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Spirulina Power Smoothie
Spirulina is one of the super foods. It is packed with antioxidants and full of helpful vitamins. Spirulina is a true healthy and beneficial nutrient. But like many things that are healthy it doesn’t taste so great. The good news is smoothies are the perfect vehicle for helping you get healthy foods while giving you a great taste too. Try this power green smoothie with Spirulina, and see if you don’t feel better and get a great tasting smoothie to boot!
Spirulina Smoothie Ingredients
- 1/2 cup mixed berries (frozen)
- 1/4 cup orange juices
- 1 cup plain low-fat yogurt
- 1 tbsp Spirulina powder
Place the berries, orange juice, plain yogurt and Spirulina powder in your blender and blend for a minute or until green and smooth. If you feel it still needs a bit of sweet try adding a 2 teaspoons of honey.
Broccoli Blueberry Smoothie
I have never made a smoothie with broccoli and blueberries specifically, but I have throw in some broccoli florets when making a smoothie every now and then. Quite possibly one of my smoothies had blueberries but I don’t remember for sure. I have been making a habit of adding vegetables at the last minute to many of my fruit smoothies as they provide good nutrition, aren’t wasted and rarely to the detract from the flavor. You would be amazed at how much vegetables you can add to a fruit smoothie without your kids being any the wiser. ;-)
But I did have a request for a broccoli and blueberry smoothie so I went hunting and this combination has not been tried and published that often. In fact, this is the only one I could find on the livestrong website. Please provide any links or your own recipe in the comments below. I’d love to add more to the site. In the meantime, try this one or start tossing in few broccoli florets to any smoothie you are making.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of frozen blueberries
- 1/2 cup of steamed broccoli
- 1 cup of 100 percent cranberry juice
- 1/2 cup of low-fat plain yogurt
Blend and combine to make 1 smoothie. Add strawberries or blackberries for an additional burst of nutrition.
Kool Kiwi Sensation Smoothie
I love Kiwi but it doesn’t make it into many smoothies for me. Not sure why since it is an incredibly healthy addition to any smoothie and with high counts of vitamin A and E it is a welcome food to our bodies. I think kiwis need a little help so I have added strawberries to this smoothie. But don’t worry, the kiwi flavor will come though giving you a different taste than you may be used to.
Ingredients:
- 2 kiwis (peeled and sliced)
- 2 cups strawberries
- 1/3 cup kiwi-strawberry juice
- 1 cup low-fat plain yogurt
- 1 1/2 cups ice
Blend and serve and feel healthier.
Peppermint Smoothie Delight
Theresa Raffetto
Christmas is coming and one of the best Christmas aromas is the cool refreshing scent of peppermint. Add a little Christmas flavor to your smoothie this year and try adding peppermint to a smoothie. While this peppermint smoothie isn’t exactly healthy, it is wonderful for a treat now and then. If you have peppermint lovers in your family (peppermint bark, anyone?) then this cool smoothie will be sure to please.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of low-fat frozen vanilla yogurt (you can use it unfrozen but it will be too runny)
- 2 cups of 1% milk
- 2 tbs crushed pepermint candy (or peppermint bark for some chocolate flavor)
- 1 1/2 cups of ice
- optional peppermint sprig for garnish
Add to a blender and create your Christmastime Peppermint Smoothie! You may need to blend a little longer to get the peppermint candy pulverized.
Wheat Germ Smoothie
I had a request of a wheat germ smoothie and didn’t have any smoothie recipes with wheat germ as a big part of the ingredients. I found this one on eHow, but if you have one you would like to share please submit to blenderman@smoothieweb.com.
Ingredients
- 1 ripe medium banana
- 1 cup vanilla low-fat or nonfat yogurt
- 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
- 1/4 cup wheat germ
- 1 cup cracked ice
- 1 cup sliced fresh peaches or banana slices
Preparation:
- Cut banana into chunks.
- Put banana and yogurt in a blender with peaches, orange juice and wheat germ.
- Add cracked ice.
- Blend until smooth.
- Serve immediately in tall glass.
- Garnish with peach or banana slices and sprinkle 2 tsp. wheat germ on top.
