How to Make a Nondairy Fruit Smoothie

Eliminating ice cream and milk reduces calories and allows the flavor of the fruit to dominate. This recipe makes one fruit smoothie.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Fruit And Ice Cream
• Ice Cubes
• Ice cubes
• Glasses

1. Choose a fruit to use in addition to the banana. Consider strawberries or other berries, peaches, pineapple, or whatever is in season. You can also mix fruits or add more banana.

2. Peel, remove seeds, and slice fruit if necessary.

3. Place prepared fruit, banana, ice cubes and orange juice in blender.

4. Cover and blend at high speed until ingredients are combined, ice cubes are dissolved and smoothie is desired consistency.

5. Pour into tall glass and serve.

Tips & Warnings

• Add-in possibilities are endless with smoothies. You might try sugar or honey to taste; 1 tbsp. wheat germ; 1 tbsp. brewer's yeast; or lemon or lime juice and zest. Honey, mango, lime and candied ginger are a great combination!

• If you freeze the fruit before making the smoothie, the drink will be colder when blended. You can buy bags of frozen mixed fruits at supermarkets, but make sure you buy unsweetened fruit.

• You can use another kind of fruit juice or even water in place of orange juice.

• You can leave out the banana and add more fruit instead, but the banana helps thicken the smoothie.