The Green Thing Smoothie

Ingredients

½ large cucumber

1 large carrot

2 celery stalks

1/3 cup Italian flat-leaf parsley

2 handfuls of spinach

¼ avocado

½ apple (I like red, but a green one would be bright and fab too)

½ frozen banana

1 Tbs. pepitas (pumpkin seeds)

1 Tbs. flaxseeds

1 tsp. spirulina (optional if you can’t find it)

1 cup unsweetened almond milk

ice, if desired

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Directions

Instructions
Chop any large veggies into larger chunks.
Place all of the ingredients into your blender and blend until smooth.
Add more almond milk if you like a thinner smoothie, add ice if you like it thicker and icier.
Notes
It's easier to blend a smoothie like this with a high-speed blender, like a Vitamix or Blendtec. I've never used a Blendtec, but I've heard great things about them. I love my Vitamix and highly recommend it. If you don't have a powerful blender, try blending the almond milk and spinach together first, then add the other veggies and smoothie ingredients to blend until smooth.
Optional add-ins: ½-1 cup of honeydew melon, pineapple, or berries; 1-2 Tbs. cocoa powder; scoop of Vega protein powder (or your favorite plant-based protein)