Filled with 7 nutritious ingredients – apple, banana, oats, hemp seeds, spices, almond milk and even cauliflower, this smoothie is a tasty treat for your toddler or kid.

Nutritional Information

• Good source of fiber, which benefits heart health and digestion. The pectin in apples is a prebiotic, which is the food probiotics, or good bacteria in the gut, feed on. The soluble fiber apples contain helps with cholesterol levels. 
• Helps with hydration due to their high water content.
• Good source of vitamin C, which helps with immunity.
• The antioxidants in apples help with cancer prevention.

Apple Pie Smoothie

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Servings: 2 servings
Age: 9+ months (under 1 omit the honey)

Ingredients

• 1 apple
• 1 ripe banana, fresh or frozen
• 1/4 cup dry old-fashioned oats
• 1/4 cup cauliflower, frozen
• 1 tsp hemp seeds
• 1/8 tsp cinnamon
• 1 pinch cloves
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 1 cup milk of choice (regular, almond, soy, coconut, etc)
• 1/2 cup ice
• 1-2 tbsp honey (optional)

Instructions

1. In a blender, place all of the ingredients.
2. Blend on high speed for 1-2 minutes, adding more milk if the smoothie becomes too thick.
3. Pour and serve.

Notes

Age: 9 months and up (for babies under 1 year of age, omit the honey)

Yield: 2 large kid-size smoothies 

Notes on Apple: you can use any variety of sweet apples you prefer. Feel free to peel the apples or you can leave them unpeeled though you will have flecks of peel in the smoothie, which our kids don’t even notice.