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Green Giant


Green Giant

Author: Andrea Carpenter, RD

Recipe Type: Smoothies

Serving: 2

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1/2 cup water

  • 1/2 cup unsweetened milk alternative (pea, hemp, almond, coconut)

  • 1/2 cup pineapple

  • 1 banana

  • 2 TBSP hemp hearts

  • 1/2 TBSP matcha

  • 1/2 tsp spirulina

  • 2 cups leafy, baby greens (kale, spinach, arugula)

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Add all ingredients to the blender, in the order listed above.

  2. Start blender at low and gradually increase to maximum (or use a smoothie setting if you have it). Add additional water if too thick.

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