Blueberry Green Tea Smoothie

I saw this smoothie at Food.com and was kind of intrigued by the blueberry/green tea combination, wondering just what that would taste like. I had plenty of green tea on hand, some blueberries in my freezer, and vanilla yogurt in my fridge, so I didn’t have to buy a single thing to make this, which was nice! You do have to plan ahead a little before you make it though, because it works best if you brew the tea the night before and refrigerate it so it’s chilled in the morning.

I love the taste of this smoothie! It has a great blueberry flavor—you don’t really taste the green tea or flax seed in it. And it’s nice and thick because of the frozen blueberries and ice. I left out the almonds from the original recipe, but added some honey to make it a little sweeter. This recipe is for a large single serving or 2 small servings—if you need to make more, just multiply the ingredients by the number of servings you want to make!

Blueberry Green Tea Smoothie

Servings: 1-2
Time: 10mins
Difficulty: easy
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BLUEBERRY GREEN TEA SMOOTHIE by NancyC, adapted from Food.com
Makes about 14 ounces (1 large serving or 2 small servings)

1/3 cup water
1 green tea bag (brew the tea the night before so it’s well-chilled in the morning)
1 cup frozen blueberries
2 ice cubes
3/4 cup vanilla yogurt
1 Tablespoon honey
1 Tablespoon ground flax seed

The evening before making this, bring the 1/3 cup of water to a boil and pour over tea bag; steep 4 minutes. Squeeze and remove tea bag and discard. Chill tea in refrigerator overnight.

The next morning, place tea, blueberries, ice cubes, yogurt, honey, and flax seed in blender; process until smooth, and serve.

Recipe from NancyC | nancy-c.com

This was my first smoothie made with tea! Have you used green tea or any kind of tea in a smoothie before?