Morning Smoothie with Mint

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I haven't made smoothies in at least a month but as I was thinking of ways to get more healthy food into my kids diets.   I remembered how much they like smoothies and they are easy to sneak greens into.   My son is quite picky and has probably a half dozen staple foods he likes.  Broccoli seems to have just fallen off the list but I am going to work hard to get it back!   He likes his broccoli and edamame with soy sauce (shoyu or tamari) but I might just have to sprinkle some chocolate sauce on it for the time being.  Kidding...but  what is a mama to do??Make smoothies!So here is what I made this morning and let me tell you it was a hit.  It's been a while since Max has asked for seconds but this morning I think he had thirds.Ingredients:1/2 cup coconut milk ( use any milk)3 Tbs vanilla cream top yogurt (beware of the non-fat yogurts because they are loaded with added sugar)a handful of ice1/2 banana1/4 cup blueberries1/4 cup mixed berries1 cup of kaleabout 5-6 mint leaves1 tsp maple syrupI blended everything in my Vitamix Blender, which is amazing and in about 15 seconds, we had out smoothie.  The mint really adds a nice flavor.