Healthy St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Protein Shake
I decided to share my healthy St. Patrick’s Day shamrock protein shake since it’s almost St. Patty’s Day! If you ready my vday smoothie bowl recipe post, then you probably already know that I’m obsessed with holidays. For St. Patty’s Day, I usually bake some mint chocolate chip cookies, and a couple of other green treats. This year, I wanted to come up with a smoothie that’s festive and healthy. I used to get so excited when they had the Shamrock Shake at McDonald’s when I was a kid, so of course I wanted to make a healthy version.
It’s super easy to make, and of course you can make it without the protein powder for kids. I love that you don’t have to add any green food coloring because, just like in my hulk pancake recipe, spinach adds the perfect green color! I also added my favorite greens powder
As always, I used my absolute favorite GOOD slim body protein powder. It’s the most delicious protein powder ever, and it was perfect for this smoothie.
Obviously, no Shamrock shake would be complete without a little bit of peppermint extract. It’s pretty strong, so you don’t need to add much. I would start with a little less if you don’t like a super minty flavor.
If you’re making it for your kids, you can be super festive and add whipped cream, sprinkles etc. Since I’m trying to be a little healthier, a few marshmallows were enough for me haha.
I hope you guys love this shake as much as I do! You can make it any day, but it’s perfect for St. Patrick’s Day.
Also, make sure you check out my Green Hulk Pancake Recipe if you’re looking for other green breakfast ideas!
Enjoy!
| Prep Time | 5 minutes |
| Servings |
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- 1 cup water (you can also use a plant-based milk)
- 1 1/2 frozen bananas
- 1/2-1 cup frozen spinach (depending on your preference)
- 1 scoop greens powder (I use Ora Organics Easy Being Green powder)
- 2 scoops vanilla protein powder (I use GOOD products Slim Body protein)
- 1/4 tsp. peppermint extract
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- Add all ingredients to blender, and blend until smooth.
- Pour into a cup, add any toppings and enjoy!
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Erin
This looks so yummy!!
admin
Thanks girl! It’s delish!
Elysia
This looks so tasty and love the colours! Reminds me of Spring 🙂
admin
Thanks so much!! Me too! 🙂
Tiffany Downing
thanks for the recipe, this look fabulous!
admin
you’re so welcome! I hope you like it! 🙂
Chantel
This looks so good! I definitely want to try this out! I ran out of vanilla protein powder and only have a bag of myprotein chocolate nut right now. I wonder if this recipe would be good with the chocolate?
admin
thanks gir! I love anything mint chocolate chip so I’m sure it would be good with chocolate protein too!