Saturday, July 20, 2013

15 Super-Healthy Smoothies


 

Satisfy your taste buds all year round

These delicious healthy smoothie recipes make it easy to eat healthy with fruit, milk, immune-boosting yogurt, and other nutritious ingredients—and they're great for those on a smoothie diet, too.

Find a favorite new drink now!


1.Orange Dream Creamsicle 

 
A low-calorie, healthy smoothie that tastes just like a creamsicle. A perfect post-workout thirst quencher or mid-afternoon snack.

Ingredients

 
1 navel orange, peeled 

 1/4 cup fat-free half-and-half or fat-free yogurt
2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 ice cubes

Directions 

 
In a blender, combine the orange, half-and-half or yogurt, orange juice concentrate, vanilla, and ice cubes. Process until smooth 


2.Green Tea, Blueberry, and Banana Smoothie

 
3 tbsp water
1 green tea bag
2 tsp honey
1 1/2 C frozen blueberries
1/2 med banana
3/4 C calcium fortified light vanilla soy milk
 

Directions 
 
In small glass measuring cup or bowl, microwave water on high until steaming hot. Add tea bag and allow to brew 3 minutes. Remove tea bag. Stir honey into tea until it dissolves.
In blender with ice crushing ability, combine berries, banana, and milk.
 

Add tea to blender. Blend ingredients on ice crush or highest setting until smooth. (Some blenders may require additional water to process the mixture.) Pour smoothie into tall glass and serve
 

3.Berry Breakfast Smoothie
 

Don't let its pink-liciousness fool you. The berries turn on detoxifying enzymes and ginger stimulates digestion in this recipe from Prevention Food Director Lori Powell.
 

Ingredients

1 C frozen unsweetened raspberries
3/4 C chilled unsweetened almond or rice milk
1/4 C frozen pitted unsweetened cherries or raspberries
1 1/2 tbsp honey
2 tsp finely grated fresh ginger
1 tsp ground flaxseed
2 tsp fresh lemon juice 


Directions
 

Combine all ingredients in blender, adding lemon juice to taste. Puree until smooth. Pour into 2 chilled glasses

4.Strawberry- Banana Smoothie
 

Strawberries and banana make the ultimate smoothie blend. Enjoy it in supplement to a light breakfast or as a energizing snack. Get your protein on-the-go!
 

Ingredients
 
1 cup plain nonfat yogurt
1 banana
1/2 cup orange juice
6 frozen strawberries

Directions

in a blender, combine the yogurt, banana, juice, and strawberries for 20 seconds. Scrape down the sides and blend for an additional 15 seconds.

5.Strawberry- Kiwi Smoothie
 
Ingredients
 

 1 1/4 cups cold apple juice
1 ripe banana, sliced
1 kiwifruit, sliced
5 frozen strawberries
1 1/2 teaspoons honey
 

Directions
 
In a blender, combine the juice, banana, kiwifruit, strawberries, and honey. Blend until smooth. 


6.Blueberry- Banana Soy Milk Smoothie


A low calorie smoothie made with soy milk. Frozen banana and blueberries are the key to making a thick and creamy drink.


Ingredients

1 1/4 cups light soy milk
1/2 cup frozen loose-pack blueberries
1/2 frozen banana, sliced
2 teaspoons sugar or 2 packets artificial sweetener
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Directions 

 
In a blender, combine 1 cup of the milk, the blueberries, banana, sugar or sweetener, and vanilla extract. Blend for 20 to 30 seconds, or until smooth. Add up to 1/4 cup more milk if a thinner smoothie is desired.

7.Papaya Smoothie

 
It's milk-shakey but good for you.
 

Ingredients
 

1 papaya, cut into chunks
1 cup fat-free plain yogurt
1/2 cup fresh pineapple chunks
1/2 cup crushed ice
1 teaspoon coconut extract
1 teaspoon ground flaxseed

Directions

 
In a blender, combine the papaya, yogurt, pineapple, ice, coconut extract, and flaxseed. Process for about 30 seconds, or until smooth and frosty
 

8.Apricot- Mango Smoothie

 Ingredients
 
6 apricots, peeled, pitted, and chopped (about 2 cups) 

2 ripe mangoes, 10 to 12 ounces each, peeled and chopped (about 2 cups)
1 cup of  milk or
 yogurt 
4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 ice cubes
lemon peel twists (garnish)

Directions
 

 Place the apricots, mangoes, milk or yogurt, lemon juice, and vanilla extract in a blender. Process for 8 seconds. Add the ice cubes, and process 6 to 8 seconds longer, or until smooth.
Pour into tall glasses, garnish with lemon twists, if desired, and serve immediately.

9.Watermelon Wonder
 
Ingredients

 2 cups chopped watermelon
1/4 cup fat-free milk
2 cups ice

Directions
 

 In a blender, combine the watermelon and milk, and blend for 15 seconds, or until smooth. Add the ice, and blend 20 seconds longer, or to your desired consistency. Add more ice, if needed, and blend for 10 seconds.

10.Berry Good Smoothie
 

Ingredients
 

 1 1/2 C chopped strawberries
1 C blueberries
1/2 C raspberries
2 tbsp honey
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
1/2 C ice cubes

Directions
 

Blend all ingredients.

11.Sunrise Smoothies
 

The beautiful color of creamy low-fat peach yogurt blended with apricot nectar is like an early-morning sunrise.

Ingredients

 
1 banana
1 cup apricot nectar, chilled
1 container (8 ounces) low-fat peach yogurt
1 tablespoon frozen lemonade concentrate
1/2 cup club soda, chilled

Directions

 

 In a blender or food processor, combine the banana, apricot nectar, yogurt, and lemonade concentrate. Process for 30 seconds, or until smooth and creamy. Stir in the club soda and serve immediately.
 

12.Banana- Ginger Smoothie

Ginger has long been touted as a remedy for all manner of the "queezies," including heartburn, as well as nausea and motion sickness. Here, ginger teams up with a banana, which acts as a natural antacid. So before you reach for an over-the-counter product for relief, whip up one of these soothing smoothies--it just may do the trick.

Ingredients
 

 1 banana, sliced
3/4 cup (6 ounces) vanilla yogurt
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
 

13.Berry Berry Smoothie
 
Ingredients
 

 1/2 cup frozen unsweetened raspberries
1/2 cup frozen unsweetened strawberries
3/4 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
1 cup (8 ounces) fat-free vanilla yogurt

Directions

 
In a blender, combine the raspberries, strawberries, and pineapple juice. Add the yogurt. Blend until smooth.
 

14.Tutti- Frutti Smoothie 
 
his portable fruit bowl is refreshing, pure, and simple. For an extra-frosty frappe, slice the bananas onto a sheet of waxed paper and freeze them
overnight.

Ingredients

1/4 cupsloose-pack mixed frozen berries or strawberries 

1/4 cupscanned crushed pineapple in juice
1/4 cupsplain yogurt
1/4 cupssliced ripe banana
1/4 cupsorange juice 


Directions
 

 In a food processor fitted with the metal blade, in a blender, or in a large measuring cup with an immersion blender, combine the berries, pineapple (with juice), yogurt, banana, and orange juice. Process for about 2 minutes, or until smooth 

15.Yogurt- Berry Smoothie   

"This low-fat, low-calorie treat helps fulfill your fruit requirement for the day."

Ingredients

1 cup frozen berries, such as blueberries, raspberries, or strawberries
1/2 cup low-fat yogurt (any flavor)
1/2 cup orange juice or other juice

Directions 

 
Place the berries, yogurt, and orange juice in a blender and pulse for 30 seconds. Blend for 30 seconds, or until smooth.


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