Christmas Smoothie

My husband named this smoothie "The Christmas smoothie" because of the colors: red from the raspberries and green from the spinach even though the green gets lost when combined with the other ingredients.

2 cups frozen raspberries or strawberries
1 cup fresh spinach or a handful of frozen spinach
2 cups low-fat strawberry or plain yogurt
1 cup milk
1/2 banana
2 tablespoons wheat germ
2 tablespoons honey or more if using nonfat plain yogurt
10 ice cubes

Put the frozen raspberries in the blender, add the milk and spinach and blend well.

Add the yogurt and blend using the spoon to stir (the motor has to be off). Once the mixture is smooth, add the honey, wheat germ, banana and blend again, there must not be chunks.

Finally, stir in the ice cubes and use the "crush ice or frappe" button to grind the ice.

Makes 4 servings