Smoothie Blends

Fruit and Nothing Else

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:00:32 +0000

If you or your kids have a hard time getting the recommended daily amount of fruit this is a great way to do so.

1 cup orange juice
1 cup papaya, peeled and diced
1/2 cup cantaloupe, peeled and diced
1/2 cup mango, peeled and diced
2 apricots, pitted and diced

Pour the orange juice into a Vita-Mix blender.

Now place the papaya, cantaloupe, mango and apricots in the blender.

Puree the mixture using medium speed for 1 minute.

An Eskimos Treat

admin — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:00:03 +0000

This is a great smoothie to have on a nice warm day because of the frozen fruits. It's the middle of winter where I'm at but regardless of that this is still a wonderful smoothie!

1 frozen peach
10 frozen blueberries
1 (6 oz) container frozen low-fat vanilla yogurt
1/2 cup skim milk
1/2 TBSP pecans, crushed
1/2 tsp. salt (optional)
1/4 tsp. vanilla

Place the peach and blueberries into a Vita-Mix blender.

Now add the yogurt and pulse a couple of times.

Add the milk, pecans and vanilla.

Sprinkle in the salt.

Blend until just smooth or desired consistency.

Energize Me Smoothie

admin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:20:54 +0000

You can make this recipe without the protein powder and flax seed oil if you wish. Those two ingredients make it healthier.

1/4 cup crushed pineapple, drained
1 apricot, chopped
4 strawberries, trimmed and chopped
1 banana, chopped
1 1/2 cups water
1 TBSP powdered skim milk
1 TBSP protein powder
1 tsp. flax oil seed

Add all the fruit ingredients in a Vita-Mix blender.

Blend slightly just to combine the fruit.

Add water, powdered protein, powdered milk and flax oil seed.

Blend until smooth.

Serve immediately.

Almond and Peach OJ

admin — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:00:43 +0000

This is a great recipe to experiment with. Replace the almonds with pecans or use pineapple juice instead of orange juice.

1 cup frozen peaches
1 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons toasted slivered almonds
1 frozen banana cut into small chunks

Add the juice to a Vita-Mix blender.

Add the banana and peaches.

Add the almonds.

Blend all ingredients until smooth or desired consistency.

Fruit Smoothie to Love

admin — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:15:42 +0000

It's no surprise that kids like sweet things. The honey in this recipe adds a touch of sweetness making it a kids favorite.

And we also know that kids can be picky so it's no surprise that some don't like cranberry juice. If your child doesn't like the taste of cranberry juice you can experiment with different flavored juices.

1 Bartlet pear, cored, peeled and cut into small chunks
1/2 cup seedless grapes
1 banana cut into small chunks
2 teaspoons honey
1/4 cup cranberry juice
6 ice cubes

Place the banana, pear, grapes and honey into Vita-Mix blender. Puree until very smooth.

Once the above ingredients have been pureed, add the cranberry juice and pulse 2 or 3 times until mixed together.

Now add the ice and blend to desired consistancy.

Lemon Berry Smoothie

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:15:42 +0000

If you don't like lemon flavored yogurt you can use any type of fruit flavored yogurt. And it's always fun to try different flavors to see which your family likes the most.

1 container (6 oz) low fat lemon yogurt
1 can (20 oz)crushed pineapple in its own juice, drained
1 can (16 oz) blackberries in lite syrup, drained
1 cup ice cubes

Place yogurt, drained pineapple and drained blackberries into Vita-Mix blender.

Add the ice cubes.

Blend all ingredients until smooth.

Mocha Java Smoothie

admin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:00:04 +0000

1 cup vanilla soymilk
11/2 cup ice
1/3 cup firm tofu
3/4 cup bananas –sliced/frozen
1/4 cup chocolate syrup
2 teaspoons instant coffee

Place all ingredients in a Vita-Mix blender and blend until smooth. Serve immediately.

Fig Banana Smoothie

admin — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:00:59 +0000

This is another recipe that I haven't tried yet but thought I would pass along because it sounds interesting. Leave a comment if you've tried it (or try it) and tell me what you think.

8 California figs
2 bananas
16 oz. plain low-fat yogurt
24 oz. ice cubes
1 tablespoon honey

Place all ingredients in a Vita-Mix blender and blend on high until smooth (approximately 2 to 3 minutes).

If desired garnish with a fresh berry or mint leaf.

Blueberry - Orange Smoothie

admin — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:00:58 +0000

12 oz. frozen blueberries (unthawed)
8 oz. vanilla low fat yogurt
4 oz. orange juice
4 oz. milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Place all ingredients in a Vita-Mix blender. Blend together until smooth and then serve immediately.

Strawberry Sunrise Smoothie

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:19:34 +0000

8 oz. vanilla yogurt
4 oz. frozen strawberries
2 oz. apple juice
1 frozen banana, chopped

Place all ingredients in Vita-Mix blender, cover and blend until desired consistency.