This week started a bit hungover. Instead of my usual routine of hibernating, self care, and cooking, I spent Sunday afternoon at East Boston Oysters Support Your Local Girl Gang themed Pop Up event. Epsom baths and meal prep, were replaced with slurping back all you can eat oysters, gourmet brunch foods, walls full of art eye candy, and of course, often dipping my glass into fountains steady streaming rosé. Also did a couple rounds of oyster gimlet shots on the ice luge, one with my MOTHER, while Cardi B was blasting, lol. It was well worth the slight hangover; only a wee one, probably because I have been eating more of a wholefoods diet lately and working out 2-3 times per week.
Monday morning still came quick, and with lots of work commitments and a long to do list, the thought of meal prep was overwhelming. Stomach grumbling I opened the fridge to find a half pint of blueberries I forgot about, which sparked a memory of my mother once bringing to our attention that “blueberries are the only blue colored food in the world!” Ha! All of a sudden I decided that color would be a fun “theme” to work around when making food choices this week. Not too big a commitment, and would surely get me eating the fruits and the veggies.
I made a colorful (purple) blueberry banana smoothie, headed out for an oil change, and with time to kill, hit the grocery store. When I got home, naturally, spent half an hour positioning the produce into colorful piles and taking pictures.

Waste of time you might say, but I think the colors sparked a creative nerve in my brain because… as the days went by, I ended up coming up with a whole week’s worth of colorful delicious nutrition packed smoothies.
I posted pictures in real-time on Instagram, and decided to take it a step further and catalog the recipes here. These are rough measurement estimates, because I am definitely an eyeballer when it comes to the blender, so please take these with a grain of salt and play around. Also feel free to substitute any milks, nuts, fruits or veggies on hand, if you don’t have exactly what I list here. It takes a little more time to blend the layers separately, but can freshen up a boring smoothie routine, and the contrasting flavors are fun for the taste buds. The layered ones are best served with a straw so you can taste the bottom layers too. Enjoy!
*These recipes make two smoothies each*
MONDAY: BLUE/PURPLE

BLUEBERRY BANANA BASIC
- 1 cup frozen blueberries
- 1 frozen banana
- 12oz almond milk
Blend until smooth, pour into glasses, sip at home, or like me, balance it on top of your head while running out the door.
TUESDAY: YELLOW

ORANGE CREAMSICLE
- 2 oranges peeled and frozen
- 1 banana
- 2 tbsp cashews
- 8oz water/ice
Blend until smooth, pour into glasses, as you sip you will feel the vitamin C pumping into your being.
WEDNESDAY: GREEN/PINK

Recipe adapted from: https://totallythebomb.com/strawberry-kiwi-layered-smoothie
STRAWBERRY KIWI MELON
Bottom Layer:
- 1 cup frozen strawberries
- 1/2 frozen banana
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt
- 1 tsp strawberry jam
- 2 oz water
Top Layer:
- 2 frozen cut up kiwi
- 1/2 cup frozen honeydew melon
- 3oz raw baby spinach (about 2 cups)
- 4 oz water
Blend ingredients for bottom layer, pour into two large glasses, give the blender a rinse, then blend up all ingredients for the top layer. If you’re going for aesthetics, you’ll want to spoon the green layer on top slowly, pouring down the inside edges of the glass, to keep it from mixing into the strawberry layer. I garnished with fresh mint, a strawberry and tsp of chia seeds to give a watermelon visual effect 🙂
THURSDAY: BROWN/BEIGE

PEANUT BUTTER CUP CHOCOLATE PROTEIN SHAKE WITH MACA
Okay, so this isn’t super colorful BUT the different layers make it resemble a peanut butter cup, so, I say it fits into this color theme.
Peanut Butter layer:
- 2 tbsp peanut butter
- 1/2 frozen banana
- 3 ice cubes
- 6 oz almond milk
Chocolate layer:
- 1 scoop chocolate protein powder
- 1/2 frozen banana
- 3 ice cubes
- 6 oz almond milk
- 2 tsp maca powder
- 1 tsp dark chocolate chips *optional
Blend ingredients for peanut butter layer, and pour into a large measuring cup or glass. No need to clean out the blender, just add in the ingredients for the chocolate layer, and blend til smooth. Pour into glasses, alternating pb/choc/pb/choc, again spooning along the inside glass edges if you want the layers to appear separate. I had this as a post workout meal after Body Pump class, and it was perfection.
FRIDAY: GREEN/BROWN

MACA MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP PROTEIN SHAKE
Mint layer:
- 10 large mint leaves
- 1.5 oz spinach (about 1 cup)
- 1 tbsp almond butter
- 4 oz almond milk
- 1/2 frozen banana
- 4 ice cubes
Chocolate layer:
- 1 scoop chocolate protein powder
- 1/2 frozen banana
- 3 ice cubes
- 8 oz almond milk
- 2 tsp maca powder
- 1 tsp dark chocolate chips *optional
Blend all items for mint layer until smooth, then pour into a large measuring cup or glass. Rinse out the blender, and blend ingredients for chocolate layer. Pour chocolate layer into glasses, and spoon the green mint mixture on top. Garnish with mint and chocolate chips.
SATURDAY: PINK/YELLOW

STRAWBERRY MANGO PINEAPPLE
Strawberry layer:
- 1 cup frozen strawberries
- 1/2 frozen banana
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt
- 1 tsp strawberry jam
- 2 oz water
Mango layer:
- 1 mango cut up frozen
- 1 tbsp cashews
- 1/2 frozen banana
- 6 oz almond milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Pineapple layer:
- 1/4 pineapple, cut up frozen (about 1 cup)
- 2 oz water
Get the hang of this thing yet? Hehe blend all items for strawberry layer, pour into glasses. Repeat with the mango layer, then the pineapple layer. DEVOUR.
On the 7th day, she rested. Or maybe she made a smoothie, but you’ll have to peep my Instagram to find out, cuz I’m shutting the computer and setting this post to go live in the morning 😉
I hope you like the smoothies as much as I did. My next mission in the blending world, is to incorporate more veggies, protein, and antioxidant superfoods into the mix. On a hunt for a good vegan protein, perhaps I will do a taste test and report back.
Also, I did make some tasty stuff this week with the colorful veggies I bought, stay tuned for future posts featuring those recipes 🙂
Thank you for reading!
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