Lemon-ricotta pancakes with warm blueberries
Tender ricotta pancakes with warm blueberries and the fragrance of fresh lemon.
About 25 min · 415 kcal · 22 g protein per serving
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Green smoothie with spinach, pineapple and Greek yoghurt
A bright green smoothie of spinach, pineapple and fat-free Greek yoghurt, with lime to keep it fresh. The pineapple leads the flavour, so it tastes of fruit rather than leaves.
By The foodose editorial team. Nutrition calculated from USDA FoodData Central. Checked on paper on 16 October 2026; not yet cooked in a test kitchen or photographed, so the times and yield are estimates. How we develop our recipes
What still needs a real kitchen
- Confirm 30 seconds clears the spinach in a standard jug blender
- Confirm the yield is about 400 ml
- Photograph the finished smoothie
- Time
- About 5 min
- estimated
- Serves
- 1
- see below
- Energy
- 280 kcal
- per serving
- Protein
- 27 g
- per serving
Ingredients for 1 serving
Check off ingredients as you go.
Contains milk.
Cooking steps
Pour the milk into the blender jug and add the spinach.
Blend on high for 30 seconds, until the milk is evenly green and no pieces of leaf are left.
Add the Greek yoghurt, frozen pineapple, ground flaxseed and lime juice.
Blend on high for about 45 seconds, until smooth and pale green. Pour into a glass and drink it within 10 minutes; the colour dulls as it stands.
The useful detail
Blend the leaves with the liquid on their own first. With the yoghurt and frozen fruit already in, the blades cannot pull the spinach down, and you get a smoothie full of green flecks instead of an even colour.
Make it work for you
One serving is One glass, about 400 ml. You can switch to a smaller portion in the ingredients above; it is three quarters of this, and it contains correspondingly less energy and protein. It is an option, not a goal.
Kale instead of spinach
Stronger and more bitter. Strip the leaves from the stalks and blend them with the milk for a full minute.
Per serving: about 5 kcal more, about the same protein, about the same fat.
Frozen mango instead of pineapple
Thicker and sweeter, and less sharp.
Per serving: about 10 kcal more, about the same protein, about the same fat.
2% Greek yoghurt instead of fat-free
Creamier and less sharp.
Per serving: about 30 kcal more, about the same protein, about 3 g more fat.
Estimated nutrition
Per standard serving, calculated from the ingredients above. Nutrition changes with substitutions, brands and how much oil stays in the pan.
The yoghurt carries nearly all of the protein, and the fruit and flaxseed most of the fibre. Spinach adds colour and little else in this quantity.
| Energy | 280 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 27 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| of which saturates | 2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 30 g |
| of which sugars | 22 g |
| Fibre | 5 g |
| Sodium | 150 mg |
Show calculation notes
Each ingredient’s weight is multiplied by its USDA FoodData Central values per 100 g. The whole recipe is added up and divided by 1. Raw weights are used for meat, fish and vegetables; beans and lentils are drained weights. All of the oil is counted as eaten. Added salt is not included; sodium from stock, bread, cheese and tinned food is.
| Ingredient | Weight used | Source | Energy | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| milk | 105 g | FDC 171267Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D | 52 kcal | 3.4 g |
| spinach | 30 g | FDC 168462Spinach, raw | 7 kcal | 0.9 g |
| Greek yoghurt | 200 g | FDC 170894Yogurt, Greek, plain, nonfat (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) | 118 kcal | 20.4 g |
| pineapple | 100 g | FDC 169124Pineapple, raw, all varieties | 50 kcal | 0.5 g |
| ground flaxseed | 10 g | FDC 169414Seeds, flaxseed | 53 kcal | 1.8 g |
| lime juice | 5 g | FDC 168156Lime juice, raw | 1 kcal | 0.0 g |
| Whole recipe | Divided by 1 | 281 kcal | 27.0 g |
Per serving the energy is rounded to the nearest 5 kcal, grams to the nearest whole gram and sodium to the nearest 10 mg. Calculation method 1.0, September 2026. How the calculation works.
Storage and reheating
- In the fridge
- Best drunk straight away. If you keep it, cover it and refrigerate within 2 hours, and drink it within 24 hours; it separates, so shake or stir it first. The colour will dull to olive overnight, which does not affect the taste.
- Reheating
- Not for reheating. Serve cold.
Checked against US Food and Drug Administration, Refrigerator and Freezer Storage Chart, USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, Leftovers and Food Safety, FoodSafety.gov, Safe Minimum Internal Temperatures and FoodSafety.gov, Cold Food Storage Chart. UK guidance from the Food Standards Agency is shorter, at two days for most leftovers.
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