I hate wasting food. I'm not Molly Ms. Perfect but I do normally try to do things like eating leftovers, using bones to make soup, and freezing aging fruit for recipes. I also love this bagged spinach trick and I even have freezer bags of vegetable scraps to use when I make stock.
I have, however, gotten lax on my pineapple core usage. I used to use them for smoothies but frankly, I just got lazy and started throwing them away.
Then it hit me after buying a couple of fresh pineapples last week. I can freeze them, too!
So that's what I started to do and now I have a new pineapple core smoothie recipe I've been enjoying this week. I love the pineapple flavor combined with a touch of coconut and banana. The spinach adds no taste but a wonderful color and lots of vitamins.
Here's what I did...
Ingredients
- 50g (about half) of a frozen pineapple core, sliced thin (if you are using fresh just throw a few ice cubes in the mix)
- 1 ½ tablespoon shredded unsweetened coconut (7g)
- 50g nonfat Greek yogurt (~ ¼ cup)
- ½ ripe banana (56g)
- ½ cup unsweetened coconut milk
- 2 cups baby spinach (56g)
Instructions
Place everything in the blender and blend until smooth!
I made a quick video this morning if you are interested.
In the video I reference this old video of my pineapple cutting technique. I can't believe how young Ryan is! And holy crap... look at my hair!
Anyway, hope you like the smoothie idea. Anyone else have pineapple core ideas to share?
📖 Recipe
Green Pineapple Core and Coconut Smoothie
Ingredients
- 50 g about half of a frozen pineapple core, sliced thin (if you are using fresh just throw a few ice cubes in the mix)
- 1 ½ tablespoon shredded unsweetened coconut 7g
- 50 g nonfat Greek yogurt ~ ¼ cup
- ½ ripe banana 56g
- ½ cup unsweetened coconut milk
- 2 cups baby spinach 56g
Instructions
- Place everything in the blender and blend until smooth!50 g about half of a frozen pineapple core, sliced thin (if you are using fresh just throw a few ice cubes in the mix), 1 ½ tablespoon shredded unsweetened coconut, 50 g nonfat Greek yogurt, ½ ripe banana, ½ cup unsweetened coconut milk, 2 cups baby spinach
Michele
Great idea to freeze the core! I always laugh when I find a comment of mine on one of your old posts. I was pretty sure I had commented on that pineapple video and sure enough I did!
Meg
Love it, simple and tasty! An idea if you ever do make too much smoothie - pour into some ice-pop molds and make popsicles for your kids (or yourself)! My kids will usually eat the popsicle version of a healthy smoothie, even when they "don't like it" in smoothie form. 🙂
Denise
Hi Roni, What a great way to use the pineapple core. It has great flavor just not pleasant to eat. I never thought of freezing vegetable scraps for broth. Can you let me know what you use, how you do it and add it to the soup? Thanks a bunch. I love your blog!