Learn to customize yummy smoothies for your toddler by starting with one simple recipe, then adjusting based on which fruit and veggies you'd like to use.
1/2cupfresh or frozen fruit(such as blueberries, strawberries, mango, apple, or kiwi)
1/2cupveggies(such as kale, spinach, raw fresh or frozen chopped cauliflower, raw fresh or frozen sliced zucchini, raw fresh or frozen sliced summer squash, roasted sweet potato, roasted butternut squash, steamed diced beets)
Tangy Peach: Kefir (instead of milk), banana, peach, honey, raw cauliflower
Cinnamon Apple: Milk, banana, apple, raw summer squash, dash cinnamon
Strawberry Beet: Milk, avocado, strawberries, raw beets (or leftover cooked), maple syrup
TIPS
If you can freeze the greens ahead of time, the finished product will taste much less “green” but will have the same nutrition. Just make sure the greens are dry, then put them into a zip top freezer bag and store in the freezer for up to 3 months.
You can use raw cauliflower, zucchini, beets, and summer squash. (Or you can freeze those raw veggies and add them frozen.)
You can add fully cooked and cooled sweet potato, butternut squash, and beets. (Any kind work, even leftover puree, as long as it's not seasoned or salted.)
Blend really (really!) well to get a very smooth consistency, adding a little more milk (or even water) as needed to thin.