If you’ve been following our recipes, you know we like to sneak spinach into our blends. But don’t worry, once it’s whirled up with frozen blueberries you can’t even taste the vitamin-packed leafy greens. And by the way, those berries, they’re packing some serious immune-boosting vitamins, too—vitamin C, K, and manganese, plus a blast of heart-healthy, cancer-fighting antioxidants (1, 2, 3, 4).

Ingredients 

• 1/3 cup Mama Love Protein
• 1 cup Spinach
• 1/2 Banana, peeled
• 1 cup Blueberries, frozen
• 1 cup Water

Instructions

Place all ingredients in a blender. Blend on high until smooth. Add ice cubes for a thicker smoothie, or more water if you prefer a thinner one. Serve cold. 

Nutrition Facts

Servings: 1

Calories 304 

*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. 

Sources:

1. Wilms, Lonneke C et al. “Impact of multiple genetic polymorphisms on effects of a 4-week blueberry juice intervention on ex vivo induced lymphocytic DNA damage in human volunteers.” Carcinogenesis vol. 28,8 (2007): 1800-6. doi:10.1093/carcin/bgm145

2. Peng, Cheng et al. “Biology of ageing and role of dietary antioxidants.” BioMed research international vol. 2014 (2014): 831841. doi:10.1155/2014/831841

3. Riso, Patrizia et al. “Effect of a wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) drink intervention on markers of oxidative stress, inflammation and endothelial function in humans with cardiovascular risk factors.” European journal of nutrition vol. 52,3 (2013): 949-61. doi:10.1007/s00394-012-0402-9

4. Rodriguez-Mateos, Ana et al. “Procyanidin, anthocyanin, and chlorogenic acid contents of highbush and lowbush blueberries.” Journal of agricultural and food chemistry vol. 60,23 (2012): 5772-8. doi:10.1021/jf203812w