Berry “Green” Smoothie

When Ocean Spray approached me about making a smoothie recipe using their diet juice drinks, I was immediately on board. I already buy Ocean Spray Diet Cranberry Juice almost every time I go to the grocery store – it’s my favorite! They have a bunch of different varieties (Cran-Grape, Cran-Pomegranate, Cran-Cherry) and some Blueberry-based flavors as well, but my favorites are the straight cranberry version or the Cranberry with Lime (yum). It’s funny because my favorite thing to drink at home is half diet cranberry juice (sometimes with lime!) + half club soda over ice, but it turns out they also have a Sparkling Diet Cranberry drink. I guess I’ll try that next since it’s probably pretty close to what I’ve been making on my own – great minds think alike! The Diet Ocean Spray juice drinks only have 5 calories per serving, so it’s a great way to still get a fun, fruity drink without a ton of sugar and calories.

I’ve been meaning to post a “green monster” smoothie on my blog for quite a while. When Ocean Spray sent me a base recipe for their own Mixed Berry Smoothie I figured this was the perfect opportunity! You might be looking at the photos and thinking “where’s the green?” If you’re unfamiliar with the term, green monster smoothies contain a secret ingredient that contributes a bevy of healthy benefits and usually gives the smoothie a green color (the berry colors overpower the green in this one) without affecting its fruity flavor. What’s the secret ingredient? Spinach! Stay with me. Spinach is packed with vitamins, fiber and antioxidants and is also known to improve your vision, skin, bones, immunity, blood pressure and brain function. Need more convincing? If you haven’t done this before, spinach in a smoothie might seem crazy, but I promise all you’re going to taste is delicious fruit flavors from the juice, banana and frozen berries. Trust me! To view your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!

This Berry Green Smoothie is thick and smooth and packed full of fresh, fruity flavor. You can even make it your own by trying it with different Ocean Spray Diet Juice flavors for different flavor combinations. Which one is your favorite?

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Berry "Green" Smoothie

Prep Time: 5 minutes mins

Total Time: 5 minutes mins

Calories: 197kcal

This easy, delicious smoothie features cranberry juice, berries, banana, yogurt, and spinach!

Yield: 1 (2 1/3 cup) serving

Ingredients

• ¾ cup Ocean Spray Diet Cranberry Juice, or any of the other Ocean Spray Diet juice flavors if you want to change it up!
• ¾ cup frozen mixed berries
• ½ a medium banana, sliced
• 6 oz nonfat strawberry yogurt, or other berry flavor
• 1 packed cup raw baby spinach

Instructions

• Place all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a glass and drink up! Entire recipe yields about 2 1/3 cups.

Notes

To view your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!

Nutrition Information:

197 calories, 43 g carbs, 13 g sugars, 0 g fat, 0 g saturated fat, 8 g protein, 7 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com)

MyWW SmartPoints per (2 1/3 cup) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)

Green: 9 SmartPoints/ Blue: 9 SmartPoints/ Purple: 9 SmartPoints

Weight Watchers Points Plus:
6 per serving* (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)

*If you choose not to use the Weight Watchers recipe builder to calculate the PointsPlus for your smoothie (in which case the fruit is free) the only points in this recipe will come from the yogurt you use.

adapted from Ocean Spray

Author: Emily Bites

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Spinach, WW Smoothie, Yogurt Smoothie

I have partnered with Ocean Spray through DailyBuzz to help promote their new Ocean Spray Diet product. I have been compensated for my time commitment to work with this product, however my opinions are entirely my own and I have not been paid to publish positive comments.