Toddler Smoothies

If all of his smoothies are green, he won't rebel against the greenness, right?

Miles loves his smoothies ("moomies"). I love that I can get spinach, avocado, and ground flax seeds into him with zero fuss. He's been eating things like this since he started having purees by spoon, but he was a little picky when I started adding non-fruit ingredients. Once he started drinking from pouches, I've been able to get more vegetables and other add-ins into the mix and he either doesn't notice or doesn't care.

I invested in the (super cheap) Squooshi Filling Station and it makes the whole process super easy. I make a huge batch of smoothie, use the filling station to fill all of my available pouches, and if there are leftovers, I freeze it in large mason jars. I also freeze the pouches, just keeping 1-2 in the fridge at a time.

Layers of ingredients, pre-mixing

For the pouches to work, it's important that the smoothies are well-blended with no chunks. I usually blend each ingredient on its own (adding almond milk to any ingredients that need more liquid, like spinach), and then I dump them in a huge bowl and mix it at the end.

Warning: unscientific measurement instructions below. These are some of the ingredients I currently use, but I am not exact about it.

The Recipe options:

The original: frozen spinach, avocado, banana, peach or mango, flax seeds, applesauce, berries, almond milk
Low-FODMAP version 1: frozen spinach, avocado, unripe banana, flax seeds
Low-FODMAP version 2: orange or pineapple, strawberries, frozen spinach, celery

The Verdict:

Overall grade: A

Overall reason: Super healthy and Miles loves it. (If I were drinking it myself, I'd give it a B because I'm not keen on the graininess of the flax seeds, and it's also weirdly heavy with the avocado blended in.)

Time to prepare: 10 minutes including filling pouches

Miles quote: "Moomie" (followed by the hand sign for "more")

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