Melon Smoothies - Melon Smoothies Recipes

This is the flu season and we all know one of the best things to do is to drink liquid and take vitamin C. Smoothies are the perfect solution to help avoid the flu and help you get better if you have the flu. So lets stock up on Vitamn C without using orange juice.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups of watermelon
• 1 cup cataloupe
• 1/2 cup strawberries
• 1 cup low-fat plain yogurt
• 2 cups of ice

Blend and feel better soon.

Summer is coming to a close so good melons will be harder to find. Send summer out without melon-colly and try thie melon smoothie recipe.

Maniac Melon Smoothie

• 1 cup of peach fat-free yogurt, frozen
• 1 cup skim milk
• 1/2 cup cantaloupe
• 1/2 cup honey dew melon
• 4 ice cubes
• 1/2 cup strawberries (or substitute with watermelon)

Put yogurt, milk, and strawberries into blender. Blend on high for about 30-45 seconds. Then add in cantaloupe, melon, and ice. Blend
once again on high for 1 minute.

Cherries and cantaloupe in a smoothie? This recipe may sound like a bad accident in a produce aisle, but it also blends nicely for a great unusual low fat smoothie taste.

Cherry Cantaloupe Smoothie Ingredients:

• 1/2 cantaloupe (peeled, seeded, and sliced)
• 1/2 cup apple or apricot juice
• 2-3 pitted cherries
• 1/4 cup raspberries or blackberries
• 3-4 ice cubes

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

Summer is the right time for watermelons and they taste fabulous when blended into a smoothie. Add some yogurt for texture and lime for a bit of zip and you’ll have a new favorite.

Limey Watermelon Smoothie Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups watermelon – chopped
• 1 1/2 cups honeydew melon – chopped
• 2 limes — juice only
• 1 cup vanilla lowfat yogurt
• 1 cup ice cubes

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into glasses. Yield: 4 serving

You may not think if canataloupe as a smoothie ingredient, but give it a try for something different. How many banana and strawberry smoothies can you try for Pete’s sake?

Fat Free Cantaloupe Smoothie Ingredients:

• 1/2 ripe cantaloupe, peeled, seeded, and cut into chunks
• 1 cup (250 ml) skim milk
• 1 cup (250 ml) unflavored or vanilla fat-free yogurt
• 1 cup (250 ml) crushed ice
• 2 Tbs (30 ml) sugar, or to taste

Combine all ingredients in an electric blender and process until mooth. Serves 2.

With summer around the corner, watermelons, honeydews and cantaloupes become the norm in the supermarkets. Well, this recipe has 2 out of 3 and that ain’t bad.

Melon Smoothie Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups seeded and chopped watermelon
• 1 1/2 cups seeded and chopped honeydew melon
• Juice of 2 limes
• 1 cup vanilla lowfat yogurt
• 1 cup ice cubes

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into glasses. Yield: 4 servings

Melon Mint Smoothie Ingredients:

• 2 cups diced cantaloupe
• 1 cup diced honeydew melon
• 1 cup diced seedless watermelon
• 1/2 cup passion fruit or mango juice
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 2 teaspoons honey
• 10 fresh mint leaves
• 3 ice cubes

Combine all ingredients in blender and whip until smooth. Serves 2

Ingredients

• 1 firm kiwi fruit — peeled
• 1/4 cantaloupe — with skin
• 1 ripe banana

Push kiwi fruit and cantaloupe through the hopper. Place juice and banana in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Pour into a tall glass, drink immediately and enjoy!! This is a great drink for anyone, especially those with ulcers. This drink has soothing qualities which protect and heal the stomach lining. Serves 1.

Ingredients

• 1 Ripe banana
• 1/4 Ripe cantaloupe
• 1/2 c Nonfat or low-fat yogurt
• 2 tb Skim-milk powder
• 1 1/2 tb Orange-juice concentrate
• 2 ts Honey

Place unpeeled banana in the freezer overnight. Remove banana from the freezer and let it sit for 2 minutes, or until the skin begins to soften. With a paring knife, remove the skin. (Don’t worry if a little fiber remains.) Cut the banana into chunks and put in a blender or food processor. Seed the cantaloupe quarter and cut the flesh from the rind. Cut the flesh into chunks and add to the blender. Add the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. Serves 1.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups diced fresh kiwi
• 1 1/2 cups lime sherbet
• 1 cup diced ripe banana
• 1 cup honeydew melon

Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor. Process until smooth. Serves 3