Refreshing Green Smoothie

This smoothie was actually a surprise for me ~ I had no idea it was going to turn out as good as it did.

This morning I was craving something with lots of greens that would be light and cool, but discovered that the fridge was rather low on greens. What I found was a large handful of parsley. I’m not one to generally get excited about the taste of parsley, but I decided to give it a try as the main green in today’s smoothie.

Into the vitamix went:

• 1 frozen banana
• about 3/4 cup frozen pineapple
• 1 large handful fresh parsley (stems and all)
• 1″ lemon (including the rind)
• 1/2 cup plain unsweetened soy yogurt (for extra protein)
• 1/4 cup brazil nut milk
• 1 teaspoon spirulina
• about 3/4 cup water (I didn’t measure, but added enough to get the right consistency)

I’d planned to also add some fresh ginger, but forgot, although I think it would be a great addition. This made between 3-4 cups of smoothie.

This was amazing! Light and refreshing and incredibly delicious. Definitely a keeper!