How to Recipes for Smoothies

Strawberry Smoothie

Anyone can make a smoothie with a blender and simple ingredients. A smoothie is more than just blended fruit. Any smoothie will require some kind of extra liquid or powder to smooth out the fruit. Some common extras are milk, soy milk, chocolate milk, juices, plain yogurt and honey. Each one can change the taste and health value of a smoothie. All smoothies need to be blended for 30 seconds to a minute, or until all of the ingredients are mixed together.

Things You'll Need

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Instructions

1. For a strawberry-mango smoothie, use 1 cup each of ripe strawberries and chopped mango, 1/2 cup plain yogurt, 1 tsp. of almond extract and 1 cup of ice.

2. For a berry-banana blast, combine 1 cup ripe strawberries, 1 small ripe banana, 1/4 cup of plain yogurt, and 1/2 cup of orange juice with 1 tsp. of sugar and 1 cup of ice.

3. A chocolate peanut smoothie features ½ cup chopped Oreo cookies and 1/4 cup of creamy peanut butter. Mix those with 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream and 1 cup each of chocolate milk and ice.

4. For a triple melon smoothie, combine 1/2 cup of chopped seedless watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew melon with 1/2 cup of apple juice, 1 tbsp. of honey and 1 cup of ice.

5. An apple nutmeg smoothie starts with 1 apple. Mix it with 7 oz. apple juice, 7 oz. malic acid and 1/4 tsp. nutmeg.

6. For a healthy drink, mix 1 tbsp. of Spirulina powder with 1/4 cup of orange juice, 1 cup of low-fat yogurt and 1/2 cup of frozen berries. The drink should turn out green.

References

• Smoothie Web