Flaxseed is a great ingredient to add to a smoothie. All to often it’s passed up in the grocery store (or health stores) because it doesn’t look ‘tasty’ but you shouldn’t pass up this nutritional ingredient.

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
3/4 cup non-fat vanilla yogurt
1 cup low-fat soy milk
1/2 cup mixed berries (whatever combination of berries you choose)

Directions:

Place all ingredients into a Vita-Mix blender.

Replace lid & make sure that the lid is tightly in place.

Blend on high until smooth or desired consistency is reached.

Note: Keep your flaxseed in the fridge! Because the seeds are ground up they can spoil but keeping them cold (in the fridge) will help prevent them from spoiling.

Ingredients:

4 Florets of Broccoli
1 Carrot (chopped)
2 Handfuls of Spinach
1 Apple (chopped)
2 Oranges (peeled and quartered)
Orange Juice to dilute

Directions:

Place all ingredients into a Vita-Mix blender and blend on high for 1-2 minutes or until smooth.

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.

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.

Ingredients:

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

Directions:

Place all ingredients into a Vita-Mix blender.

Blend on high for 1-2 minutes or until smooth.

Note: If your kids (or you) don’t like peaches substitute them with different fruit such as a banana or a can of mandarin oranges.

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.

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.

2 bananas
1/2 cup of orange juice
1/2 cup of vanilla yogurt
1 can of pineapple juice
2 pieces of ice

Directions:

Peel bananas and place in blender. Add orange juice. Add vanilla yogurt. Next add pineapple juice then add ice. Blend for 30 seconds. Enjoy a refreshing smoothie!
This recipe is from Lauren, age 11, of the United States.

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.

1 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon honey
2 cups cantaloupe
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Ice cubes

Directions:

Place orange juice, cantaloupe, honey and vanilla in Vita-Mix blender.

Place lid on blender and make sure it’s secure.

Blend on high for about 30 seconds.

Add ice cubes and blend on high until smooth and thick.