Berry Smoothie starts your day with a super food punch! It’s an easy, healthy smoothie that includes strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries, plus some hidden spinach.

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About the Berry Smoothie

This Very Berry Smooth is chock full of superfoods. You hear that term tossed around all the time, but what exactly does that mean?

A superfood is one that is far and away more nutrient dense than other healthy foods. That means the nutrient-to-calorie ratio falls disproportionately in favor of the nutrients. Our smoothie ingredients, including the berries, spinach, flaxseed, and pecans, all fall into the superfood category.

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Ingredients for the Berry Smoothie

Not only are the ingredients in our berry smoothie incredible for your health, but berries, spinach, and the other ingredients taste really good when blended together. Here’s your shopping list of real food (and superfood!) ingredients for this delicious Berry Smoothie:

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  • Frozen mixed berries – Can often be bought in bulk
  • Baby spinach – You can sub kale
  • Ground flaxseed – Here is why flaxseed is good for you
  • Raw pecans – Or your favorite raw nut
  • Unsweetened almond milk – of the milk of your choice
  • Vanilla Greek yogurt – Whole milk yogurt is the least processed

I think smoothies are even more fun to drink when you have some dishwasher-safe, reusable silicone straws on hand like these (or some paper straws like these) to top off your beverage. So stinkin’ easy to enjoy a healthy, colorful breakfast, right?!

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How to Make It a Smoothie Freezer Pack

One of the best parts of this recipe (and our other smoothie recipes) is that you can make several freezer smoothie packs ahead of time to have on hand for quick breakfasts and snacks.

Having these pre-made packs at our finger tips has made our families into smoothie addicts! What an easy way to get superfoods into your diet every single day.

1. Layer ingredients in small freezer bags in this order:

  • ½ banana, sliced
  • 1 cup frozen mixed berries (strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, etc)
  • 1 cup spinach or kale, packed
  • 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
  • 2 tablespoons raw pecan halves (sub: any other raw nut)

2. Seal tightly, squeezing out the air, and freeze for up to 3 months.

3. To Blend: Start by adding1 cup almond milk and 1/4 vanilla Greek yogurt to a high-powered blender. Then, add all the other ingredients. Break up the ingredients in the bag by hitting it on the counter or crunching it with your hands. Dump the ingredients from the bag in and follow blending instructions above.

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How to Use Your Smoothie Pack

Take a look at how easy it is to use your freezer pack in the morning…

What Blender Do I Need to Make a Berry Smoothie?

Now, let’s talk blenders for a minute. Not all of them are created equal. I’ve owned a lot of brands over the years–Frigidaire, Cuisinart, Ninja, Vitamix, and Oster. To really pulverize the freezer smoothie packs, you’ll need a high-powered blender. The two blenders that stand out as winners from my experience are…

  1. The Vitamix because it is very high-powered, super simple, and will last for an eon. We both have this blender and it’s the BEST.
  2. A more affordable option is the Nutri Ninja Personal and Countertop Blender. This makes smooth smoothies and allows me to make single serving smoothies. The big blender doesn’t pulverize as well as the smaller containers do or the Vitamix, just so you know. We use the single-serving blender daily!
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Be sure to try (or Pin for later) all of our delicious, healthy smoothies that include instructions for making them into freezer packs.

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With your superfoods and blender at hand, it’s time to start your day well with our Very Berry Smoothie!

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★★★★ 4 from 2 reviews

Very Berry Smoothie

Start your day with a super food punch! This easy, healthy berry smoothie includes strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries, plus hidden spinach. Freezer smoothie pack instructions included.

Yield: One (16 ounce) smoothie
Prep: 3 minutesCook: 0 minutesTotal: 3 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1 – 1 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk (sub: milk of choice)
  • 1/4 cup vanilla Greek yogurt (or use plain yogurt and sweetened with honey to taste)
  • 1/2 banana, sliced
  • 1 cup frozen mixed berries (strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, etc)
  • 1 cup baby spinach or chopped kale, packed
  • 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
  • 2 tablespoons raw pecan halves (sub: any other raw nut)

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Instructions

Make It Now:

1. Start by adding 1 cup almond milk and the vanilla Greek yogurt to a high-powered blender. Then, add all the other ingredients.

2. Blend until smooth. You may need to stop and stir/shake the blender or add up to 1/4 cup more almond milk, as needed, to make sure it gets smooth.

Make Freezer Smoothie Packs for Later:

1. Layer ingredients in small freezer bags in this order:

  • ½ banana, sliced
  • 1 cup frozen mixed berries (strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, etc)
  • 1 cup spinach or kale, packed
  • 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
  • 2 tablespoons raw pecan halves (sub: any other raw nut)

2. Seal tightly, squeezing out the air, and freeze for up to 3 months.

3. To Blend: Start by adding1 cup almond milk and 1/4 vanilla Greek yogurt to a high-powered blender. Then, add all the other ingredients. Break up the ingredients in the bag by hitting it on the counter or crunching it with your hands. Dump the ingredients from the bag in and follow blending instructions above.


Notes/Tips

Smoothie Packs Delivered to Your Door! If you like the idea of frozen smoothie packs but don’t have time, give SmoothieBox a try. I wrote a full review of this smoothie pack delivery service here.

Try All Our Smoothie Pack Flavors:

  • Chocolate Covered Cherry Smoothie (my personal obsession!)
  • 4-Ingredient Tropical Green Smoothie
  • Blueberry Muffin Smoothie
  • Orangesicle Smoothie
  • Green Machine Smoothie
  • Very Berry Smoothie
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Cuisine: American Method: Blending

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If you want to make life really simple, try SmoothieBox. We love these frozen smoothie packs that are delivered to your door.

In fact, you can read my full honest review of SmoothieBox here. I love having these in the freezer for days when I just don’t have time to whip up a smoothie on my own.

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As co-founder of Thriving Home, Rachel dreams about creating recipes (literally) and uses her husband, her 3 kids, and even the neighbors as guinea pigs several nights a week. She believes that good food has the power to bring families and friends closer together and continues to wake up excited about her job each day, even after 10+ years!

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  1. AvatarSarah says

    Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:07 pm

    Even my 2 and 4 year olds love this recipe! Love that it includes spinach! We often half the recipe when I’m not making enough for the whole family. It is does blend thick, with whole milk at least, but I often throw an extra splash of milk in there, and the Ninja handles it fine. This is becoming a staple in our home, so thank you for sharing it!

    ★★★★★

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    • Carla from Thriving HomeCarla from Thriving Home says

      Posted on 11/14/22 at 9:11 am

      Love hearing this Sarah. Thank you for taking the time to let others know how much your family likes this smoothie!

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  2. AvatarStephenie says

    Posted on 10/26/22 at 12:21 pm

    I made the Berry Smoothie exactly as described. I had to put way more than a cup of milk in it, and more than 1/4 cup of yogurt in. I have a Ninja, and have made lots of smoothies. This made way too much, and the Ninja didn’t like having to blend these ingredients. It was way too thick. I probably won’t make this combination again. I wasn’t very fond of the taste.

    ★★★

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    • Rachel TiemeyerRachel Tiemeyer says

      Posted on 10/27/22 at 1:33 pm

      Thanks for your honest feedback, Stephenie. Sorry it didn’t work out for you. I make a similar one with these exact amount regularly in my Vitamix and in our little Ninja blender. Sometimes it takes more milk to get it going. Also, I do think the sweetness of the frozen berries can vary widely between brands and even different packages.

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