Well hello there Green Tea Strawberry Cheesecake Smoothie! This unsuspecting strawberry gem is packed with a few nice surprises. If it weren’t for the name, you wouldn’t know that we snuck in a little healthy caffeine, using green tea as the liquid base. Don’t worry, it doesn’t compromise the great strawberry flavor. We’re not talking Matcha Green Tea here, we’re talking freshly steeped green tea. We added some spinach to green it up more because we love green smoothies around here. And there’s also a bit of cream cheese in it too. You can’t have cheesecake without cream cheese, right?
Given that this is a cheesecake smoothie, graham crackers were up for consideration, but we didn’t end up using them. Instead, as we built this smoothie, we focused on the bright strawberry flavor and balanced it with the smooth yet slightly tart flavor of the cream cheese. You could definitely add graham crackers if you’d like to add a little nutty sweetness to the flavor profile.
Green Tea Strawberry Cheesecake Smoothie
Ingredients
- 12 oz green tea freshly brewed
- 1-2 handfuls fresh spinach frozen
- 2 cups strawberries frozen
- 1 banana frozen
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt plain
- 2 Tbs cream cheese
- 2 Tbs flax seed ground
- 2 packets of Stevia
Instructions
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Pour green tea into blender, add spinach and blend until combined.
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Add strawberries to the green mix and blend well.
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Then the rest of the ingredients and blend until desired consistency. I typically run my Blendtec twice at this stage.
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Pour into two tall glasses and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
To brew fresh green tea: Boil 12 oz of water and steep 1-2 bags of green tea (depending on how strong you want the tea).
Optional: Add 1-2 graham crackers if you'd like a nutty, sweet addition to your smoothie. Or, simply garnish with some graham cracker crumbs.
Give it a try and let us know what you think about the Green Tea Strawberry Cheesecake Smoothie. Snap a pic of your creation and share on social with #vegetariant.
Enjoy!
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