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Spinach Mango Coconut Kiwi & Banana Smoothie

This tastes so delicious you’ll forget it’s incredibly healthy! Who knew green could be so tasty?

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Mango and coconut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 221 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Add the spinach and the kefir (or the almond milk or Greek yogurt, if using an alternative) to a blender first so the leaves break down.

  2. Add the sliced kiwi, the frozen chopped mango and the sliced frozen banana to the blender.

  3. Blend on high for about 60 seconds, stopping to scrape down the sides, until the smoothie is completely smooth with no flecks of spinach.

  4. If it is too thick to move, add a splash of water and blend briefly, then pour into glasses and serve right away.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Mango + coconuttop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together221 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Coconut + bananatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together549 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Mango + bananatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Coconut + spinachtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together170 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Mango + spinachtop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together50 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs