Almond Milk Smoothie
Green Smoothie/ Green Thickie
I just love the way almonds make smoothies taste like marzipan. It reminds me of my childhood, of birthday cakes and all those sweet treats. It’s a taste you just can’t beat. Now you can have the taste without any of the guilt as this almond milk smoothie is amazingly good for your health.
This smoothie includes Kale which can taste a bit stronger than spinach but if you only add one tightly packed cup you shouldn’t really be able to taste it. If you are used to drinking green smoothies and feeling braver feel free to add more greens. The more the better, but it’s still nice to enjoy the taste of our food. Dried apricots can really thicken this thickie even further so feel free to add more water if you need to.
This is a very filling thickie so you may want to divide the servings into 4 instead of 2 if you are trying to lose weight.
Benefits of Almonds
There are so many benefits of almonds, it’s hard to know where to start. Almonds are great for your:
- Brain: Many parents give almonds to their children as they are known to increase your level of intellect.
- Cholestrol levels (especially if you eat a plant based diet)
- Heart: Potatssium, protein and healthy fats are good for you heart. Antioxidants reduce the risk of heart disease and magnesium helps to avoid heart attacks.
- Pregnancy: As they are a great source of folic acid
- Blood Pressure: They help to regulate it.
- Skin: The vitamin E is very beneficial for skin especially for newborn babies.
- Prevention of colon cancer
- Weight Loss: As they fill you up and stop you overeating.
- Constipation: As they are very rich in fibre.
- Energy Levels: Almonds will increase your energy.
Special Diets
Gluten free*, raw*, vegetarian, vegan, dairy free, egg free, sugar free, wheat free*, soya free*, salt free, nut free*
- 1.5 Cups Water
- 1 Cup Almond Milk (or any other dairy free milk e.g. rice, soya, oat, hemp coconut drink or raw nut or seed milk)
- 1 Cup tightly packed Kale
- 1 Cup Peaches
- 1 Banana
- 1 Cup Oats (use raw oat groats if following a raw food diet or oatmeal if you don’t have a high powered blender)
- ¼ Cup Apricots (or any other dried fruit)
- ¼ Cup Almonds (Use ground almonds if you don’t have a high speed blender)
- Blend the ingredients in the order listed.
- Blend the ingredients a few at a time so that your blender can cope with the work, unless you’ve got a high powered blender, then you might be able to add them all in at once.
- If it gets too thick, add more water as necessary.
- If your blender has made the smoothie too warm, you can either cool it down in the fridge or freezer, or add some ice cubes or frozen fruit to it.
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The best type of blender to make Green Thickies is a Vitamix and you will get beautifully smooth Green Thickies, but you can use whatever type of blender you have or can afford. This blender
is reasonably priced and will easily make green thickies along with lots of other delicious food.
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Hi, I'm Katherine, thanks for stopping by. I healed myself of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and lost 56 pounds. I now have loads of energy for my baby girl and enjoy walks on the beach with my family. I am passionate about helping you improve your health and reach your ideal weight. I invented Green Thickies to provide a complete meal drink for busy people who care about their health.
This may be a stupid question, but do you cook the oats beforehand or just eat them uncooked? Also, are raw steel-cut oats better? Thanks, can’t wait to try a green thickie.
Thanks so much for asking, no it’s not a stupid question at all. No you don’t need to cook the oats because oats you buy in normal shops have already been pre-cooked so they are fine to eat as they are in smoothies. Raw oats haven’t been pre-cooked so would need to be pre-soaked over night then rinsed and added to the smoothie. This is to break down the starch and make them safe to consume. Raw steel cooked oats have more of the nutrients intact so they are healthier, but they are harder to find. I personally use whole oat groats (not raw) as they are cheap, nutritious and tastier. I soak them overnight then rinse them in the morning before adding to my smoothie. Any other oats soaked for 30 minutes before blending will make them easier to blend and digest too. You can use any type of oats you have or that work well with your blender. (Just avoid the sugar laden variety).
That’s great you are going to give Green thickies a try. Let me know how it goes.
