In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I’ve whipped up a healthy shamrock shake, aka smoothie, that’s minty fresh and radiates a festive, vibrant green. 
St. Patrick’s Day is one of my favorite holidays because spoiler alert: I’m Irish. I grew up celebrating St. Paddy’s every year with soda bread and corned beef and cabbage, and eventually a pint of Guinness. I love everything about my Irish heritage. I love the music. The singing. The dancing. When I traveled to Ireland, it’s no wonder I felt right at home.
St. Patrick’s Day is all about the green so I thought I would update my shamrock shake, aka smoothie, recipe. I first created this a handful of years ago and looking back at the recipe (and the blog post), it was clear I had different nutrition priorities then. For example, the original recipe called for maca powder and wheatgrass powder. I can’t remember the last time I had those ingredients in my cupboard. Probably five years ago when I first made this recipe! LOL. Those ingredients are ridiculously expensive and pretty inaccessible. So, five years ago me apologizes to you. I hope this version makes up for it.
This shamrock shake doesn’t call for any powders or trendy ingredients. It’s just a basic green smoothie with some fresh mint and vanilla to give it that shamrock flavor. With only 6 ingredients, it’s easy to whip up in a matter of minutes.
If you’re feeling green and festive in the coming weeks, try on this smoothie for breakfast or a snack!
And if you want more St. Patrick’s Day recipes, check out these:
Instant Pot Guinness Beef Stew
Slow Cooker Vegetarian Guinness Irish Stew
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Healthy Shamrock Shake
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- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 16 ounces 1x
Ingredients
- 2 frozen bananas
- 1 cup baby spinach
- 1/2 avocado
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 12–15 fresh mint leaves
- 1 1/2 cups milk (or non-dairy milk alternative)
- Optional: whipped cream and/or cacao nibs for garnish.
Instructions
- Add all ingredients, in the order listed above, to a high-speed blender. Blend until smooth. Serve cold.
- Optional: garnish with whipped cream and cacao nibs or chocolate shavings.
- Category: Smoothie
- Method: Blender
- Cuisine: St. Patrick's Day
Keywords: shamrock, shake, smoothie, healthy, st. patrick's day, green smoothie
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I am absolutely a fan of green smoothies! Especially this time of year 🙂
For sure! So festive.
Love the superfood additions! I’ve been making lots of super green smoothies lately, but rarely with the addition of mint and chocolate. Am definitely going to try this combo out! 🙂
Thanks, Rebecca! Enjoy 🙂
Yum! Just planted mint in my herb garden, and I can’t wait for it to take off 🙂
Fresh mint is so delicious! I love it!
Love the color of this! You sure know how to rock a holiday!
Thank you!
That’s definitely packed with superfoods! Love the maca powder, I have some and couldn’t decide what to do with it. Now I know 🙂
Thanks! I hope you enjoy!
This smoothie looks beautiful! I’m adding it to my St. Patty’s day menu! 🙂
Thanks, Kalee! Hope you enjoy!
I wish everyone would drink this superfood smoothie vs. those crazy McD shamrock shakes!
Right?!?! Me too!
Sounds like my kinda St. Pats! I was so lame this year and didn’t do anything to celebrate- but I love this superfood smoothie!
Haha there’s always next year! Thanks!
That looks beautiful! I’d love to have a glass.
Thanks, Simona!