This green apple smoothie is a quick, refreshing breakfast or afternoon snack made with fresh apples, spinach, banana, and a hint of ginger. It’s naturally sweet, packed with feel-good ingredients, and comes together in just five minutes.

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This is my smoothie of choice when life gets to be – how should we say – a lot. I’ve made it in the morning to start the day on the right foot, but I especially love it in the afternoon to combat the 3 o’clock slump.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Quick and easy – It takes just five minutes to make.
Fresh and naturally sweet – The apple and banana add just the right amount of sweetness without any added sugar.
A simple way to eat more greens – Spinach blends right in, so you get all the benefits without hardly knowing it’s there.
Light but satisfying – It’s refreshing and energizing while still filling enough to keep you going.
Easy to customize – Swap the fruit, add protein, or adjust the sweetness to make it your own.

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Green Apple Smoothie Ingredients

Five minutes, six ingredients, and a blender are all you need. Like all smoothie recipes, it’s customizable based on your tastes so feel free to adjust the amounts.

Frozen banana works best. It adds flavor and sweetness plus thickens the smoothie and makes it nice and cold.
Granny Smith apple cored and cut into chunks.
Spinach adds color and good-for-you nutrients. You can swap it for kale if you like it better.
Fresh lemon juice wakes up all the flavors in the smoothie.
Ginger paste adds a little zing.
Milk. Add your favorite kind of milk. I’ve made it with whole milk, 2%, soy milk, and almond milk.

How to Make It

Pop it all on the blender and give it a whirr until it’s smooth and creamy.

photo collage of the ingredients in the blender and after they are pureed

Recipe Tips

If you’re wondering, you can’t taste the fresh spinach in this smoothie. It tastes like apples with a zing from the ginger. You can also swap the spinach for other leafy greens like kale.
This recipe makes enough for one smoothie, but you can easily scale it up to serve more.
I don’t recommend blending the ingredients ahead and storing the smoothie in the refrigerator. It tastes best straight out of the blender.
I’ve made this smoothie with chia seeds, and they work well. I usually add a couple of teaspoons. You could also add some flax seeds.
I like thinner smoothies, but you can thicken it up with a spoonful of Greek yogurt.
I love to add ginger to my smoothies because it adds a pop of brightness and zing. I add a teaspoon, but you can adjust the amount to suit your tastes or leave it out.
This spinach apple smoothie is pretty tart, so if you want to mellow it a bit, feel free to add a sweetener like a little bit of honey, agave syrup, or a touch of maple syrup to balance it out.

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Green Apple Smoothie

This simple green smoothie with banana, green apples, and spinach is refreshingly tart and a great way to start the day.

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Author: April Anderson

Servings: smoothie

Prep Time: 5

Total Time: 5

Ingredients

1 cup sliced frozen bananas
1 (5-ounce) granny smith apple cored and cut into pieces
1 cup spinach
1 teaspoon ginger paste see note
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup 2% milk see note

Instructions

Place all of the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Add more milk to thin the smoothie, if needed.

Notes

I love ginger, so if you want it a little less zingy you might want to cut the amount of ginger in half.

For the milk, you can use pretty much whatever you like – almond milk, soy milk, whole milk or even half & half (if you want it a little richer) will work great. The nutrition estimate includes 2% milk.