Wholesome Shamrock Shake | Kara Lydon

A wholesome shamrock shake, aka smoothie, that’s minty contemporary and radiates a festive, vibrant inexperienced – excellent for St. Patrick’s Day!

Who doesn’t love a festive inexperienced recipe for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations?!

As an Irish woman, I really like celebrating St. Patrick’s Day yearly, which is why you’ll discover a number of St. Patrick’s Day impressed recipes on my weblog like complete wheat Irish soda bread and vegetarian Irish stew.

There are many copycat shamrock shake recipes on the market and this recipe is extra of a twist on a shamrock shake, versus a copycat recipe.

This recipe can be a shamrock smoothie! Or, as most individuals would seek for it, a wholesome shamrock shake.

This smoothie shake is brilliant inexperienced, candy and refreshingly minty. 

It’s simple to whip up in lower than 5 minutes and solely calls for six substances. There’s no bizarre, fancy, tremendous costly powders or substances. Simply easy substances like mint and vanilla to present it that Shamrock taste and spinach and avocado to present it its inexperienced colour!

Components You’ll Want

Notes on substances

Bananas: be sure you have some bananas within the freezer you should use for this recipe. It helps preserve the smoothie chilly with out having to make use of ice, which dilutes the flavour!

Avocado: use ripe avocado – it ought to give barely if you gently press on the skn.

Mint: use contemporary mint!

Milk or non-dairy milk various: use both! I examined this with authentic almond milk, which is sweetened, so for those who use an unsweetened non-dairy milk various, it received’t be as candy (however the banana will nonetheless lend some sweetness!)

Learn how to Make a Wholesome Shamrock Shake Smoothie

Step 1: Add all substances to a high-speed blender.

Step 2: Add bananas first and milk or milk various final – this may assist substances mix simpler.

Step 3: Mix till easy. Serve chilly!

Professional Ideas

1. Slice the bananas earlier than storing them within the in an hermetic container or bag within the freezer. This may assist them mix simpler within the smoothie vs. throwing them in complete.
2. Add bananas first since they’re the toughest to mix.
3. Ensure that bananas are frozen so that you don’t have to fret about including ice, which dilutes the flavour.

Recipe FAQs

What’s actually in a Shamrock shake?

Based on McDonald’s web site the substances in a Shamrock shake are: vanilla decreased fats ice cream, Shamrock Shake syrup, and whipped mild cream.

What makes a Shamrock shake inexperienced?

Should you take a look at the substances within the Shamrock Shake syrup, it requires a mixture of two synthetic meals dyes often known as Yellow 5 and Blue 1, which makes inexperienced.

Is a shamrock shake wholesome?

It will depend on what your definition of wholesome is! In case your definition of wholesome contains having fun with novel vacation meals and drinks yearly once they roll round then sure! In case your definition of wholesome contains avoiding synthetic meals dyes in any respect prices, then no.

This smoothie recipe is just not meant to switch McDonald’s Shamrock Shake – it’s actually only a enjoyable smoothie twist on the vacation favourite. There’s room for each!

This smoothie would pair completely at breakfast with my:

And if you need extra St. Patrick’s Day recipes, take a look at mine under:

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This recipe was retested, reshot and revamped to convey you essentially the most scrumptious (and most stunning) dish! The unique publish was revealed in March 2015.