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Why make things more complicated than they are? You don't need a long list of exotic, sometimes hard-to-find ingredients to make a great-tasting green smoothie. We have compiled the top 10 recipes for beginners out of our repartoir. All recipes are vegan, gluten-free, lactose-free and industrial sugar-free.
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Green smoothies recipes for beginners at a glance
- Evergreen (tastes like: banana, apple, avocado, ginger)
- Strawberry Mouth (tastes like: strawberry, pineapple)
- Heavenly Raspberry (tastes like: raspberry, pineapple)
- Mamagold (tastes like: mango, passion fruit)
- Orange Om (tastes like orange, apricot, lemon)
- Rapunzel (tastes like: pear, lime)
- Sun in a glass (tastes like: orange, pineapple)
- Sweetheart (tastes like: celery, pineapple, orange)
- Violetta (tastes like: blueberry, banana)
- Cinnamon Star (tastes like: orange, cinnamon, ginger)
Green smoothies recipes for beginners
Our 10 Green Smoothies Recipes for Beginners are perfect for getting started in the world of green smoothies, no matter if it is for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Most creations get by with 5 ingredients plus water. Only our smoothie classic - the Evergreen - and the Cinnamon Star recipe contain more ingredients. At the same time, when selecting the recipes, we placed special emphasis on introducing you to as many different leafy green varieties and fruit flavors as possible. The berry recipes can also be prepared with frozen fruit - especially in winter. You can also try out the recipes with the leafy green alternatives mentioned.
Green smoothies recipe for beginners with banana, apple and avocado
Ingredients
- 1 handful of spinach alternatively: lamb's lettuce
- 1 apple with peel
- 1 banana peeled
- 1/4 avocado peeled, pitted
- 1/8 piece lemon with peel
- 1 juice of one orange
- 1 thumb ginger with peel
- 200 ml water
Instruction
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Wash ingredients, peel if necessary and cut into small pieces.
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First add the soft ingredients such as banana, avocado or mango to the container. Then add the remaining ingredients.
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Puree until a smooth, creamy consistency is reached - this only takes about 1 minute with a good high-speed blender.
Green smoothies recipe for beginners with strawberries
Ingredients
- 1 handful of radish greens alternative: spinach
- 1 stem of mint fresh, only the leaves, not the stem
- 1 handful of strawberries approx. 120g
- 1 slice of pineapple approx. 2 cm wide, peeled
- 1 banana peeled
- 150 ml of water
Instruction
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Wash ingredients, peel if necessary and cut into small pieces.
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First add the soft ingredients such as banana, avocado or mango to the container. Then add the remaining ingredients.
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Puree until a smooth, creamy consistency is reached - this only takes about 1 minute with a good high-speed blender.
Green smoothies recipe for beginners with raspberries
Ingredients
- 2 handful of spinach alternatively: lamb's lettuce
- 1 slice of pineapple approx. 2 cm wide, peeled
- 1 handful of raspberries approx. 70 g
- 1 banana peeled
- 200 ml water
Instruction
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Wash ingredients, peel if necessary and cut into small pieces.
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First add the soft ingredients such as banana, avocado or mango to the container. Then add the remaining ingredients.
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Puree until a smooth, creamy consistency is reached - this only takes about 1 minute with a good high-speed blender.
Green smoothies recipe for beginners with chard and mango
Ingredients
- 4 leaves chard without stalk - alternatively: 6 leaves beet
- 300 g frozen mango pieces peeled, seeded
- 1 banana peeled
- 1 passion fruit only the pulp
- 150 ml water
Instruction
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Wash ingredients, peel if necessary and cut into small pieces.
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First add the soft ingredients such as banana, avocado or mango to the container. Then add the remaining ingredients.
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Puree until a smooth, creamy consistency is reached - this only takes about 1 minute with a good high-speed blender.
Green smoothies recipe for beginners with apricot and orange
Ingredients
- 1 handful of wild herbs alternative: parsley
- 2 oranges peeled
- 5 apricots with peel & pitted
- 1 slice of lemon thin, with peel
- 1 banana peeled
- 150 ml water
Instruction
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Wash ingredients, peel if necessary and cut into small pieces.
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First add the soft ingredients such as banana, avocado or mango to the container. Then add the remaining ingredients.
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Puree until a smooth, creamy consistency is reached - this only takes about 1 minute with a good high-speed blender.
