Crazy Smoothies - Crazy Smoothies Recipes

Feel free to add more lime sherbert if you want your smoothie sweeter or thicker. Can you ever have too much lime sherbert?

Ingredients:

• 2 cups cran-apple juice
• 1 1/2 cups of limeade
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 2 scoops lime sherbert
• 1 cup ice

Blend and really enjoy. This is a favorite smoothie of mine.

Trying to get out the door in the morning and eat a good breakfast is a tough combination, so finding a good smoothie combination to help me is a good idea. Well, I like Grape Nuts cereal and I like to mix it in yogurt and eat it with lunch or for a snack. So why not blend it into a breakfast smoothie? So I did.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Grape Nuts cereal
• 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt (low-fat)
• 1 cup ice
• 1 banana
• 2 cups juice (orange, apple or whatever you like. I wouldn’t mind trying pineapple in this)

Blend and feel the energy!

Sometimes it can be tough to find good grapes, especially during the winter months in Viriginia, so using grape concentrate in place of grapes is a good idea for a grape smoothie recipe.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups vanilla ice cream (that’s the cow part)
• 8 tbs. frozen grape juice concentrate (I like Welch’s and this is the purple part)
• 1 cup of milk (also the cow part)
• 1 cup of ice

Blend and enjoy.

I absolutely love avocadoes and adding them to a smoothie is something I never thought of before. But I’m all about trying something new and how bad could it be? Well, it was excellent and the avocado adds a creamy texture you don’t find in smoothies usually. Try this avocado smoothie and surprise it on your friends. They’ll be amazed it was made from avocado.

Ingredients:

• 2 bananas
• 2 cups orange juice
• 1 cup of strawberries (preferably fresh, but frozen will do)
• 1 cup of orange or strawberry sherbet
• 1 cup ice
• 1 avocado, peeled and pitted

Christmas Eggnog Smoothie

• 4 ice cubes
• 1 cup water
• 1 scoop Fat Flush Vanilla Whey Protein
• 1 envelope Stevia Plus
• 1 egg
• 1/4 t. each nutmeg,(Phase 3) ginger, cinnamon

Blend till smooth, pour and sprinkle a bit of nutmeg on top.

Chocolate banana Smoothie

• 6 oz. SnackWell’s Chocolate Cherry Non-Fat Yogurt
• 1/4 cup skim milk
• 1 banana
• 3 large ice cubes

Put all ingredients into blender. Blend well, adding more ice or milk if necessary, until smoothie
consistency is reached!

This recipe is from the California Avocado Commission. I added this because I love avocados and blueberries, but even I must admit this seems like a very strange pairing.

Avocado Blueberry Smoothie

Source: Recipe courtesy of the California Avocado Commission.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Cup ice cubes or crushed ice
• 1 (11.5-oz) can peach nectar
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 large, ripe California Avocado, peeled, seeded, cut in small chunks
• 1 (6-oz.) carton non-fat vanilla or peach yogurt
• 1 Cup fresh blueberries, rinsed, picked over, well-drained
• 1/4 ripe California Avocado, peeled, sliced lengthwise (optional, for garnish)
• 6 plump blueberries (optional, for garnish)

Preparation:

1. Place all ingredients in blender with lid.
2. Blend on high speed for two minutes or until smooth and creamy.
3. Pour into two tall glasses to serve.
4. If desired, pierce slice of avocado with three blueberries on a tiny cocktail sword or skewer and hang on the side of the glass for garnish.

This is a high fiber recipe.

Nutritional Information:

Per Serving

291 Calories
7 g Total Fat
1 g Saturated fat
0 mg Cholesterol
54 g Carbohydrate
7 g Fiber
7 g Protein
81 mg Sodium

This one takes a bit of preparation, but if you like peanut butter you will like this smoothie. Although technically it may not be a blended smoothie, it goes down like smoothie.

Peanut Butter Sundae Smoothie Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup smooth peanut butter
• 2 Tablespoons honey
• 1/3 cup milk
• 3 cups vanilla ice milk
• 1/4 teaspoon wheat germ

Stir peanut butter, honey and milk together. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat when peanut butter has melted; stir in ice milk and wheat germ; serve chilled. Serves 4.

Smoothies and peanut butter. What an interesting combination or is it something that makes you think “That’s disgusting!”? Well, only one way to find out, give this protein-rich smoothie recipe a try.

Peanut Butter Power Smoothie Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup soy milk
• 1/2 cup silken tofu
• 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 bananas — frozen
• 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup

Combine soy milk, tofu, and peanut butter in blender. Add bananas, chocolate syrup, and any ice cubes if desired. Blend until smooth. Serves 2.

This is an incredible smoothie with a crazy and diverse mix of fruits that you will find hard to beat when looking for a unique flavor comibination. If you try this one, please email and let me know what you think.

Hawaiian Holiday Smoothie Ingredients:

• 1 cup passion fruit nectar
• 1 cup guava nectar
• 1 cup orange sherbet
• 4 Tbs. coconut milk
• 1/2 frozen banana in chunks
• 1/2 cup frozen strawberries
• 1/2 cup frozen mango slices
• 1 cup strawberry yogurt

Pour all liquid ingredients into the blender. Add all frozen ingredients. blend at MIX setting for 30 seconds then blend at SMOOTH setting until smooth. While the machine is running, move the stir stick around counter-clockwise to aid mixing. Serve immediately. Each recipe serves 3-5.