One of my favorite frozen drinks is the Piña Colada. I know…stereotypical-girl-drink. But, I can’t help it. I like it. I thought it would be fun to do a play on the frozen drink with something more suited for breakfast (or a snack). A regular smoothie is great, but my lazy side loves adding a handful of greens for a quick & easy dose of veggies. So, I came up with this healthy Piña Colada Green Monster Smoothie Recipe.
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Piña Colada Green Monster Smoothie {Recipe}
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: 1 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: American
Description
Here’s a healthy version of the famous Piña Colada (sans alcohol) – a single serving smoothie! I added a handful of baby kale for a quick way to get some greens in my eats, but you could sub regular kale or baby spinach. Or, you could skip the greens for a non-Green-Monster, but still-delicious smoothie. Bananas aren’t in most Piña Coladas, but I like them as a base ingredient for my smoothies.
Ingredients
- 1 cup loosely packed baby kale or sub regular kale, baby spinach (or sub 1/4 cup frozen kale/spinach)
- 1 banana (a frozen banana will give you a thicker consistency, but non-frozen works, too)
- 1/2 cup frozen pineapple pieces
- 1/2 cup canned light (non-light would probably work, too) coconut milk (shake the can well first)
- ice cubes, optional, use as needed to get preferred texture (I didn’t use any)
- sweetener of choice, to taste, optional (but you probably won’t need it – the pineapple and bananas are very sweet naturally)
Instructions
- In order: place baby kale, banana, pineapple, and coconut milk in the blender.
- Cover and blend until ingredients are processed and smooth, about 1-2 minutes (if you need to make the smoothie thicker, stop and add a couple ice cubes and blend again until smoothie starts blending and/or reaches desired texture, repeat as needed). Taste test and if desired, blend in sweetener of choice to taste.
- For a pretty look, garnish with a pineapple wedge and some coconut flakes. Enjoy!
Notes
It’s easy to multiply this recipe to make more servings!
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Awe man! I had coconut milk in my hand at trader joes yesterday and I put it back!!!! Guess I’m going to the store this morning
I love getting TJ’s coconut milk! So affordable and tasty! Hope you were able to get your coconut milk to try out this smoothie! 🙂
mmm, sounds delicious! i don’t have pineapple right now, but i do have everything else + some frozen mango…maybe i’ll modify it a little so i don’t have to go out to the store. 🙂
GREAT idea-looks so very amazing! I always throw some spinach or whatever greens I have into my smoothies-sure can’t hurt!
Exactly. I have a hard time not adding greens because it’s such an easy way to get more veggies in my diet…especially when I don’t normally eat as many as I’d like. 🙂
pina coladas are my very favorite and i love green monsters. this is right up my alley!
I made this tonight with dinner and we thought it was delicious! Thanks for the great recipe!
I make organic green smoothies everyday and this summer I want to try a pina coloda green smoothie. I like for my green smoothies to be completely organic so I went shopping at Wagmens yesterday and got organic pineapple, organic coconut, and organic coconut water. I don’t like bananas in my smoothies and I know I would not like it in a pina coloda smoothie. I am going to use the 3 ingredients above plus, organic baby spinach, organic kale and organic carrot.
Piña coladas typically don’t have bananas in them. I just think they’re a good smoothie staple for sweetness and texture. 🙂 You could sub extra pineapple in lieu of banana to keep it really piña colada-y. 😉 Hope you like it!
Tried it and loved it! Thanks