Our favorite island green smoothie features the tropical flavors of pineapple and banana combined with fresh baby spinach, almond milk and honey.
I am finally getting back into the green smoothie thing after a long hiatus. I started with my favorite peachy green smoothie, but when I saw Budget Gourmet Mom’s tropical green smoothie, I knew I had to try it.
I absolutely adore pineapple… and silly me, I never thought to throw it into a smoothie.
But throw it in I did…and holy cow was it good! I didn’t have fresh pineapple so I used frozen pineapple chunks courtesy of Costco. And I didn’t have apple juice (or any fruit juice for that matter), so I went with my favorite alternative: almond milk.
This island green smoothie, as I affectionately call it, is my most favorite ever.
Like, EVER.
Even Madison, who is super picky about her green smoothies, enjoyed it. (I had kind of hoped she wouldn’t because I would have totally polished off her glassful.)
Printable recipe for island green smoothie below. You can also check out these 15 good-for-you green smoothies for more green smoothie recipes!
- 1½ cups almond milk
- 1 tsp honey (or agave)
- 2 tsp ground flaxseed meal
- 2 cups organic baby spinach
- 1½ cups frozen pineapple chunks
- 1 frozen banana broken into chunks
- Place ingredients in blender (preferably a Blendtec or Vitamix) in order listed and blend until smooth. Serve immediately.
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carrian
I don’t know why, but I never thought to throw pineapple in either! I am the worst green smoothie maker. FOR REAL. Can’t wait to try this, thanks em and K!
Emily Hill
Throw LOTS of it in there! :)
Barbara @ Barbara Bakes
I’m buying pineapple to make this next time I’m at Costco.
Emily Hill
I love that Costco has a HUGE bag of frozen pineapple chunks next to the veggies. I totally stocked up.
Heidi @foodiecrush
Oh I love this and my Smudge will too. She’s such a fan of green juice, so weird, I thought she’d run and hide. I get the Costco pineapples every week, they are definitely a go to. Pinned and pinned!
Emily Hill
Yay! Let me know what you think! I might throw some mango in there next time too…or figure out how to add coconut (maybe coconut milk?) so it tastes more like a pina colada. :)
Lindsay
You definitely need to try using a very ripe Champagne mango in your next smoothie too. Yummy!!
For that coconut flavor you’re craving, try opening up a young Thai coconut and pouring the water and
coconut meat into it. I add this to all my smoothies, can’t get enough of it :)
Clistyb
See that’s funny because I would never think of a green smoothie without using pineapple!
I will try your version. My go to is water, spinach, Greek yo, banana & pineapple. Maybe some chia if I’m feeling crazy.
Emily Hill
I do need to incorporate Greek yogurt into the mix because of its high amount of protein. Thanks for the reminder!
Glynis Jolly
I wonder what would happen if I substituted the almond milk with regular milk and a little coconut? And maybe not put the spinach in?
Emily Hill
I bet it would taste even more fantastic…and wouldn’t be such a “lovely” shade of green. ;)
Anne Marie
This looks so good! I have taken a break from green smoothies for a while, too, and was just thinking I need a new recipe to try. Thank you!
Emily Hill
I have to take a break every now and then, but after all the Little Caesar’s Hot-N-Ready pizza and crazy bread I just ate, I’ll be having one tomorrow for sure.
Meredith
I can’t wait to try this! Sounds so yummy! I love your blog and am adding it to my reader. :) Honesty is the key with me to loving a blog, and I love what I’ve read so far!
Emily Hill
You are the nicest! Thank you!
Deborah
Oooh, I actually do have a fresh pineapple right now!!
Emily Hill
Lucky you! Wish I did! :)
Mary@FitandFed
Love the color, the pineapple makes it a beautiful vibrant yellow-green!
Emily Hill
It is kind of a nice, tropical color. I never thought of that!
Cathy@LemonTreeDwelling
I’m sure with these delicious flavors this is one green drink that tastes AWESOME!!
Emily Hill
You are so nice! It really is quite tasty.
Mariel @ Or so she says...
You had me at ‘EVER’. Love this.
Emily Hill
Yay! It’s so good!
Jessica
Thank you for the recipe. I’m off to the grocery store and planning to try out this drink tomorrow AM. I also found two more green drink recipes here in case you are interested – one uses chard and one uses kale as the greens.
John M. Shrum
Love this smoothie! I often take it with me on work, it brings me energy and keeps my body and the brain in tonus) Thanks for the recipe, Emily! If some of you still in search of a juicer I would recommend you to go to the juicer guru, where I’ve found the perfect one for my needs. Enjoy!
Suzanne
I never would have thought to put baby spinach in a tropical smoothie, but I bet tastes delicious!
Emily Hill
I love how little you can taste it. Much better than kale! ;)
tuky
She’s such a fan of green juice, so weird, I thought she’d run and hide. I get the Costco pineapples every week, they are definitely a go to. Pinned and pinned!
Emily Hill
The pineapples at Costco are the best! Thanks for pinning!