Crunchy Green Health Nut

Spinach, banana, chia seeds, almond milk smoothie. I felt like having a green smoothie tonight and this was the result. I made it very thick and creamy and it hit the spot.  Used one Frozen cut up very ripe banana. I take the over ripe bananas, cut them up into individual sandwich baggies and freeze them. That way whenever I want a smoothie I just grab one Baggie = one banana. This time I used enough frozen cut leaf spinach to fill the nutribullet. If you do not like a strong spinach taste just use less. I'm used to the taste of veggies in my green smoothies so used a lot of the green stuff :-) The chia seeds went in next, a tablespoon's worth. Finally enough unsweetened almond milk to make the Bullet work. First I added about 1/2 cup but it wasn't enough. I had to stop it and add a bit more. The over ripe banana gave it the right amount of sweetness, since I'm on the #Whole30 I can't use any sweetener. You could use pitted dates for sweetness too, I just didn't...

I usually just use frozen bananas to make banana ice cream by just putting them in their frozen state in the nutribullet with a bit of coconut milk.  Today I experimented with chia seeds. I had never used them before but heard that they gel up whatever liquid you put them in. I took a cup of coconut milk, 1/2 cup fresh (not frozen) overripe banana and added 1 tablespoon of chia seeds. Processed it to smooth consistency in the bullet and left it in the fridge to chill out for the rest of the day.  The result was banana pudding. I think next time I'll add blueberries and or strawberries.