Healthy Homemade Shamrock Shake

A healthy alternative to McDonald’s Shamrock Shake. (Photo: Mimi McCormick)

Trade in artificial milkshakes with this creamy mint chip smoothie from The Healthy Apple! It’s naturally green thanks to the healthy dose of spinach and Daily Good Greens.

Serves 1

Ingredients

1 peppermint tea bag

1/2 cup boiling water

1/2 cup almond milk

1 cup baby spinach

1 ALOHA Daily Good Greens packet

4 tablespoons shaved ALOHA Superfood Chocolate Bar

1 large frozen banana

2 tablespoons hemp seeds

Handful of ice cubes

Preparation

Prepare tea by steeping tea bag in boiling water for 5 minutes. Remove tea bag; set aside to cool. Then add to blender along with almond milk, baby spinach, ALOHA Daily Good Greens, three tablespoons chocolate shavings, banana, hemp seeds and ice cubes; puree until smooth. Transfer to a glass and serve immediately. Garnish with remaining chocolate shavings (or a spinach shamrock!).

Amie Valpone, HHC, AADP is the Editor-in-Chief of www.TheHealthyApple.com; she is a Manhattan Celebrity Chef, Culinary Nutritionist, Professional Recipe Developer, Food Photographer, Writer and Motivational Speaker specializing in simple gluten-free, soy-free and dairy-free ‘Clean’ recipes. Amie’s first cookbook on ‘Clean Eating and Detox’ will come out in Spring of 2016.

Republished with permission from ALOHA.