Green Detox Smoothie

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
• 2 cups fresh spinach
• 1/2 cucumber, chopped
• 1 green apple, cored and chopped
• 1/2 lemon, juiced
• 1 frozen banana, sliced

Method

1. 1

   Add almond milk and spinach to the blender first, blending on high for 30 seconds until completely smooth — blending the greens with the liquid before anything else is what fully breaks down their fibrous cell walls; adding them on top of thicker ingredients leaves stringy, unblended bits throughout the finished smoothie.

2. 2

   Add cucumber, apple, and lemon juice, blending until smooth.

3. 3

   Add the frozen banana last and blend again until thick and creamy.

4. 4

   Pour into a glass and serve immediately.