I love smoothies, especially fruit smoothie recipes.
The pluses to fruit smoothies are threefold – they are easy to make, taste GREAT and can be very healthy for you.
Low cal fruit smoothies are easy to make with low fat yogurt and fruits.
You can also make unsweetened smoothies, great for weight watchers and diabetics.
I have listed a variety of smoothie recipes here for you.
Some of them are very healthy smoothie recipes, others can be adapted if you want them even healthier. For example, you can use low fat yogurt, ice cream or fruit juices to mix with the other ingredients.
Try these recipes to find the ones you and your family like best.
Then begin to experiment with a variety of fruits, juices and yogurts to see what fruit smoothies are your family favorites.
Smoothie Recipes
Ingredients
Blast of Fruit Smoothie:
- 1 banana, cut into slices
- 5 strawberries, fresh or frozen
- 10 raspberries, fresh or frozen
- 2 kiwi fruit, peeled and cut into pieces
- 6 ounces yogurt
- 4 - 8 ounces milk
Instructions
- Put all ingredients in the blender and blend until desired consistency. Add more milk if you want the smoothie a bit thinner. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Blazing Blueberry Smoothie
1/2 cup of skim milk
1 cup of low-fat yogurt
2 cups of frozen blueberries
Put all ingredients in the blender and blend until smooth.
Makes 2 servings
Variation:
- Substitute vanilla ice cream for the yogurt if you wish.
Karen’s Favorite Anytime Smoothie
1 scoop protein powder
1/2 banana
1/2 cup yogurt
1/2 cup frozen strawberries (raspberries or blueberries if you prefer)
1 or 2 ice cubes
1/4 cup water if needed
Blend all together at high speed in a blender. Serve immediately.
Makes 1 huge or 2 smaller servings.
Mango Smoothie Delight
1 large ripe mango
8 to 10 strawberries
1 banana
1/2 cup milk, water or yogurt
Place all ingredients into a blender. Blend until smooth, the smoothie will be quite thick
Serves 1 or 2
Banana Smoothie
1/4 cup orange juice
4 bananas
3 scoops of vanilla ice cream
2 tablespoons of golden syrup
3 tablespoons of plain yogurt
Cut the bananas into pieces and put them in the blender. Add all the other ingredients and blend until smooth. Serve immediately.
Makes 3 servings
Variation:
- If you don’t mind the extra bit of sugar, add 1 tablespoon of chocolate syrup for a chocolate banana smoothie.
Protein “Power Up”
I love protein powder in a smoothie because it becomes breakfast in a glass! Try it.
12 ounces milk
1 scoop protein powder
1 cup flavored yogurt
1 banana
Mix all ingredients into a blender. Add some ice for a cold smoothie.
Makes 2 servings
Tip:
- You can add a scoop of whatever fruit you want to this smoothie or leave it as is for a fresh banana taste. Frozen or fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, mango or peaches are absolutely delicious. Experiment and see what your favorites are.
General Smoothie Tips:
- If smoothie seems too thick, just add a bit of low fat milk or water and blend again.
- Freeze over ripe bananas and use them to thicken your smoothies if you want a dairy free version.
- Any smoothie can be made dairy free or sugar free. Use fruit juices or water to add to protein powder and fruit for a dairy free smoothie, and use all sugar free ingredients for a sugarless smoothie.
- Ice cubes added to the blender with the other ingredients will give you a thick, icy cold smoothie.
- A tip for diabetics – Obviously diabetics have to watch the amount of fruit they eat/drink. I suggest NOT using fruit juice to thin the smoothie. I use yogurt and/or water.
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Here is a recipe originally posted by Ai from Victoria Bc.
A fruit extranfigaza smoothine
Take as many fruit as you would like my choices are:
2 Oranges
1 banana
4 Strawberries
3 blueberries
4 pieces of mango
1 raspberry
1/2 cup of milk
1 tbs. sugar
Prepare all your fruit together and freeze in a bag. When ready to mix, Pour all the fruit in a blender add the milk, sugar and what ever you want. Also, Add ice for a chilly burst. After 10.15 min or until it is smooth pour into glasses. Serve and enjoy. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS~~
– Written by a Middle Schooler
The Greatest Blue Smoothie
A blueberry raspberry smoothie submitted by Colton Kurtzweg, from Foremost AB, Canada.
1 cup of blueberries
1 cup of raspberries
1/2 cup of orange juice
6-8 scoops of vanilla ice cream
1/2 cup of milk
A Healthy Banana Drink!
Originally submitted to Cookingnook.com by anjali verma(Canada).
All you need is – 1 banana, 1/2 cup yogurt,and 1/2 cup water.
Start by breaking the banana into 2 or 3 pieces. Next add the yogurt,and add the water(put all the ingredients in the mixer, you don’t have to use a bowl at all).
Now mix until there are no banana chunks, or yogurt chunks left, the color might not be that yellow but thats ok. Finally pour into a glass and enjoy, remembering that it’s healthy for you 2!