Friday, July 30, 2010

What is a good recipe for making a healthy fruit smoothie?

I'm looking for something that won't make me go to the store and buy some fancy ingredients! Household stuff, please!What is a good recipe for making a healthy fruit smoothie?
1/2 cup of Strawberries or other fruit


1 yogurt (plain or whatever flavor you like...if you don't have yogurt you can use vanilla ice cream but it's more like a milkshake than a smoothie ya know?)


2 cups of milk


1cup of ice


1tbsp of sugar








Blend it all together and enjoy!!! sooooo goood ;-)





I make some with strawberries and banans, or kiwis yummy!What is a good recipe for making a healthy fruit smoothie?
Banana %26amp; Peanut Butter Smoothie








Ingredients


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yogurt


2 ripe Bananas


1 tbsp Peanut Butter


1 tbsp Honey





Directions


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1) Prepare the bananas well in advance, chop into small pieces and put in a freezer inside a plastic container, and leave for at least 3 hours but preferably overnight.





2) Remove the bananas from the freezer and allow to thaw slightly. Put the bananas into the blender and add the peanut butter and honey. Blend until the mixture has become smooth then add the yogurt around 3 tablespoons to half a 450g pot. Give it a final blend and pour into a glass to serve.
BANANA SMOOTHIE





4 c. orange juice


4 sm. bananas


1/2 tsp. vanilla extract





Blend all ingredients in a blender. Serve immediately.
Take what ever you have..although use soyamilk instead of regular milk. It will give a hazel taste...
Yummy and Healthy Smoothie:





This is a good snack for breakfast or before a workout or anytime of the day you need a good frothy pick me up. You can change the ingredients to your choice of fruits.





6 min 5 min prep


1 serving





1 banana


1 peach or nectarine


1/4 cup berries


8 ounces soy milk (Silk Soymilk plain)


1/4 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt


1/4 cup toasted wheat germ





1. Place banana, peach (cut into pieces), berries, Silk Soymilk, low fat vanilla yogurt, and wheat germ in blender.


2. Combine ingredients by blending.


3. Serve.


4. You can substitute any type of fruit you like.
What do you have at home? Just blend in whatever fruits you have and milk. I always add banana to the mix.
I have made them with OJ, frozen strawberries, and a banana.





The strawberry doesn't have to be frozen.





You can put just about any fruit in the blender with juice or milk and have a smoothie.
fresh organic fruits are the best, depending on what texture you want, you can make it with milk or yogurt, as long as its low fat. But its really all about the fruits that you use. Any kind of berry generally works better. Strawberry, blueberry, cranberry, etc etc. Kiwis and bananas always add a little extra taste.
If you like banana, just plain bananas (better if frozen) and milk makes a great smoothie, (It tastes like a milkshake since bananas are so creamy) and vanilla extract makes it even better. You could even try mango in it. Mmm.. My other favorite is frozen raspberries and strawberries, milk or fruit juice, and vanilla yogart. (You also might want to add sugar.) But it's pretty much good with any kinds of fruits. I like topping them off with whipped cream, but that's just me. lol

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