{"id":5021,"date":"2020-08-19T02:08:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T02:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.milehighmitts.com\/?p=5021"},"modified":"2020-08-19T02:08:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T02:08:03","slug":"pineapple-matcha-smoothie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milehighmitts.com\/pineapple-matcha-smoothie\/","title":{"rendered":"Pineapple Matcha Smoothie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With sweet pineapple and banana, earthy matcha, and spinach, this Pineapple Matcha Smoothie is one healthy and simple Summer smoothie!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do you like matcha?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I sort of<\/em> like it. I like it in my Matcha White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies<\/a>! \ud83d\ude42 But I’ve been wanting to drink it more lately and drink less coffee instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More recently, I’ve realized that sometimes I get the jitters from drinking just one cup of coffee.<\/strong> My mom solely drinks de-caf coffee for that reason, so I guess the apple isn’t falling far from the tree here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But drinking it plain as a hot matcha tea isn’t really my favorite.<\/strong> It has to be fixed up with some maple syrup and vanilla extract<\/em> for me to get past the bold earthy flavor<\/strong> at least somewhat. It’s okay then, but I don’t want to drink it like that daily still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, how about a matcha smoothie? They’re easy, healthy, and can give me that extra pep in my step with no crash later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started seeing pineapple and matcha flavors together<\/strong> in a few different places recently and it peaked my curiosity. So I took my favorite basic banana spinach smoothie and turned it into this Pineapple Matcha Smoothie. And, it’s WAY better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sweet punch of pineapple goes really well with the earthy flavors of matcha<\/strong>. If you aren’t in love with earthy flavors, but like the idea of having more matcha and healthy smoothies in your life<\/em> – THIS is the smoothie for you. And also, let’s be friends! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Time to talk ingredients.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This easy Pineapple Matcha Smoothie is made with only 6 healthy ingredients: banana, pineapple, spinach, milk, vanilla and matcha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, you’ll need a ripe or overripe banana that’s frozen,<\/strong> and sliced prior to being frozen. It’ll blend up much easier that way. When my bananas are overripe I slice them up and put them in a large ziploc bag, squeeze as much air out as possible, and store them flat in my freezer. They last quite a while like this and work awesome for smoothies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You could use a ripe\/overripe banana that’s not frozen, but then you’ll need to use less milk or your smoothie will be too thin. For the best texture and consistency, I recommend a frozen banana.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, you’ll need to use frozen (or fresh) pineapple. Either one could work really, I just prefer to buy a large bag of frozen pineapple and keep it on hand for smoothies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want a really strong flavor of pineapple then you’ll need to add more to the smoothie.<\/strong> This smoothie has a light, not overpowering, pineapple flavor. If I eat too much pineapple daily I get canker sores in my mouth really easily, so I stick to less! (Weird, but hey, it is what it is!) Same thing happens with salt and vinegar chips (ugh). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, the star of the show: Matcha. <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Matcha is green tea leaves that are blended up into a powder. <\/strong>It contains less caffeine than coffee, and also contains L-Theanine, which is supposed to give you “calming” energy (so, no coffee jitters, yay!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be sure to buy a high quality matcha powder<\/a> if you can. It’s hard to know what “high quality” is, so I tend to check on Amazon and look at what has the highest ratings and what is from Japan<\/strong>. Typically they say what they’re best for (i.e. smoothies, baking, etc) so be on the lookout for that information as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you aren’t a matcha pro, I recommend starting with only 1\/2 teaspoon of matcha in this smoothie. If you know and love matcha, go ahead and go for the full teaspoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My last tip is to adjust the amount of milk in the smoothie recipe accordingly. If you like a thicker smoothie (almost like a smoothie bowl) then you’ll probably want about 1\/2 cup of milk. If you want a thinner smoothie that you can drink through a straw, I’d say 3\/4-1 cup. Whatever you like best, and your blender blends up best!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This healthy green smoothie makes a great breakfast, morning or early afternoon snack. It’s fruity, earthy, creamy, bold, and downright tasty!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’ve gotta try this Pineapple Matcha Smoothie! And once you do, take pictures and tag me in them on Instagram<\/a>. Or leave me a comment on this post. I love hearing feedback from you all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want more healthy breakfast ideas,<\/strong> check out my Chocolate Granola<\/a>, Spiced Pear Smoothie<\/a> and Healthy Oat Waffles<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\tServings<\/span>: 1<\/span> smoothie<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tCalories<\/span>: 205<\/span> kcal<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t
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