Fruit & yogurt smoothies are a great way to get fruit and dairy. A lemon yogurt (as used in this recipe) is a great way to get a dose of calcium in your diet.

This recipe doesn’t list the amount of ingredients to use. It’s entirely up to you. Obviously for smaller serving sizes you would use less ingredients than if you were making enough for several kids.

Ingredients:

Frozen lemonade (any flavor)
Strawberries (or any fruit)
Lemon yogurt (flavored or plain)
Skim milk
Ice cubes

Directions:

Place all ingredients into Vita-Mix blender and blend on high until smooth.

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Here’s a great treat for your kids that you don’t have to feel guilty giving them. It’s on the healthy side but still yummy enough that kids won’t realize it’s ‘healthy’.

Ingredients:

Small package of Jell-o or gelatin, any flavor
1/2 cup milk
1 cup yogurt, any flavor
1/2 cup fruit or 1 fruit of choice
1/2 cup ice cubes

Directions:

Add all ingredients to a Vita-Mix blender and blend on high until smooth.

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Ingredients:

1 cup vanilla yogurt
1 small apple
1 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
handful of ice cubes

Directions:

Wash and peel apple. Cut up into cubes and take out the seeds.

Place all ingredients in a Vita-Mix blender.

Blend on high for one minute or until smooth.

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Ingredients:

1 cup milk
1 cup vanilla yogurt
1 large banana
1/4 cup pistachio nuts or walnuts

Directions:

Add all ingredients to Vita-Mix blender and blend for one minute or until smooth.

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Here’s a combination of ingredients guaranteed to give you a nice dose of nutrition.

Ingredients:

1 Banana
5 Strawberries
1 cup baby spinach
1 cup almond milk
2 teaspoons flaxseed
1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder

Directions:

Place all ingredients in your Vita-Mix blender.

Replace lid and make sure it’s securely in place.

Blend on high until mixed well/smooth.

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Watching what you eat but have a chocolate craving? Give this recipe a try. It’s sure to cure your craving for chocolate as well as add a little ‘zest’ to the flavor with a hint of peppermint.

Ingredients:

6 cups chocolate milk
1/4 tsp peppermint extract
1 package (4-serving size) instant vanilla pudding mix (you may use chocolate if you wish)
Peppermint sticks

Directions:

In a Vita-Mix blender place half (3 cups) of the milk and the pudding mix.

Make sure lid is securely in place.

Blend on high until smooth.

Pour into a pitcher.

Add remainder of milk (3 cups) and peppermint extract. Stir until mixed together.

Place in refrigerator for 1 hour.

To Serve – stir mixture and pour into glasses and garnish with a peppermint stick.

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Here’s a virgin version of a Margarita.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup pineapple tidbits, drained (canned or fresh)
1 package lime Jello
1/2 cup boiling water
1 cup milk
2 cups vanilla ice cream
crushed ice

Directions:

In a Vita-Mix blender pour boiling water and add lime Jello mix to it. Cover and blend for few seconds.

Add ice cream, milk, pineapple and some crushed ice (few handfuls).

Make sure blender cover is on and tightly in place.

Blend on high until smooth.

Pour into glass(es) and serve immediately.

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Ingredients:

1 TBSP peanut butter
1 banana (frozen)
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vanilla yogurt (frozen)

Directions:

Take 1 banana and cut into chunks. Place on waxed paper and put in freezer until frozen.

Place all ingredients (including frozen banana) in a Vita-Mix Blender.

Replace lid and make sure it’s on tightly.

Blend on high until smooth.

Pour into glass and serve immediately.

Note: You can do a variation of this recipe to make it lower in calories and fat simply by using reduced fat peanut butter and skim milk. You can also use fat-free ice cream in place of the yogurt for something different.

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If you like coffee this recipe is for you. However, I’ve tried this one and I didn’t think it had that much of a coffee flavor to it. I think the other ingredients kind of ‘outweigh’ the instant coffee taking away from the ‘burst’ of coffee flavor I was expecting.

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons instant coffee
1 cup milk
6 ice cubes
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup heavy cream

Directions:

Place all ingredients in a Vita-Mix blender.

Cover and blend on high until desired consistency is reached.

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Ingredients:

1 avocado (large sized)
2 teaspoons milk (condensed milk)
8 ounces ice

Directions:

Scoop out the avocado into a Vita-Mix blender.

Add the condensed milk.

Now add the ice.

On high blend until it’s a semi-creamy texture.

Note: If you want it sweeter add more condensed milk.

If you want to make this a ‘healthier’ smoothie you can add very small amounts of echinacea, ginseng, etc).

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