Green Tea Raspberry Smoothie

This Raspberry Smoothie recipe is the perfect way to kick off your day. Made with green tea for a little pick me up, tangy raspberries and added whey powder for a complete meal or snack that is perfect to enjoy at home or on the go!

Back a few years ago I was a professional sales consultant who was on the road a lot of the week. If it wasn’t for smoothies I would have starved because it is kinda hard to eat a chicken salad while driving to your next appointment. Time has always equated to money for me (I blame my father for this thinking) so sitting for a rest, even though well needed, was not an option.

I have mellowed in the past few years and learned to have a much greater relationship with money, ditching my golden handcuffs and working as a food blogger. Finally living in my passion and motivated more now by what makes me happy than what makes me money.

Not that I don’t like money… because I am a travel nut and that doesn’t come free.

Smoothies or shakes if you will were pretty much my go-to meal on the road if I had afternoon or morning meetings. They are best made and consumed right away but they only take about 2 minutes to make and you can sip them while driving so they were a lifesaver!

This recipe was adapted from a recipe I found in a Clean Eating Magazine from September 2010. It has been a while I have been loving this smoothie!

Some of my other favourite smoothies

• Chocolate Peanut Butter – 1 cup almond milk, 1 scoop chocolate whey powder and a tablespoon of natural peanut butter, ice cubes and maybe a 1/2 cup of water. Blend until smooth.
• Skinny Pineapple Smoothie
• Cherry Lime Smoothie

For some extra veggies for the day I would also sometimes add a big handful of spinach to my shakes. The pineapple one I wouldn’t do this with because it turns an ugly green and while it may taste ok it looks hideous.

One trick if you are going to add spinach or even kale (leaves only) is to blend it up with the liquids first and then add the rest of the ingredients. This lets the blender chop the spinach super fine to almost a liquid making it less noticeable.

Ingredients you’ll need

• Green tea – steeped for 5 minutes and cooled completely. To cool the green tea down quick just sit it in the fridge for 5 or so minutes to chill.
• Raspberries – fresh or frozen. If using fresh be sure to rinse them first.
• Milk – I use almond milk or 1% milk but you can use any milk you prefer.
• Vanilla whey powder – adds flavor but also keeps me feeling full all morning.
• Ice – optional. Adding ice will make for a thicker colder smoothie.

How to make a Green tea raspberry smoothie

1. Add all of the ingredients to a blender.
2. Pour into a shaker cup or tall glass and serve immediately.

I wish I had more to say here but it is really that simple. Now you see why smoothies are the best and fastest meal on the planet!

If you let this raspberry smoothie recipe sit for too long the liquids will start to separate. If this happens just stir with a spoon, pop it back in the blender and give it a whirl, or shake it up if you are using one of those smoothie cups with a lid.

Do You have to use raspberries?

Of course not! Green tea goes really well with any berry particularly raspberries, strawberries or blueberries. Peaches would be great too! You can even go so far as to use a flavoured green tea if you like.

No whey powder?

This recipe is very adaptable and if you don’t like or can’t consume whey powder there are several options:

• Vegan pea powders- some may change the taste a bit to have a more greener flavour but can still work well.
• Greek yogurt – add a 1/2 cup instead of the whey
• Regular yogurt – it is a little thinner than Greek yogurt so I would add 3/4 of a cup.

More Quick And Easy Snacks

• Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Energy Balls
• Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Mug Cake
• Cherry Lime Smoothie
• Clean Edible Cookie Dough
• Gloriously Green Smoothie Bowl
• Warm Cherry Greek Yogurt Parfait