Healthy Orange Smoothie

Ingredients:

1 orange peeled and separated
3/4 cup sliced peaches (if canned use juice also)
1 cup orange yogurt
1/2 cup ice cubes

Directions:

Blend in blender until smooth. Substitute peaches with different fruit such as banana or a can of mandarin oranges, if desired.

Recipe Source: Kids Cooking

Vegetable and Pineapple Smoothie

This recipe is full of different nutrients with a little of this and a little of that for ingredients.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup tomatoes (chopped)
1 shallot (pureed)
1/2 cup cucumbers (peeled and chopped)
1/4 cup bell pepper (chopped)
1/2 cup carrot juice
1/4 cup V-8 juice
1/2 cup pineapple yogurt (can substitute with sour cream)

Directions:

In a Vita-Mix blender, place tomatoes, shallot, cucumbers, and bell pepper and blend on high for 30 seconds to one minute.

Add carrot juice, V-8 juice and yogurt to the blended vegetables. Blend on high to mix the juices and yogurt with the already blended vegetables.

Fruit Soy Smoothie

A lot of people are adding more soy to their diets as they become health conscious. But aside from that there’s more nutritional benefits to adding soy to your diet. Soy is full of amino acids and protein which are bodies need for some basic daily functions.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup raspberries
1/2 cup strawberries
1/2 cup cherries
1 banana
1/2 cup yogurt (soy)
1 cup milk (soy)

Directions:

Add all ingredients to a Vita-Mix blender.

Blend on high until smooth.

Pineapple Lemon Smoothie

This recipe makes about 4 servings

Ingredients:

1 cup lemon yogurt
2 cups lemonade
1 cup pineapple sherbet
1 1/2 cups pineapple chunks (frozen)

Directions:

Place all ingredients into a Vita-Mix blender.

Make sure lid is securely in place.

Blend on low for one minute.

Blend on high until smooth.

Tutti Frutti Smoothie

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Dole frozen 100% juice (orange strawberry banana blend)
6 ounces strawberry yogurt
1/2 cup strawberries
1/2 banana
1/2 cup ice

Directions:

In a Vita-Mix blender add the orange strawberry banana blend juice.

Add yogurt.

Add strawberries and banana.

Add the ice.

Pulse the blender to chop up the fruit. Then blend on high until desired consistency is reached.