Replace afternoon coffee with this Green Energy Smoothie recipe

Tracey Koch

Photography by Amy Shutt

January 1, 2025

If you are like me and find yourself dragging in the afternoon, you might want to try this energizing green smoothie.

I used to tend to grab a cup of coffee to push through the late-afternoon slump. However, I’ve recently discovered that this green tea smoothie is a much healthier choice to keep me going.

Plus, it’s packed with loads of feel-good fruits and veggies and a bit of the Homemade Protein Powder to help me feel full until dinner time.

Green Energy Smoothie

1 cup brewed green tea

1 cup fresh cut pineapple

1 cup fresh baby spinach

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1 tablespoon agave nectar or honey

2 tablespoons Homemade Protein Powder

Place all of the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.
Pour into a tall glass and enjoy.

This article was originally published in the January 2025 issue of 225 Magazine.

By Tracey Koch

Tracey Koch has been creating recipes, instructing cooking classes for both kids and adults, and writing food columns in the Baton Rouge area for over 25 years. She began writing her favorite column, “Dining In,” back in 2013. Find it featured in the Taste section of 225 Magazine every month. When she is not in the kitchen developing and testing new recipes, she is writing stories for her children’s book series about a little goose from Toulouse.