The spinach kiwi smoothie is a very healthy smoothie great for exercise, weight loss and your skin. (And a lovely taste)

It has 4 key ingredients:

• Skimmed milk – extra protein for your muscles
• Spinach – a superfood – helps your bones, blood sugar, etc
• Kiwi – helps your heart & digestive health
• Pineapple – which helps skin cells maintain their firmness and structure.

This smoothie has about 12 g of protein with lots of vitamins and other nutrients. It’s very quick & easy to make.

A bit further down the page the benefits of the ingredients are explained in more detail.

How to make a Spinach Kiwi Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 250 ml Low Fat milk or Coconut Water
• 1 Cup Baby Spinach
• 1 Kiwi
• 100 g Frozen Pineapple or Blueberries

Equipment

• Blender or Hand Whisk
• Chef’s knife

Instructions

• Wash the spinach and chop into piece. Peel the kiwi
• Pour the milk into the blender.
• Add the Spinach and kiwi.
• Then add the pineapple or blueberries.
• Blend until smooth
• Pour and enjoy.

The spinach kiwi ingredients in more detail.

This smoothie has 4 key ingredients:

Ingredient 1 – The low fat (or skimmed) milk

The advantage of low fat milk is that it tends to be high in protein and low in calories. An alternative option is to use coconut water, which is very healthy but low in protein. If you use coconut water do consider adding protein powder.

Ingredient 2 – Baby Spinach

The benefits of spinach go on and on and on.

It really is a superfood and can help your vision (it contains high levels of chlorophyll and carotenoids which being anti-inflammatory and anti-cancerous are especially important for healthy eye sight)

In addition it can help restore energy levels, increase vitality and improve the quality of your blood. The key to this is the high natural iron levels which help your red blood cells transport oxygen around the body. (To support energy production).

It is also naturally rich in nitrates; these may help improve blood flow and pressure by relaxing the blood vessels. In addition it has vitamin k to help your bones. As well having lots of protective compounds called polyphenols which may help protect against colon cancer. And it also tastes great !

Ingredient 3 – Kiwi

Kiwis are great Vitamin C and fiber and have a number of health benefits. Like spinach it can help your heart health, digestive health, and immunity.

Ingredients 4 – The frozen pineapple chunks

You could use fresh pineapple – we simply use frozen because it’s easy to store and also means you don’t have to use ice cubes to cool the smooth. As our article on skin care smoothies explains it is a great source of vitamin C. As well as having strong antioxidant properties, vitamin C is needed for the creation of elastin and collagen, which bind your skin cells together and maintain their firmness and structure.