Smoothies

A few days ago, I went to one of my favorite coffee houses in Okinawa. To be honest, it has become a favorite since I've had a baby. It is open very early, has great high chairs, and an awesome cabinet filled with toys, all which are rarities in this tiny paradise. 


I decided to order the house smoothie for my little one since it was made with "guanabana," a fruit that I grew up eating but that I've never seen in Okinawa or any where else for that matter.  I mixed it with water so that he could suck through the straw and he loved it. I decided to try some at home and why not add some veggies!

After all, there is a craze going on right now with green, detox, smoothies. My purpose for it, of course, is not detox but I like to add a source of iron whenever I can. There are a million possibilities and I'm sure, I'll post a few of those in the weeks to come. 


Here's what I did:


1/2 cup of fresh organic spinach
1 ripe banana
4 oz of organic  vanilla baby yogurt (you could just use plain vanilla yogurt)
1/2 cup of frozen organic strawberries
1/3 cup of frozen organic blueberries
3 oz of 100% pineapple juice (you could also use water)
*I made it rather thin so that he could drink it out of his straw sippy but you could add more or less juice to reach desire consistency. 
Blend it all together and there you are!