by Kristl on July 20, 2011
| Fruit Smoothie Recipe |
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Recipe type: Beverage
Author: Kristl Story, TheBudgetDiet.com
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Serves: 1
Learn how to make your own smoothies or better yet, teach your kids to make their own smoothies! Fruit smoothies are healthy, refreshing and affordable when you make your own! Enjoy experimenting with different combinations of fruit…our family favorite is strawberry mango! Make your own smoothies for a fraction of the cost!
Ingredients
- 1½ cups frozen fruit (Costco sells large bags of frozen strawberries and other frozen fruit for about $8)
- 1 cup milk (whole milk, skim milk, soy milk, almond milk…your choice!)
- 6 oz. vanilla yogurt (low fat, low carb, sugar free…any type will work!)
- ⅓ cup liquid egg whites, optional
- 1 scoop protein powder, optional
- handful of spinach, optional
Instructions
- Place frozen fruit in the immersion blender cup.
- Defrost in the microwave for about 2 minutes or until the fruit is slightly thawed.
- Add milk and yogurt.
- If you opt for a protein burst, add the optional liquid egg whites or protein powder.
- If you want to sneak in a serving of veggies, add the optional spinach! I promise you won’t taste it, but your smoothie won’t be the most attractive color!
- Blend using an immersion blender. Immersion blenders are quicker and easier to use than a regular blender and clean up is a snap!
add the frozen fruit
add the milk and yogurt
immersion blender
blend using an immersion blender
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Do you taste the spinach? I don’t like the taste, but if it is hidden, then I’d absolutely love to add that in!!!
Can someone please remind my husband to get me one of those blenders for my birthday??? I put a note on his phone, but I’m not sure if he’ll remember.
All kidding aside though, this sounds delicious! I like to put a little honey in my smoothies for a little added sweetness. But, that does tend to crank up the calories a bit. I posted my smoothie recipe on my blog a week or so ago and then added up all of the calories, it was a ton! Of course, I add a lot of juice. I’ll have to try your recipe… it looks a lot healthier! Stumbled!
I promise…you don’t taste the spinach, but the color of the smoothie will be ugly. Why don’t you try a packet of stevia for a healthier, low-calorie sweetener? I hope you’ll come back & rate this recipe after you give it a try! Thanks!
Or better yet, get the kids to make YOUR fruit smoothie!
The immersion blender looks like it makes this easy.
My kids always make smoothies now that we have an immersion blender…it’s small, easy to use and easy to clean!
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