Green smoothies recipe for beginners with pear and grapes
Ingredients
- 1 handful of lamb's lettuce alternative: spinach
- 1 handful of grapes green
- 1 pear large, with peel
- 1 banana peeled
- juice of 1/2 lime
- a little lime zest
- 150 ml water
Instruction
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Wash ingredients, peel if necessary and cut into small pieces.
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First add the soft ingredients such as banana, avocado or mango to the container. Then add the remaining ingredients.
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Puree until a smooth, creamy consistency is reached - this only takes about 1 minute with a good high-speed blender.
Green smoothies recipe for beginners with orange and pineapple
Ingredients
- 1 heart romaine lettuce alternative: batavia lettuce
- 2 oranges peeled
- 1 slice of pineapple about 3 cm wide, peeled
- 100 ml water
Instruction
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Wash ingredients, peel if necessary and cut into small pieces.
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First add the soft ingredients such as banana, avocado or mango to the container. Then add the remaining ingredients.
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Puree until a smooth, creamy consistency is reached - this only takes about 1 minute with a good high-speed blender.
Green smoothies recipe for beginners with celery, orange and pineapple
Ingredients
- 2 stalks of celery with leaves
- 1 slice of pineapple about 3 cm wide, peeled
- 1 orange peeled
- 200 ml water
Instruction
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Wash ingredients, peel if necessary and cut into small pieces.
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First add the soft ingredients such as banana, avocado or mango to the container. Then add the remaining ingredients.
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Puree until a smooth, creamy consistency is reached - this only takes about 1 minute with a good high-speed blender.
Green smoothies recipe for beginners with blueberries
Ingredients
- 4 leaves chinese cabbage without stalk, alternatively: 1 heart chicory
- 80 g blueberries frozen
- 1 orange peeled
- 1 banana peeled
- 100 ml water
Instruction
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Wash ingredients, peel if necessary and cut into small pieces.
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First add the soft ingredients such as banana, avocado or mango to the container. Then add the remaining ingredients.
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Puree until a smooth, creamy consistency is reached - this only takes about 1 minute with a good high-speed blender.
Green smoothies recipe for beginners with Indian lettuce, orange, dates and cinnamon
Ingredients
- 2 handful of Indian lettuce alternative: spinach
- 2 orange peeled
- 1 apple with peel
- 1 date type: Medjool, pitted
- 1 thumb ginger with peel
- 1 pinch of cinnamon
- 100 ml of water
Instruction
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Wash ingredients, peel if necessary and cut into small pieces.
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First add the soft ingredients such as banana, avocado or mango to the container. Then add the remaining ingredients.
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Puree until a smooth, creamy consistency is reached - this only takes about 1 minute with a good high-speed blender.
Tip 1: If you blend for significantly longer than 90 seconds, add ice cubes or use ice cold water to keep the smoothie from heating up too much.
Tip 2: Our recipes sometimes use very fibrous leafy greens, such as wild herbs and parsley. With these ingredients, a normal kitchen blender quickly reaches its performance limit. Result: less creamy smoothies. We recommend - replace the fibrous ingredients with leafy greens that are easier to puree, such as baby spinach, lamb's lettuce or lettuce.
Have fun blending and enjoying!
Which recipe appeals to you the most? Which green smoothie did you like best?
Share your experiences and your favorite smoothies here.
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Thanks a lot for your question.
How much smoothie you drink is very individual. As a breakfast replacement, we drink about 700–1000 ml.
Best regards,
Carla
I still have one question:
How many people are your smoothie recipes calculated for?
We’d be happy to come again.
Best regards,
Gudrun from Heiligensee
We’re delighted to hear that you felt so well advised by us!
Regarding your question: we drink about 700 to 1000 ml of green smoothie as a meal replacement. As a snack between meals, of course, we drink less – for example, around 350 ml.
Just try out what works best for you.
Best regards,
Carla
I downloaded the green smoothie recipes and I have to say, they’re really great. Thank you very much for all your wonderful ideas. I do have a few questions though:
1. I drink my smoothie at lunchtime – would it be better to have it in the morning?
2. I make a full batch and immediately put half of it for the next day into the 0–4 °C compartment in the fridge; I think it tastes just as good. What do you think about that?
3. Sometimes I have various leftovers like spinach, pineapple, banana, avocado, so I portion them for a smoothie into a freezer container and then rotate them, and I’ve also weighed out fresh and ripe ingredients. There’s nothing wrong with using frozen ingredients, is there?
For example, I also have raspberries and strawberries from the garden – it’s more sensible to use those than to buy them in winter, right?
I’m looking forward to your feedback.
Best regards,
Beate
thank you very much for your lovely feedback on the recipes – we’re really happy to hear that!