Hi Katherine,
Thank you so much for replying so quickly. I bought some raw steel cut oats and soaked them overnight. I probably used a little less than half a cup in a thickie this morning along with coconut water, almond milk, and some cocoa green powder stuff I’ve been using for my smoothies. I also added some ice to make it super cold. I gotta tell ya, I’m usually starving about 20mins after I finish my morning smoothie and after that thickie I’m only a little bit hungry. Not even enough to warrant a snack. I think I will try putting in a little more oats tomorrow and see that if that helps curve my appetite a little more. Thank you so much for sharing your recipes! Have a great day!
Brandie
Hi Brandie
Thanks so much for your feedback. That’s so great the oats worked so well in your smoothie. Do you put fruit or greens in your smoothie? That will make it much more nutritious and also curb your hunger for a lot longer. That’s the great thing about oats, you can always add more to suit your appetite and it doesn’t affect the taste of the recipe.
I stumbled on your website as I was looking for a healthy meal-replacement smoothie for lunches. I’m tired of trying to cut up, pack up, carry, assemble and eat healthy lunches at work, it just takes too much time and effort. I have green smoothies for breakfast and that works for me but I tried having the same for lunch as well and ended up quite nauseous, it was just too much green stuff in one day. I made the above recipe minus the peaches (didn’t have any) and swapping medjool dates for apricots. It tasted great and kept me full until I got home. I’m definitely going to try your other recipes for lunches and probably half my dinners as well :)
Hi Jacqui. I’m so glad you found my website as you were searching for meal replacement smoothies. Most green smoothies don’t have enough calories for a whole meal, and when I tried filling myself up on green smoothies I would be drinking them all day long. I’m so glad you were fine with Green Thickies though and enjoyed the first recipe you tried. It can be a hassle making up a tasty healthy lunch for work and so much easier to make a filling smoothie instead!
Can u give ur smoothie to a newborn?
Health authorities don’t recommend giving solid foods to newborns at all. In the UK it is recommended to wait until a baby is between 4-6 months old before you introduce other foods to their diet. My baby started drinking them at 6 months old and loved them. Before that she received the goodness through my milk.
Hello! Love your website and recipes! I simply adore smoothies and have been looking for a collection of easy, inexpensive smoothie recipes that I could try as I sometimes don’t have the time I make hearty, full and healthy meals that make up the nutrients I need according to the Canadian food guide. These are great I will be trying this one today!
Hi Jessica. Thank you! Yes that’s exactly why I invented them to get all my nutrients in one meal that I can drink on the go and not have to worry about it going cold etc. I hope you enjoy it!
Hi! I am planning to do the 7 day meal plan! I wanted to know if this one is a green thickie to use as a meal replacement in the 7 day meal plan or just a healthy smoothie? I was also trying to find the selection of green thickies used for the 7 day meal plan. Is there a link to that kind of selection? Thanks again for the awesome recipes!! :)
Hi Danielle. The Almond milk smoothie can be used for the 7 day challenge. Any of the smoothies can be used for the challenge and you are welcome to add in greens or not as you please but I would advise the oats (or other filling carbs) to fill yourself up. I don’t have a definitive list but am working on a 7 day plan ebook at the moment. If you want a list of smoothies to start with here are some of my absolute favourite smoothies:
http://www.greenthickies.com/easy-black-forest-cake-smoothie
http://www.greenthickies.com/banana-peanut-butter-smoothie
http://www.greenthickies.com/chocolate-cherry-smoothie/
http://www.greenthickies.com/sun-dream-orange-and-banana-smoothie
http://www.greenthickies.com/healthy-key-lime-pie-smoothie
http://www.greenthickies.com/how-to-make-a-quinoa-smoothie-honeydew-and-peach-quinoa-smoothie-recipe/
http://www.greenthickies.com/spicy-plum-smoothie
http://www.greenthickies.com/creamy-mango-shake
http://www.greenthickies.com/rippled-raspberry-smoothie
http://www.greenthickies.com/cold-and-flu-busting-coconut-and-orange-smoothie
http://www.greenthickies.com/chocolate-covered-marzipan-smoothie
I hope you find something that you like in that collection.