We have a few chocolate smoothies on smoothieweb.com, but not nearly enough caramel smoothies, at least in my humble opinion. With that thought in mind and my desire to give the Ninja Blender smoothie recipes some love, I give you the Banana Caramel Smoothie. It is delicious as it sounds and not half as bad for you as you would think, especially if you use fat free and light ingredients as we have listed below.
Smoothie Ingredients
- 6 oz. Low-Fat Vanilla Yogurt
- 1 Banana
- 1 Cup Almond or Soy milk
- 1 Tbsp Caramel Fat Free Topping
- 1 Cup Ice
- Pinch each of Cinnamon, Ginger and Clove
Instructions
- Add all ingredients into the 48 oz. pitcher and pulse 6-8 times until smooth. You can use any blender you like, but the recipe was supplied for the Ninja Blender.
From www.Smoothieweb.com
Makes 2 Glasses/servings
Additional Nutritional Information (per serving):
Nutritional Grade: B
- Total Carbohydrates: 37.5g
- Fiber: 7.3g
- Sugars” 20.3g
- Protein 15.8g
Since I’m “caramel-crazy” I had to try this and I am bummed out that I must say I’m pretty disappointed with the recipe as-is. I had to triple the amount of caramel topping (I used Marzetti’s fat-free) to get a noticeable caramel flavor – it was totally overwhelmed by the banana. Good thing I used sugar-free yogurt! Good site, though. I’m looking forward to trying many more recipes/ideas.