Ingredients:
2 bananas (frozen works best – peeled and chopped)
1 cup orange juice
2 Gala apples (peeled, cored and chopped)
1/2 cup milk
Directions:
In a blender combine frozen banana, orange juice, apple and milk. Blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve.
Fall is here and what better way to enjoy this season than with apples?
Ingredients:
1 apple
1 cup yogurt (vanilla flavored works best)
1 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup crushed ice
Directions:
Wash and peel apple, remove seeds and cut into cubes.
In a Vita-Mix blender, add all ingredients and blend on high for one minute.
Note: This recipe is made to serve one. You can add more ingredients to serve more people.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day especially for kids. If you find yourself in a time crunch in the mornings give this quick smoothie a try. It’s nutritious and delicious.
Ingredients:
1 banana
1 cup milk (try vanilla soy milk)
1 teaspoon powdered wheat grass
1 teaspoon lecithin powder
3-4 tablespoons honey
Directions:
In a Vita-Mix blender, blend all ingredients on high until desired consistency is reached.
Ingredients:
1 frozen bananas
5 frozen strawberries
1 avocado
Splash milk
Pinch cinnamon (or allspice)
Directions:
In a Vita-Mix blender, add all ingredients and blend on high until smooth or desired consistency is reached.
Serve immediately.
Ingredients:
1 large carrot
8 ounces milk
4 ounces pineapple chunks
3 ounces pineapple juice
1 piece ginger
2 tablespoons honey (or to taste)
ice cubes (optional)
Directions:
In a Vita-Mix blender, add all ingredients and blend on high until smooth.
Just because yesterday (July 17th) was National Ice Cream day doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy ice cream today too, right? So, here’s another smoothie that calls for ice cream!
Ingredients:
6 large strawberries
1 banana
1 cup strawberry ice cream
1 slice pound cake
1 cup milk
Directions:
In a Vita-Mix blender, blend the banana and pound cake with the milk until smooth.
Now add the strawberries and ice cream and blend until smooth or desired consistency is reached.
Serve immediately.
Did you know there was even such a thing as National Ice Cream Day? There is! And it’s today – July 17th. So, in honor of it here’s a recipe that calls for ice cream. Of course it might be more fun to skip the smoothie and head out to your local ice cream parlor 
Fruity Ice Cream Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients:
1 large banana
1/2 cup rasberries
1/2 cup blueberries
6 large strawberries
1 peach sliced and unseeded
1/2 cup vanilla ice cream
1 cup milk
Directions:
In a Vita-Mix blender, add all the fruits, milk and ice cream and blend on high until smooth.
Serve immediately.
Note: You can substitute the vanilla ice cream for strawberry if you wish.
This was a bit on the chocolatey side. I would recommend using vanilla pudding instead to ‘tone’ the flavor down a bit.
Ingredients:
Several scoops chocolate protein powder (like Jillian Michael’s whey protein powder you can pick up at Wal-Mart)
2 cups water (use cold for best results)
2 tablespoons instant chocolate pudding mix
1/2 banana
ice cubes (as many as you need to make the consistency as thick as you like)
Directions:
In a Vita-Mix blender, add all ingredients; replace cover and make sure securely in place.
Blend on high until smooth (adding ice as needed).
Serve immediately.
If you like bananas you’ll love this recipe. If you don’t want it to be so full of banana flavor, substitute the banana pudding for vanilla pudding.
Ingredients:
2 bananas
1 small package banana flavored instant pudding
3 cups milk
1/2 cup banana nut cereal flakes
Directions:
In a Vita-Mix blender, add all ingredients; replace lid and make sure it’s securely in place.
Blend for 30 seconds or until smooth.
Serve immediately.
This recipe makes 2 servings (serving size: about 1 cup)
Ingredients
1/2 cup 1% low-fat milk
2 tablespoons chocolate syrup
2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
1 frozen sliced ripe banana
1 (8-ounce) carton vanilla low-fat yogurt
Directions
Place all ingredients in a blender; process until smooth.
Recipe Source: My Recipes
