Berry banana smoothie

Steps

1. 1

   Liquid in first, always

   One cup of milk goes in before anything else, every time, in every smoothie. The blades need something to move in or the frozen fruit just sits on top spinning air, and you end up adding liquid halfway through and thinning the whole thing out.

2. 2

   Frozen fruit is the ice

   One cup of frozen mixed berries and half a frozen banana. Do not add ice cubes. Ice melts into water and gives you a thin, faintly pink drink; frozen fruit does the same chilling job and gets more concentrated as it blends, not less.

3. 3

   Spinach now, before the yogurt

   A cup of spinach on top of the liquid and blend for 20 seconds on its own first. Blended into milk alone it disappears completely. Added at the end with everything else you get green flecks, and green flecks are the whole reason a kid says no.

   0:20
4. 4

   Yogurt and honey last, then 45 seconds

   Half a cup of Greek yogurt and a tablespoon of honey, then blend 45 seconds until there is no texture left at all. Yogurt goes in last because blending it long makes it thin.

   0:45