Mint brings coolness, basil a peppery, slightly sweet perfume, and spinach turns it all a deep green. It tastes more like a cold herb infusion than a fruit drink.
5 g
mint leaves about 15 leaves
5 g
basil about 10 leaves
30 g
baby spinach
½
apple for sweetness (optional)
6¾ oz
water cold
Garnish: No garnish · Ice: Served up, no ice
Very light and herbal: cool mint first, then peppery basil and a mild green note from the spinach.
This is a smoothie for people who like green and herbal flavours rather than sweet fruit. Mint and basil both belong to the same plant family and share aromatic oils that give them their strong scent. Baby spinach is mild and adds colour, along with folate and vitamin K.
Without fruit the drink is barely sweet, so half an apple is listed as an option. It works as a refreshing glass on a hot day or alongside a light lunch.
Hardly, unless you add the apple or a teaspoon of honey.
Better not: the herbs darken and lose aroma within a few hours.
Yes, all ingredients are plant based.
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