Green-a-colada

Do you like pina coladas?  Do you like getting caught in the rain?  Well, if you have half a brain (see what I did there...), you'll LOVE the GREEN-A-COLADA!

 

I've been having mostly fresh smoothies for breakfast lately, and I've heard all the buzz about green smoothies.  I was a bit dubious about them as I am a firm believer that smoothies should be delicious and adding a chunk of spinach or kale was majorly off-putting.  I started slowly adding small amounts of spinach to my morning smoothies and have learned that I can tolerate a maximum of one handful of baby spinach. (Anymore than that and I may actually taste it!)

 

So I decided to make one of my favourite drinks (minus the rum) GREEN.

 

Green-a-colada

1 banana (I like to freeze mine so that the drink is cold and no need for ice)

1/2 cup chopped pineapple (use fresh if you can, but canned in 100% juice works too)

1 mandarin/clementine

1 small can (165mL) light coconut milk

1 handful fresh baby spinach

extra milk of your choice required for your preferred consistency

 

Note:  I didn't add any sugar because I don't think it needs it, but if you want to chuck some type of sugar form into it...go for it.

 

Throw all the ingredients into a blender. Whiz. Pour into a glass and enjoy.

 

Now if only it came with a nice sunny beach.