Orange Spinach Green Smoothie

This is a super easy orange spinach green smoothie to make with only 2 main ingredients so not much shopping to do.

I love a green smoothie for breakfast.  Try one yourself. Learn 10 Reasons to Eat Green Smoothies.

Oranges are rich in dietary fiber, pectin, which is very effective in persons with excess body weight. They help fight cancer, fight viral infections, and relieve constipation and help prevent kidney diseases and reduce the risk of kidney stones.

They are full of good nutrition (lots of vitamin C), low in calories, contain no saturated fats or cholesterol, and are rich in dietary fiber and pectin. Pectin has also been shown to reduce blood cholesterol.

Spinach was a superfood even before there was the term superfood I’m referring of course to Popeye the Sailor Man. One can of the green stuff and he turned into muscle popping tornado of energy. Even without Popeye’s recommendation, spinach contains more nutrients per calorie than any other food on the earth. It is loaded with vitamins like A, K, D, and E and a host of trace minerals and is a good source of omega 3 fatty acid.

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Here is the water filter I am using and very happy with it. The only way to remove fluoride is to use a reverse osmosis system and some are better than others. When I did my research this is the one I decided on.

APEC Water System, 5-Stage Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water Filter System

My favourite water filter

Time to make my orange spinach green smoothie

Orange Spinach Green Smoothie

This is a super easy green smoothie to make with only 2 main ingredients so not much shopping to do.
I love a green smoothie for breakfast.  Try one yourself. Learn 10 Reasons to Eat Green Smoothies.
Course Breakfast, Drinks, Snack
Cuisine gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian
Keyword green smoothie, orange, spinach
Author Diana Herrington

Ingredients

  • 1 orange
  • 2 cups spinach
  • clean water

Instructions

  • Peel the oranges and chop them into pieces.
  • Place the orange into a blender and blend the oranges till liquified.
  • Then add the spinach slowly till blended in.
  • Add just enough pure water to be able to add more spinach.
  • Blend till smooth; use the liquefy button on the blender.
  • Drink the smoothie immediately to get the most nutrients from it.

Notes

Find out more about these healthy ingredients:

Orange, Spinach, Clean water

 
Learn 10 reasons to Eat Green Smoothies

Now that you have tried my orange spinach green smoothie here are some other delicious green smoothies to try.

Try these other tasty green smoothies:

  Delicious Grape Green Smoothie – This grape green smoothie is sweet, filled with healthy ingredients, and very filling. It makes a great breakfast to start your day.grape green smoothie

 Delicious Winter Grapefruit Green Smoothie – How about having a colourful grapefruit green smoothie for breakfast filled with nutritious greens, grapefruit, orange, and flax seeds? Being warm this green smoothie is great for the winter and also helps with weight loss. This nutritious smoothie is very filling too.

Alkalizing Apple Green Smoothie – This alkalizing apple green smoothie is so easy to make. It can be a very healthy breakfast or a tasty snack.  It is simple to make with all alkalizing foods.

Green Smoothie with Peanut Butter and Banana Start your day with a green smoothie with peanut butter and notice a difference! This is a very simple smoothie with fresh spinach, banana, peanut butter, and coconut milk. It is full of vitamins, minerals, and even protein!

 Papaya Kiwi Green SmoothieThis papaya green smoothie is so easy to make and tasty too. Also, it is low in calories, contains no saturated fats or cholesterol, and is rich in dietary fiber and pectin.

 Green Smoothie Blueberry/Apple Pudding – A green smoothie pudding is so good to eat.  Green smoothies are easy to digest as they are blended into very small particles. Also, the fact is digestion begins in your mouth so better to eat than drink.  Green smoothies are full of nutrients and are a complete food with lots of fiber too.

 Green Raspberry Smoothie/Pudding  – This green raspberry smoothie pudding is so tasty. Also, it’s a very healthy smoothie.  It’s a tasty pudding! No…  It’s  WHATEVER YOU LIKE!

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40 thoughts on “Orange Spinach Green Smoothie”

  1. Sarah, if you are worried about that then the first time use 1 cup of spinach. Taste it and see if it would be ok to add more. I do not find it bitter at all but we all have different taste buds. It is important that you enjyoy it…..we need to enjoy all of our food.

  2. I love this recipe because it’s so easy and tasty! I did not find it bitter at all, but my oranges were not very sweet, so I few times I’ve thrown in a handfull of red grapes.

  3. Spinach is such a healthy food to eat and is so very economical. There’s a lot of nutrition per dollar of spinach.

    We enjoy spinach in a variety of ways but one of the kids has a hard time with it but loves it in smoothies like this.

  4. Christine Farrell

    I love the sound of the orange with spinach. Will definitely be giving this a try.
    Thanks for sharing.

  5. Wendy Parker

    very good! I am collecting recipes good for seniors. Time to look into a financial supplement and serving God. I have been gardening for seniors for years but getting too senior myself. I love the folks and good smoothies that address their health needs would be a labor of love.

  6. Hello Diana,
    thank you so much for the recipe. I am trying to find a healthy breakfast solution for tomorrow morning. Trying to decide between the apple green smoothie and this one. Just one question – will adding some (soaked) seeds (pepitas, sunflower, flax, sesame, poppie, etc.) or nuts or maybe ginger root will spoil the nutritional benefits?
    cheers,
    Gloria

  7. I have literally just made this.
    I used
    2 cups baby spinach
    3 oranges
    Handful of ice cubes, (its 31 degrees Celsius here)
    Dash of water.

    Yum!

  8. Freeze the orange segments night before – makes it cold. Also can add a bit of vanilla extract or tiny bit of honey. I also add 1/3 C of GF oatmeal to hold off the hunger. It satisfies me all morning.

    1. Deb, that sounds yummy. One thing to note is that the digestive system prefers warm or room temperature beverages and food as it doesn’t challenge it to work so hard to get to body temperature to digest it.

  9. Jason Taylor

    I have been drinking this for a while. The difference being that i use carton orange juice rather than oranges and water. I assume that this is ok but maybe not quite at nutritious? I sometimes add a small orange for texture

  10. Delicious!!! I did without knowing it actyually is a smothie… Lovely. Will be drinking this everytime i have thw ingridients

  11. Their recipes are incredible, simple to make, super salubrious, and besides, they do not spend much time on their work and thank you for sharing.

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