Regarding your questions:
1. You can of course drink your smoothie at lunchtime; there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.
2. The fresher you drink your smoothie, the more nutrients it contains. That’s why we always blend fresh and wouldn’t store a smoothie for longer than 24 hours, well chilled.
3. You can definitely do that – especially if you want to preserve fresh fruit from the garden by freezing it.
Best wishes and enjoy many more delicious smoothies!
Carla
It’s one of our absolute favorites too.
Best regards,
Carla
It would be great if, as an email subscriber, I could receive the recipes directly as a .pdf.
In my email, there is only a link to the website.
Thanks and best regards.
You need to sign up again on the site with your email address to receive a download link for the PDF.
Best regards,
Carla
Thank you for your question.
Smoothies – whether green, made from vegetables, or fruit – are made with a blender, preferably a high-speed blender, by adding water or another liquid.
With a juicer, you extract juice from fruit, vegetables, or leafy greens, resulting in juice that is almost free of fiber. In contrast, a smoothie retains the plant fiber in the drink.
If you have any more questions, feel free to reach out.
Best regards,
Carla
I would love to have the recipes for the smoothies. Could you send them to me by email? That would be very kind.
Many thanks in advance!
how wonderful that you're interested in our TOP10 recipes for green smoothies. Please enter your email address in the signup box at the top of the page. You will then automatically receive a message with a download link for the recipe PDF.
Enjoy!
Carla
Please enter your email address in the registration box on the recipe page, and you will automatically receive an email with a download link for the recipe PDF.
Enjoy!
Carla
We're glad to hear that. Thank you for your feedback!
Best regards,
Carla
thank you very much for your comment and your question about the shelf life of smoothies. If kept well chilled, a smoothie can be stored for about 24 hours. After that, not only is there a significant loss of nutrients, but the smoothie also loses flavor. Therefore, we try to drink smoothies as fresh as possible and usually never store them for longer than 5-7 hours.
Best regards,
Carla
Which smoothies are recommended to replace breakfast? I've read online that it should be the green smoothie. Now, I'd like to have that confirmed by the smoothie pros.
thank you very much for your comment. For us, it has definitely been the green smoothie that has replaced our entire breakfast. Due to the leafy greens it contains, it keeps you feeling fuller for longer compared to a pure fruit smoothie. In terms of quantity, we drink about 700-1000 ml as a meal replacement. However, it can also be more or less, depending on your individual needs. And of course, you can also replace lunch or dinner with a green smoothie—whatever fits into your daily diet. If you have any further questions, feel free to reach out again or take a look at our Green Smoothies FAQ. There, you'll find answers to the most common questions about the green smoothie.
Best wishes,
Carla
thank you so much for your comment. We have a few recipes for White Smoothies that are made with raw eggs. Maybe a good idea for you?
Best wishes,
Carla
thank you very much for your comment and feedback on our green smoothie recipes for beginners. A good high-speed blender is definitely capable of completely pureeing the peels of fresh citrus fruits and ginger. May I ask which blender you are using?
Best regards,
Carla
thank you for your comment. One way to reduce the sugar content of green smoothies would be to try savory smoothies with tomatoes, cucumbers, avocados, or bell peppers. Otherwise, berries, stone fruits like cherries, plums, and apricots are known to have lower sugar content. You can easily find lists of low-sugar fruits online or consult with a professional nutritionist for advice.
Enjoy your Vitamix Pro 750 and best regards,
Carla
thank you very much for your comment.
Green smoothies definitely taste best when prepared and consumed fresh. This way, they also provide you with the most nutrients.
The Evergreen is one of our absolute favorite smoothies.
Warm regards,
Carla
you can find our vegetable smoothie recipes here.
Enjoy them!
Carla
Which container size is best suited for the quantities in the recipes? 1.4 or 2 liters?
Thank you very much.
thank you for the lovely recipe feedback. We're glad you enjoyed the Evergreen :)
A 1.4 liter container is sufficient for all TOP10 recipes for green smoothies; the recipes yield up to one liter of smoothie.
Best regards,
Carla
I would appreciate it if you could reply: how can I print the recipes and instructions on my PC.
Thank you very much,
Stefan
according to our system, you have received the email with the recipe download. Just click on the link; the recipe PDF should open, and you should be able to print it by clicking on PRINT.
Enjoy it,
Carla
I liked the cinnamon star the best, followed by the Evergreen.
Thank you so much for the great recipes!
thank you for the recipe feedback! Wishing you all the best and lots of love.
Carla