Green Banana Bread Smoothie
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Love banana bread? You must try this Green Banana Bread Smoothie! Made with bananas, walnuts and cinnamon, it’s a healthier way to enjoy banana bread either for breakfast or on-the-go, and an easy way to sneak greens into a recipe.
What’s better than a banana bread smoothie? Well, actual banana bread obviously, like this almond banana bread, but that’s not why you’re here. This banana bread smoothie is a healthier way to enjoy “banana bread” for breakfast!
Recipe features
- It’s an easy way to sneak greens into a recipe, which is helpful for both adults and kids
- It tastes like banana bread in smoothie form
- You can easily customize it to your liking
Ingredients
Banana: If you want the smoothie to be a thicker texture, I recommend peeling the banana, slicing it, and then placing the slices into a bag and in the freezer for a few hours.
Greens: I love adding spinach to smoothies because you can’t taste it! If you want to use other greens, kale works too, though I’d only add 1/2 cup of it.
Nuts: Any kind work! I think walnuts are a fan-favorite in paleo banana bread, so I added them to this smoothie. Want to keep this nut-free? Try adding rolled oats instead!
Yogurt: Plain Greek yogurt works best, though any kind of plain yogurt0–dairy or dairy free–will do!
Milk: I’m just going to say it–you can use whatever milk you want!
Tips and FAQs
- Add-ins: Hemp seeds, chia seeds, cacao nibs, dates, rolled oats
- Frozen banana: Want a thicker smoothie? Use a frozen banana instead! Or, you can use a room temperature banana and add a handful of ice cubes, which is what I typically do
Why does this smoothie use two bananas?
Honestly, because in order for it to have a stronger (i.e. banana bread) flavor, you need two bananas. You can absolutely make it with only one, it just won’t have a strong banana flavor to it.
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Green Banana Bread Smoothie
Ingredients
- 2 bananas
- 2 cups spinach
- 1/4 cup yogurt
- 2 tbsp walnuts
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup almond milk
- ice
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a blender and pulse until smooth.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
UPDATE NOTE: This post was originally published in 2017. It was updated with new photos in June 2020.
I’ve been having a green smoothie almost every day for months ( I usually fast until about 4 pm.). I’m getting tired of the same ingredients so decided to invent my own and then googled and saw yours. Almost the same except I never thought of adding walnuts, great idea for next time. I aslo use green bananas ( lots of tips on youtube how to peel them.). They’re so much better for us, less sugar, much more resistant starch which is so good for our gut. I encourage you to try it with green bananas! 🙂
Gorgeous photos as always, Erin! And this smoothie looks delicious!! 😀
This might be a dumb question but how much ice should I add to this?
Hi! It doesn’t really matter, but I usually add 5-6 ice cubes.
If you use frozen fruit, you could avoid the ice altogether 🙂
Awesome recipe, by the way! I’ve seen tons of banana based recipes for smoothies but the idea of a banana bread version sounds so cool. Can’t wait to give it a go!
Spinach plus banana is my favorite base for a smoothie. I also recently tried adding hemp.seeds and love it. Definitely a smoothie I will be making
This sounds amazing! I will definitely be trying it. Love new smoothie ideas, because I feel like I tend to do the same thing over and over. And I also love the smoothie-a-day idea. It’s seriously such a good way to get in extra greens!
You’re gonna be awesome this weekend! Once you start talking, the nerves should definitely go away. Good luck!
Beautiful! I could definitely use some new smoothie inspiration, it’s so hard to drink them when its cold out but I need the nutrients!! Good luck this weekend sending all the good vibes ?