20 oz granny smith apples, peeled & diced
1 tablespoon lemon juice, freshly squeezed
6 oz. apple juice
10 oz. nonfat frozen vanilla yogurt
2 oz. caramel sauce
10 oz. ice cubes
Toss together the apple and lemon and place in freezer until partially frozen.
Pour apple juice into a Via-Mix blender, add the yogurt, caramel, ice cubes and frozen apples. Blend together.
This is a great substitute for applesauce. You can control the consistency of it by adding more or less of the chopped apple.
1 frozen banana
1/2 peeled apple
8oz. apple juice
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
pinch nutmeg
Add all ingredients to a Vita-Mix blender and blend.
8 oz. Orange segments
4 oz. Grapefruit segments, chilled
4 oz. Strong-brewed Earl Grey tea, chilled
6 oz. Orange sherbet
2 Ice cubes
Place the orange segments, grapefruit segments and Earl Grey tea into your Vita-Mix blender. Add the sherbet and ice. Blend until smooth.
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.
This is one of my favorite summer time drinks. There's just something about the taste of frozen lemonade on a nice hot summer day.
6 oz. frozen lemonade or limeade
4 oz. concentrate, undiluted
16 oz. cold water
12 oz. lemon sherbert
ginger ale
Place the first three ingredients into a Vita-Mix blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a pitcher; add ginger ale. Serve immediately.
Peaches are not one of my favorite fruits but I really enjoyed this smoothie!
1 medium ripe peach
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons honey
4 oz. yogurt
2 tablespoons granola or buckwheat crunchies
Blend the first four ingredients. Sprinkle granola or buckwheat on top.
2 oz. apple juice
1 pinch coconut, grated *
1/2 banana
1/4 teaspoon ginger root; fresh, peeled and grated
2 ice cubes
Blend all ingredients in a Vita-Mix blender until smooth.
* Substitute with 1 Tbsp coconut milk (not the canned drink mix type coconut syrup, it is too sweet). If you using fresh coconut meat, throgh two 1 inch pieces in and blend until smooth (no worries about grit, the high speed of the Vita-Mix will pulverize the coconut).
4 oz. ripe banana
2 oz. cream of coconut
2 oz. apple juice
0.5 oz. fresh lime juice
1/4 teaspoon bee pollen
1/4 teaspoon nutritional yeast
1/4 teaspoon protein powder
6 oz. ice cubes
Following the order of ingredients listed, add them into a Vita Mix blender. Secure lid and blend until smooth.
Now that school is back in session and kids are passing around the germs here is a great smoothie recipe that will help keep the sickies away. It's full of lots of vitamin C.
2 bananas
1 orange
2 kiwis
12 frozen strawberries
4 oz. frozen blueberries
16 oz. orange juice
Put all the ingredients in the Vita-Mix blender and mix on high until fully blended.
This recipe has sherbet in it so you can kind of 'trick' your kids into thinking that they are getting ice cream. They don't have to know it's a healthier option.
10 oz. apple-cranberry juice
4 oz. strawberries
2 oz. pineapple chunks
2 scoops rainbow sherbet
1/2 banana
4 oz. ice
Place ingredients in a Vita-Mix blender and purée until smooth.
