Strawberry Spinach Booster

I am always thinking up new smoothie recipes and ways to pack then with nutrients. I have been thinking about using quinoa in smoothies for a while now. Quinoa is known as a superfood, so it seemed an ideal smoothie ingredient.

I wanted to use the quinoa as an uncooked wholegrain, so I had to grind it. Luckily Vitamix UK sent me a dry blade to try, so it was easy to grind my quinoa into a fine powder.

The Vitamix dry blade comes in a 0.9L jug, that fits on top of the vitamix in place of the standard 2L wet container.

If you don't have a vitamix, save for one. Seriously! If not, you could grind your quinoa in a coffee grinder or pestle and mortar. You may have to sieve it before adding it to your smoothie.

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Strawberry Spinach Booster

Written by Jacqueline Meldrum

November 25, 2012

A thick smoothie made with frozen strawberries, banana, avocado and spinach.

Ingredients

• 10 frozen strawberries
• 1 banana
• a small handful of baby spinach
• ½ avocado
• 1 tsp quinoa powder
• 4 tbsp greek yoghurt
• ½ pint milk

Instructions

1. Add all the ingredients to a blender and whizz until smooth. 
2. If it is a little thick, just add more milk. 
3. Serve in wine glasses.

Details 

Total time: 5 mins 

Yield: Serves 4

Disclosure: Vitamix sent me a Vitamix Dry Blade to try out. I was not required to write a positive review and any opinions expressed are my own.