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Freezer smoothie packs

Not a smoothie. The Sunday job that makes five weekday smoothies take 90 seconds.

Servings
5
Total
15 min
Skill
Easy

What you need

Ingredients

Making for

5 servings

5× custom
  • Bananas0.5 each
  • Frozen mixed berries1 cup
  • Baby spinach1 cup
  • Milk1 cup
  • Plain Greek yogurt0.5 cup
  • Chia seeds1 tbsp

Quantities scale linearly with servings. Round to the nearest practical amount when shopping.

Steps

  1. 1

    Five bags, same thing in each

    Into every bag: half a frozen banana, one cup of frozen fruit, a handful of spinach, and a tablespoon of whatever seed you use. Line them up and fill them assembly-line rather than one at a time.

  2. 2

    No liquid and no yogurt in the bag

    Milk and yogurt go in at blending time. Frozen into the bag they become a solid brick the blender cannot start on, and yogurt separates on thawing.

  3. 3

    Flatten the bags before freezing

    Press the air out and lay them flat. They stack, they thaw evenly, and they fit in a normal freezer instead of taking a shelf.

  4. 4

    On the day: bag, milk, yogurt, blend

    Tip a bag in, add a cup of milk and half a cup of Greek yogurt, blend 45 seconds. Ninety seconds from freezer to glass, which is what makes it happen on a Tuesday.

    0:45

Coach's notes

  • This is the highest-leverage fifteen minutes in the week. Five breakfasts that otherwise get skipped.
  • Any of the smoothie recipes here can be packed this way. Keep the liquid and the dairy out of the bag.
  • Label the bags if you make different ones, because frozen fruit all looks the same at 6am.
  • Frozen fruit is cheaper than fresh and better here, since you want it frozen anyway.