Smoothie Recipes

Half a ripe avocado
1 to 1 1/2 frozen bananas
3 frozen or fresh strawberries
4-5 frozen or fresh blackberries
Splash non-fat soy or other nut milk
Pinch cardamom
Pinch allspice

Whatever else strikes your fancy. . . Nuts, fruits, spices, etc throw all ingredients into a blender and blend until desired texture is reached. I prefer it smooth, but some like a chewable drink. Very, very delicious! Serves: 1

1/2 cups frozen whole berries (use blackberries, strawberries or raspberries)
1 cup nonfat soy milk
3/4 teaspoons almond extract
1/2 cups silken tofu (about 4 ounces)
2 tablespoons granulated sugar

Combine all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth. Makes 2 smoothies.

1 large banana, peeled, sliced and frozen
3/4 cups frozen or fresh strawberries, raspberries or blueberries
3/4 cups low or non-fat vanilla frozen yogurt
1 12 ounce can or bottle of regular or diet ginger ale, chilled

Place all the ingredients in a blender or food processor. Cover and blend at highest speed until smooth. Note: if you use fresh berries, try to use a frozen banana, and if you use a fresh banana, go for frozen berries. Otherwise your drink will be too thin. Both fruits being frozen will give you a satisfyingly thick drink.

2 scoops raspberry sherbet
4 strawberries
15 blueberries
5 blackberries
16 ounces orange juice (or juice of your choice)

Put all ingredients in a blender, juice last, then blend until smooth. To add thickness try adding more sherbet or ice to the smoothie. Pour into a tall glass to serve.

2 cups fresh or slightly thawed frozen blueberries
1 (8 ounce) container low-fat vanilla yogurt
1 (6 ounce) cup milk
1 (12 ounce) can pineapple juice
3 tablespoons honey
12 to 16 ice cubes

Place all ingredients, except the ice cubes, into container of electric blender and blend on high until smooth. With blender running, add 2 to 3 ice cubes at a time through the center opening in the lid until all ice cubes have been added. Blend until smooth. Serve immediately. Makes 4 servings.

1/4 cups blueberries
1/4 cups blackberries
1 banana
1/2 cups apple juice
1/3 cups raspberry sorbet

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

3/4 cups apple juice
1/2 cups plain yogurt
1 1/2 cups frozen blackberries
1 banana

Pour liquid ingredients into the blender first. Yogurt is a liquid ingredient. All fruit goes into blender at one time. Put cover on and blend until smooth.

1/2 bag of frozen blueberries
2 tablespoons blueberry preserves
7 or 8 ice cubes
1 1/2 cups of soy milk
1 banana

This is super easy. Just toss everything into a blender, switch to the highest setting, and let fly until you stop hearing ice cubes crunching and everything is fairly smooth. There are an infinite number of variations on this using different combinations of fruit and jam. You might also consider adding protein powder, ground flax seed, or any other supplement that strikes your fancy. It’s best to wait until near the end, and just blend long enough to mix the protein powder of whatever in. You can also substitute apple juice for the soy milk to create a tangier concoction.

1 banana, preferably frozen
a handful of blueberries, frozen or fresh
1 cup of milk reduced fat or skim milk (or soy milk)

Combine in a blender or with a hand blender. Enjoy!

1 cup low-fat blueberry yogurt
3/4 cups low-fat milk
1 tablespoon maple syrup
1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 cups fresh blueberries, frozen

Combine the yogurt, milk, syrup, and cinnamon in a blender. Add the blueberries and blend until smooth.