Green Kale & Nut Shake
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Total: 10 mins
Seasonal kale stars in this striking green smoothie, rich with creamy peanut butter and sweet Medjool dates, and blitzed with refreshing slices of cucumber and brown rice drink for scrumptious sippability.
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256 kcal
(per portion)
Ingredients you'll need
  • 100g kale
  • ½ cucumber
  • 1 banana
  • 2 Medjool dates
  • 1 tbsp peanut butter
  • 330ml brown rice drink
From your kitchen
  • A few ice cubes
You'll need
  • Blender
  • Measuring jug
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Strip the kale leaves off their stalks. Discard the stalks and add the leaves to your blender. Slice the cucumber in half (see our tip). Roughly chop half the cucumber and add it to the blender. Peel and break in the banana.

  • 2.

    Pop the stones out of the Medjool dates. Roughly chop the dates and add them to the blender. Dollop in 1 tbsp peanut butter.

  • 3.

    Pour in 330ml brown rice drink (save the rest for this week’s other smoothies). Add a handful of ice cubes and blend till smooth. Pour into a couple of glasses and serve.

  • Tip

    Cool as half a cucumber
    Your extra cucumber can be wrapped up and kept in the fridge for a few days. You can cut into batons for dipping into houmous, dice it and toss into a salad, slice it and add to a jug of ice water, or chop it and pop into another smoothie.