Start your morning off with this healthy pear and celery smoothie recipe.
Ingredients:
1 grapefruit
4 celery sticks
2 apples
2 pears
chopped mint
Directions:
In a Vita-Mix blender, blend all ingredients together until smooth.
Garnish with chopped mint and serve immediately.
Who doesn’t like bananas and chocolate? Give this recipe a try for a chocolatey ‘healthy’ treat.
Ingredients:
6 ounces cherry yogurt
2 frozen bananas
2 tablespoons Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup
1/2 cup milk
4-6 ice cubes
Directions:
In a Vita-Mix blender, add all ingredients and blend on high until desired consistency is reached.
Ingredients:
6 ounces frozen apple juice concentrate
8 ounces peach yogurt
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
5 ice cubes
Directions:
In a Vita-Mix blender, add all ingredients except ice cubes. Blend on high for 30 seconds to one minute. Then add ice cubes and blend on high until smooth.
Serve immediately.
I have not tried this recipe yet so if you do, please leave a comment and share your thoughts on it!
Ingredients:
1 cup milk
1 kiwi, peeled and sliced
1 scoop vanilla ice cream
Directions:
Place all ingredients in blender container. Blend for 30 seconds or until smooth. Serve at once.
This recipe will make about 2 servings.
Ingredients:
2 cups (10 ounces) frozen blueberries
1 cup pineapple-orange juice
8 ounces container vanilla yogurt
2 teaspoons sugar
Directions:
In a Vita-Mix blender, add the blueberries, yogurt, juice and sugar. Blend on high for approximately one minute or until desired consistency is reached.
Here is another great smoothie recipe you can enjoy the Holidays with.
Ingredients:
3/4 cup vanilla yogurt
1/4 cup frozen raspberries
1 large banana, peeled, placed in a resealable bag, and frozen
4 frozen peach slices
3/4 cup orange juice
Directions:
In a Vita-Mix blender, add all the ingredients. Blend on low until desired consistency is reached. You may need to add more orange juice to help make it not be so thick.
Ingredients:
1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
2 cups water
1 1/2 cups almond milk (I like the Blue Diamond brand, Original flavor)
1/4 cup cashews (give the raw ones a try)
1/8th Teaspoon Stevia
4 ice cubes
Directions:
Place cranberries and water in a pot and bring to a boil, then reduce the flame and let the berries simmer for 10 minutes. Remove pot from flame. Place berries in the fridge and allow to cool.
Once cool, place berries, cashews, almond milk, Stevia and ice into a Vita-Mix blender and blend until smooth and creamy.
Recipe Source: Green Lemonade
If you like apples and peaches, give this recipe a try.
Ingredients:
1 large peach
3 ounces milk
2 ounces apple juice concentrate (frozen)
Directions:
Peel the peach and cut into slices. Once cut, freeze for 2-3 hours.
After peaches have been in the freezer for the time recommended above, remove and add to a Vita-Mix blender with the milk and frozen apple juice concentrate.
Blend on high for 3 minutes or until desired consistency is reached.
Serve immediately.
Here is a great recipe you and your family can enjoy during the Christmas Holiday.
6 large eggs
2 pints milk (whole milk)
1 vanilla pod
50g caster sugar
2 bananas (can substitute with a handful of cranberries if you prefer)
cinnamon
In a saucepan on the stove over low heat, cook the eggs, milk, vanilla pod and caster sugar. Cook until the mixture becomes thick. (Note: do not let the mixture begin to boil or you will ruin it)
Let the mixture cool.
Once mixture is cool add to a Vita-Mix blender and add bananas or cranberries and blend until smooth.
Pour into glasses and garnish with cinnamon.
Here’s a great recipe in time for the Holidays.
Ingredients:
Spinach – hand full
2 bananas
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
2 tablespoons cashew butter
2 tablespoons agave nectar
8 ounces almond milk
8 ounces water
Directions:
In a Vita-Mix blender, add all ingredients and blend on high until smooth.
