Have a safe Halloween! This recipe is sure to be a hit!
2 cups apple cider
2 cups vanilla ice cream2 tablespoons honey
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
food coloring
Combine all ingredients in blender; process until smooth. Add any color combination of food coloring depending on how gross or cute you want it to look! Orange, green, purple, etc.
Recipe Source: CDK Kitchen
1 oz. hazelnut syrup
1 oz. caramel syrup
1 oz. Irish cream syrup
4 oz. cold milk
16 oz. ice
Pour the hazelnut, caramel and Irish cream syrups into a Vita-Mix blender. Add ice and blend until smooth.
Pour into glass. Top with Whipped cream and sprinkle chopped pecans on top.
This time of year always make me think about pumpkins so here is another pumpkin recipe. You'll need to plan a little ahead for when you want to serve this one. It requires that you freeze the pumpkin for one hour.
15 oz. solid pack pumpkin puree
12 oz. frozen apple juice concentrate
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
20 oz. water
Remove pumpkin from can and freeze for 1 hour.
Place partially frozen pumpkin, frozen apple juice concentrate, nutmeg and cinnamon in Vita-Mix blender. Blend until smooth.
Here is a quick and easy recipe that your kids might like.
6 oz. low-fat milk
1 1/2 tablespoons frozen grape juice concentrate
2 oz. vanilla yogurt
Place ingredients in a container with an air tight lid that won't spill when you shake it. Shake until all ingredients are well blended.
Pour into a tall glass.
Once again I've found a recipe to share that I haven't tried but one that sounds interesting and I'm curious to know your comments once you try it.
8 oz. yogurt; plain or fruit-flavored
16 oz. chopped fresh fruit
pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
5 oz. ice-cold sparkling water or ginger ale
This recipe makes 2 servings.
Place the yogurt, fruit and nutmeg in a Vita-Mix blender. Blend until smooth.
Pout into glasses, filling only 3/4 of the way full. Add sparkling water or ginger ale to top it off and stir gently to combine.
Optional: Garnish with mint sprigs or fruit slices.
8 oz. carton plain nonfat yogurt
2 oz. skim milk
3 packets sweetener
24 oz. frozen strawberries
8 oz. ice cubes
This recipe makes 4-6oz servings
In a Vita-Mix blender combine yogurt, milk, and sweetener. With the Vita-Mix blender running, add berries a few at a time through opening in lid. Blend until smooth.
Add ice cubes one at a time through opening in lid, blending until slushy.
Pour into glasses.
This recipe already provides some good nutrition but you will also find a list of optional ingredients you can throw in to give it an even bigger nutritional value.
8 oz. nonfat soy milk
4 oz. orange juice
1 banana
4 oz. cantaloupe
1 tablespoon peanut butter
4 oz. strawberries, fresh or frozen
Optional ingredients for added nutrition:
1 tablespoon wheat germ
2 oz. uncooked oatmeal
2 oz. 100% bran cereal
2 oz. protein powder
tofu
Place all ingredients into a Vita-Mix blender (including any additional items you may have chosen). Blend well until smoothie consistency is reached!
14 oz. pumpkin, canned chilled
12 oz. evaporated skim milk, chilled
12 oz. orange juice
4 oz. banana
3 oz. brown sugar
Place all ingredients in a Vita-Mix blender and blend well.
Optional: Serve over ice and garnish with cinnamon.
Soymilk takes some getting used to but when you mix it with other things, like in this recipe, it's easier to drink it.
3/4 cup vanilla-flavored soymilk
1/4 cup frozen pineapple-orange juice concentrate
2 cups unsweetened frozen peach slices
1 medium banana, cut into chunks
1 cup small ice cube or crushed ice
In a Vita-Mix blender, combine soy milk and juice concentrate; add peach slices and banana. Cover and blend until smooth. Add ice cubes. Cover and blend until nearly smooth.
I have to admit that I haven't tried this recipe yet. And honestly I can't imagine that cucumber and mint goes together at all. Well actually I don't see how any of these ingredients go together! It's certainly an interesting concoction. If you try this leave comments and let me know what you think.
1 cucumber peeled, seeded and chopped
3 tablespoons mint leaves & mint sprigs
12 oz. apple juice or still cider
8 oz. lemon sorbet
8 oz. ice cubes
Put the cucumber, mint, apple juice or cider, sorbet and ice in your Vita-Mix blender. Blend ingredients until smooth. Garnish with mint and serve.
