How to Make a Delicious Smoothie

Smoothies are a sweet way to start the day or get a filling snack. When you make them with fresh fruit and healthy ingredients, smoothies are nutritious, delicious and filling. While you can make a delicious smoothie from just about any ingredients you like, a few tips can help you make the perfect smoothie every time.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Variety of fresh fruits (chopped and frozen)
• Ice cubes
• Yogurt
• Blender
• Oatmeal (optional)
• Flaxseed or flaxseed oil (optional)
• Chilled green tea (optional)
• Tall glass

1. Chop and freeze a variety of fresh fruits so that they are ready to become a part of your delicious smoothies. If you are in a hurry and have no frozen fruit, simply use fresh fruit and ice cubes.
2. Start by adding 1 to 2 servings of yogurt to your blender. While sweet fruit is generally enough to flavor the yogurt, you can use flavored or sweetened yogurt if you like. For a low-fat smoothie, make sure you get low-fat yogurt.
3. Add your frozen fruit or fresh fruit and ice cubes on top of the yogurt and add any extras you may like. You can add a banana to thicken up your smoothie, oatmeal to get your grains and thicken the texture, flaxseed meal or flaxseed oil for your daily dose of omega 3 or even chilled green tea.
4. Blend your smoothie and then test the flavor. If you like, add up to 1 tbsp. of raw honey; however, go easy as there are lots of calories in honey. You can always add a sweet fruit, like pineapple or orange.
5. When your reach your desired flavor, pour your delicious smoothie into a tall glass and enjoy.