Smoothies for Breakfast

I love a good smoothie in the morning.  I never remember to take a multivitamin, so I've convinced myself that if I have a smoothie every morning, I will probably get all the vitamins I need for the day. . . or at least more than I would without the smoothie. . .

This recipe comes from my lovely sister, Beth.  I've made a ton of these little packs and stuck them in the freezer for a quick and healthy breakfast in the morning.  I usually have a side of toast or a small bowl of cereal with my smoothie, and then I am full until lunch time.

Ingredients 
*Note: amounts are eyeballed and depend mostly on what size blender you have
Fresh spinach
Strawberries
Blueberries

Peaches
1/2 Banana

1 tablespoon milled flax seed
1 tablespoon coco powder
Skim milk

Non-fat plain greek yogurt

Directions

Place all ingredients (except milk and yogurt) in a sandwich bag and store in freezer.
In the morning, remove smoothie bag from freezer and place in a blender.  Add milk, greek yogurt, and a few ice cubes, then blend away and enjoy!

Helpful Notes

- You can make a bunch of these bags ahead of time, so making breakfast in the morning in a snap.

- If your blender isn't super powerful, take the bag of smoothie ingredients out of the freezer the night before and store in the fridge until morning.  The fruit will thaw a bit and make blending a lot easier.

- The fruit in the ingredient list is really just a suggestion.  I've tried lots of different mixtures of fruit and I've enjoyed them all.  My only suggestion is to be careful with the amount of raspberries you add - too many and your smoothie will be icky-sweet.  

- If you are a protein buff, you can add powdered protein to these or my sister suggests adding peanut butter.

- To make the smoothie drinkable, you want your milk/yogurt ratio to be >1.  This probably seems obvious, but I promise you in the morning, when you're still a bit sleepy, you'll be very confused why your smoothie is stuck in the bottom of your blender like a purple-goopy mess.