Key Lime Pie Smoothie

We drink a lot of smoothies in our home.  Since we invested in the Vitamix blender, smoothies have been a great way to incorporate a lot of fresh fruits and veggies into our diets.  It is also a perfect snack for a toddler!  I will admit, I don't usually follow recipes to make my smoothies.  I just throw a little bit of this and a little bit of that in the blender and it usually turns out pretty great.  There are some "rules", however with smoothie making that one might wish to follow.

-If you put spinach in your smoothies, as I very often do, adding strawberries to your fruit and spinach combo usually results in a brownish colored smoothie.  The taste could be great, but sometimes I have a hard time swallowing a brown smoothie.  But maybe you have an opaque smoothie cup with a lid...then I suppose there's no issue!

-Think of a flavor profile when making a smoothie.  It's just like cooking.  If you want a citrus flavored smoothie, stick to citrus fruits.  A berry smoothie, maybe don't add too much citrus to it. Etc. My husband likes to literally throw anything and everything in the blender and press go...it doesn't always turn out to be the most appetizing experience!

-Don't blend beets into your smoothies.  I'm sure it works for some and people definitely do it.  But we added a cooked, peeled beet to a smoothie once (granted, it was one of my husband's everything but the kitchen sink smoothie)...the texture was so gross I don't know if I will ever forget it!

Today I made a mid morning smoothie for me and my son and it turned out so delicious I just had to share the "recipe".  I can't wait to make this smoothie in the summer time because it was just so refreshing!

Key Lime pie Smoothie

1 Banana
1 Orange, peeled
1/2 cup Frozen Pineapple
1/4 cup Spinach
2 wedges of Lime (one with the peel on and one I cut the peel off)
1/4 cup Vanilla Yogurt
A splash of milk (probably around 1/3 cup)
Ice

Blend and Enjoy!

Makes 2 smoothies

This smoothie was so yummy I drank most of it before I realized I should take a picture!

My son insisted that I take a picture of his cup too. ;)