Along with contributing to the Technorati Women’s channel, I am also now a contributing writer for Blogcritics Tastes. Yay! This article was first published as Healthy and Delicious Fruit Smoothie on Blogcritics.
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Healthy and Delicious Fruit Smoothie
I am slowly making my way into the world of fruit smoothies. It’s not easy because I’m generally a chocolate shake kinda gal. (When I visit Jamba Juice, I always order the Chocolate Moo’d.) But I do want our family to eat a healthier diet, and fruit smoothies are one way to do so—if you do it right.
Oh, and I’m also one of those gals who doesn’t generally do anything in the kitchen without a recipe, so the fact that I created this tasty yet healthy mixed fruit smoothie from scratch is pretty dang impressive. Trust me.
This smoothie was a hit with the family and definitely a keeper. You could easily mix it up by adding a ripened banana or frozen banana chunks. (I always cut nearly overripe bananas into chunks and freeze them for just such an occasion!) Throw in some fresh or frozen blueberries or raspberries for even more good-for-you goodness!
Mixed Fruit Smoothie
2 cup skim milk (or soy or almond milk)
1/2 cup pomegranate juice (or any juice you have on hand)
1 6-oz container Greek yogurt
2 tsp vanilla
1 T agave nectar
2 T honey
1 cup ice
2 tsp ground flaxseed meal
So basically you need all this…
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…plus this. (It adds that extra healthy kick!)
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Combine all ingredients in a blender and puree (or blend on high speed) until no ice or frozen fruit chunks remain. Serve—and enjoy—immediately.
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Now, if only I could get up the nerve to throw in some spinach or kale, I’d have my daily requirement of fruits and veggies in one swig!
Kristina P.
I don’t even own a blender.
Emily
Kristina! We must remedy that situation immediately if not sooner!
Quinn
YUM!!! This looks really good! Honestly, with all the other ingredients you wouldn’t even taste the spinach. I kept using spinach in mine and Randy would ask, “is there sugar in this?” because sugar = delicious. If it doesn’t have sugar & it’s delicious, he deems it a miracle. Now that he knows I put spinach in, he considers that a staple part of every milkshake he makes now. Too funny.
Kale is a little harder to hide the taste unless you add several bananas. Bananas usually cancel out any green flavor.
Just blend your greens first with about 1/8-1/4 cup water until pureed. If you add it after other ingredients it won’t blend as well and you’ll end up with nasty chunks that will remind you that you’re drinking leaves. ;)
Emily
Awesome suggestions, especially the part about blending the greens first. I do NOT want nasty chunks in my smoothies! Maybe we’ll start with spinach first. I’ll have lots of bananas on hand just in case!
Susie's Homemade
That looks delicious!!!
Emily
It was, and I’m not a super big fan of fruit smoothies!
Brooke
Yum!! Also, I just started doing “green” smoothies a few months ago after one of Quinn’s classes w/ Raw Melissa! I was a big skeptic but even my kids like them.
Emily
Thanks for another endorsement of the green smoothies. We’re going to try one soon!
Steph
Dood… you are more famous than ever! And Josh would love this recipe. He is a smoothieaholic.
Emily
I still prefer a good chocolate shake, but these fruit smoothie things are slowly growing on me. And I like that Josh.