Sweet and Tangy Banana Smoothie

June 29, 2011 by  
Filed under BEVERAGES

Ingredients:
2 bananas
Juice and rind of 1 lemon
Juice and rind of 1 lime
½ cup of Orange juice

Instructions:
Combine all ingredients in a blender until smooth.

Enjoy!

Yogurt Popsicle Treat

June 2, 2011 by  
Filed under ICECREAM, SHAKES AND ICEES

Ingredients:
2 ½ cups plain yogurt (ideally low-fat)
2 small bananas
2/3 cup frozen orange juice concentrate (undiluted)

Method:
Combine yogurt, bananas and orange juice in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.

Pour mixture into Popsicle containers and put in freezer.

This is a very easy to make and guilt-free treat for the whole family.

Enjoy!

Super Quick Coconut and Pineapple Milk

May 31, 2011 by  
Filed under BEVERAGES

Serves 2

Ingredients:
10 ice cubes
1/3 cup coconut milk (preferably light)
1 cup low-fat milk
1 ½ cups pineapple chunks

Instructions:
Blend all ingredients in a blender until frothy. Pour into glasses and enjoy!

This makes a great afternoon snack!

Peach and Yogurt Drinkables

May 24, 2011 by  
Filed under BEVERAGES

Ingredients:

1 cup frozen organic sliced peaches
1 container (6 oz) Fat Free French vanilla yogurt
3/4 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon honey

Instructions:

Place sliced peaches in the bottom of blender. Blend on low speed to chop peaches in small pieces. Add yogurt and blend on high for approximately 1 minute or until creamy. Make sure peaches are completely pureed. Add orange juice and honey. Blend about 30 seconds more to mix all ingredients together. Serve.

Hawaiian Smoothie

May 11, 2011 by  
Filed under BEVERAGES

Serves 2

Ingredients:
1 cup soy milk
1 tbsp maple syrup
½ cup pineapple juice
1 banana
2 tbsp non-fat dry milk
1 tbsp coconut milk
Ice cubes

Instructions:
Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.

This is a delicious and refreshing smoothie with a Hawaiian twist.

Frozen Peach Yogurt Dessert (need an ice-cream maker)

May 7, 2011 by  
Filed under ICECREAM, SHAKES AND ICEES

Serves 6

Ingredients:
1 (20oz) can sliced peaches in juice
2 cups low-fat vanilla yogurt
½ cup sugar (or less)

Instructions:
Drain the peaches, but keep about 2/3 of the juice.

Place the peaches into a food processor and pulse to chop. Then add the remaining ingredients and the juice and blend thoroughly. Refrigerate for about one hour. Pour the mixture into an automatic ice-cream maker and stir for about 30 minutes.

A treat for the whole family!

Frozen Mango Popsicles

May 6, 2011 by  
Filed under ICECREAM, SHAKES AND ICEES

Yields 8

Ingredients:
2 cups low fat mango yogurt
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tbsp light corn syrup
2 tbsp sugar
2 cups fresh mango, cut into small chunks
8 Popsicle molds

Instructions:
Combine the mango yogurt, lemon juice, corn syrup, sugar and 1 cup of mango chunks in a food processor and blend until smooth. Add the remaining one cup of mango and pulse until the yogurt mixture is smooth, but still has some small mango chunks left.

Pour the mixture into the Popsicle molds, cover with the tops and plastic or wooden Popsicle sticks. Place into the freezer until thoroughly frozen.

These Popsicles make great treats for children.

Fresh Homemade Blackberry Lemonade

May 5, 2011 by  
Filed under BEVERAGES

Ingredients:

4 cups water, divided
1 cup sugar
1 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
1 cup blackberries
2 drops blue food coloring

Instructions:

Boil 2 cups of water and sugar in large saucepan for 2 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat and add remaining water, lemon juice, and lemon peel. Let cool. Blend in a blender 1 cup of the lemon mixture and all the blackberries until well blended. Strain to remove the blackberry seeds and then pour into a pitcher. Add the rest of the lemon mixture and the food coloring and then stir. Refridgerate and serve over ice. Makes approxamitly 1 1/2 quarts.

Delicious Apple & Veg Smoothie

April 30, 2011 by  
Filed under BEVERAGES

Ingredients:
½ cup cucumber, peeled and sliced
½ cup carrots, sliced
¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
1 cup apple juice
1 cup sweet-tasting apples, chopped
2 cups of ice
Nutmeg

Instructions:
Place all ingredients (except nutmeg) in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and sprinkle with nutmet.

Enjoy!

Start Your Day Right Choco Soy Smoothie

Healthy Smoothie to start your day right!

1 cup vanilla soy milk
1 medium banana, sliced
2 tbsp chocolate syrup
4 ice cubes

Blend all ingredients until smooth. Drink Up!!

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