Archive for July, 2007

You don’t come across a lot of kiwi smoothies, so give this one a try if you haven’t had one before.

Kiwi strawberry Smoothie Recipe

• 3 peeled kiwi
• 1 cup frozen banana slices
• 3/4 cup pineapple juice
• 1/2 cup frozen strawberries

Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until smoothie consistency is reached!

Fruity banana Smoothie Recipe

• 6-8 oz plain yogurt
• 1⁄2 banana
• 1 cup of frozen fruit (usually strawberries, raspberries, and/or blueberries)
• 4-5 oz plain soy milk
• a dash of vanilla
• 1 teaspoon of honey

Blend it all up.

Blueberry Blast Smoothie Recipe

• 1/2 frozen banana (or unfrozen + 1 ice cube)
• 1/4-1/2 c frozen blueberries
• 1/2-3/4 c rice dream vanilla lite
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 pkt sweetener

Dump it all in the blender and whir until creamy.

Chocolate Peanut Butter banana Smoothie Recipe

• 1 banana
• 2 Tbs. Peanut Butter (chunky or smooth… whatever you prefer!)
• 1-2 squirts of Hershey’s reduced calorie chocolate syrup
• 1 Tbs. wheat germ
• 6 oz. soy milk

Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until smoothie consistency is reached!

This yogurt smoothie can have many fruit variations as listed in the prepration. Try your own and submit it to Smoothieweb.com.

Yogurt Shake Smoothie Recipe:

• 1 C Plain yogurt
• 1 Small banana
• 1 T Frozen orange juice
• Sugar or honey, to taste
• 4 Ice cubes

Preparation:
Yields about 2 l/2 cups. Place all ingredients into blender or food processor. Whirl until smooth. Variations: Instead of banana, use l cup cubed melon, l/2 cup fresh or frozen berries, l/2 cup pineapple, l peeled and chopped kiwifruit or l/2 peeled and cored apple.

Adding the soy and tofu gives this a protein boost along with all the helpful nutrition provided by soy and tofu.

strawberry Soy Smoothie Recipe

• 1 cup vanilla soy milk
• 5 ounces silken tofu, firm, chilled and cubed
• 2 cups frozen or fresh strawberries
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Combine in blender. Makes 2 shakes.

Raspberrt Smoothie Recipe

• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup plain, low-fat yogurt
• 1/2 cup washed, stemmed raspberries
• honey to taste

Place all the ingredients in a blender. Blend on high speed until smooth.

Power Fruit Smoothie Recipe

• 1 frozen banana (best if cut into 1-inch — chunks then f rozen)
• 1/2 cup hulled strawberries (don’t need to cut them up)
• 1/4 cup soy milk, orange juice or water cinnamon to taste

Add all of the ingredients in a blender. I start with 1/4 cup of liquid and add more depending on how thick I want the smoothie. Blend in spurts until smooth. Variations:

* Use peaches, blueberries, apple slices, or more bananas in place of strawberries (or combine them!) May need to vary the liquid depending on the juciness of the fruit.

* Use fresh bananas and 1-2 ice cubes * In addition to the cinnamon, add one or more of: nutmeg, cloves, ginger, vanilla

Simple and elegant, for a smoothie. The pineapple juice really give it a taste kick.

Frostie Fruit Smoothie Recipe

• 3/4 cup chilled pineapple juice
• 1 cup fresh strawberries
• 1 ripe banana
• ice cubes

Place all ingredients in blender. Process until smooth.

Sweet blueberries with the taste of banana, what could be better? Add some cinnamon.

Blueberry banana Smoothie Recipe

• 1 ripe medium banana
• 3/4 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
• 1/4 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt
• 3/4 cup skim milk
• pinch of cinnamon (if desired)
• 1/2 cup of crushed ice

Combine all of the ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth.