Are you looking for something more festive than a bottle of green juice but healthier than a shamrock shake? You’ve found the (almost literal) pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!
Our pot of gold is a bowl of pineapple – the star of our tropical St. Patrick’s Day smoothie and the secret behind its delicious Pina Colada-like taste.
Don’t let the taste fool you – this smoothie gets its naturally beautiful green color from the 2 cups of spinach that are undetectable in taste but pack in tons of hidden health benefits. Start your kids’ morning off with this secretly healthy St. Patrick’s Day treat, and you’ll ALL be feeling the luck ‘o the Irish!
For more spectacular sips, peep our collection of favorite healthy kids’ drinks, grab the secret family recipe for our refreshing low-sugar lavender lemonade, or throw it back to the 80s with some Pop Rocks punch.
St. Patrick’s Day Smoothie Ingredients:
Serves 2 (or 3- 4 very tiny people)
BASIC INGREDIENTS:
- 2 cups of spinach
- 1 cup of frozen pineapple
- 1/2 frozen banana
- 1 cup of unsweetened coconut milk
- 1/2 cup of vanilla Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup of ice
OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS:
- A scoop (3 tablespoons) of vanilla protein powder
- A handful of sprinkles… because, sprinkles!
St. Patrick’s Day Smoothie Instructions:
For an extra special St. Patrick’s Day surprise, you can start by covering the bottom of your glasses with a layer of rainbow sprinkles because this little trick NEVER fails to impress.
When you’re ready to blend, pour the coconut milk, yogurt, and ice into the blender first, then add the rest of the ingredients in layers. Mix until smooth, pour into glasses, top with a sprinkle of sprinkles (maybe even some whipped cream…), and prepare for accolades!
10 Ways Kids Can Help Make This Festive Green Smoothie
- Picking out fresh fruits and vegetables: Invite kids to help pick out fresh produce while shopping for the ingredients.
- Washing the fruits and vegetables: Kids can help by washing the kale and spinach leaves, as well as the kiwi, banana, and pineapple.
- Measuring the ingredients: – Kids can measure out the ingredients such as the kale, pineapple, spinach, and coconut milk.
- Blending the ingredients: Kids can help by adding the ingredients to the blender and pressing the buttons to blend everything together.
- Decorating the glasses: Kids can help decorate the glasses with a rim of rainbow sprinkles, festive green and white garnishes, stickers, or temporary tattoos.
- Making a shamrock garnish: Kids can use a shamrock-shaped cookie cutter to cut out pieces of kiwi or cucumber to place on top of the smoothie.
- Adding ice cubes: Kids can help add ice cubes to the blender to make the smoothie colder.
- Stirring the smoothie: Kids can help stir the smoothie with a spoon to make sure all the ingredients are well combined.
- Pouring the smoothie into glasses: Kids can pour the smoothie into glasses or cups.
- Serving the smoothie: Kids can serve the smoothie to family and friends.
More St. Patrick’s Day Kids Activities
Need more March kids’ entertainment? Try a kid-made leprechaun garden, create your own homemade leprechaun treasure, make green monochromatic collages and collections, or download instant imaginative play with our mini leprechaun mail!
