Smoothie Recipes

Banana Hot Chocolate

patrickdunnevant — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:36:40 +0000

1 cup milk
1 serving of hot chocolate mix
1 medium, ripe banana

1) Combine the chocolate mix with warm milk and stir to form hot chocolate.

2) Place hot chocolate and the medium banana in a blender. Mix until smooth.

3) Pour into one glass. Drink immediately. Reheat if desired.

NOTE: Watch out for foam. There should be a lot of it initially when you pour it into the glass.

Cuban Batido

patrickdunnevant — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:49:52 +0000

1½ cups cubed fresh pineapple
1 cup ice
¾ cup milk
½ cup orange juice
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
2 pineapple slices (optional)

1) Combine pineapple, ice, milk, orange juice, sugar, and lime juice into blender container; purée.

2) Pour mixture into two tall glasses. Garnish with pineapple slices.

NOTE: A batido is a popular Latin American drink made with water, milk, fruit, and ice. It is similar in texture to a smoothe and literally means “beaten” in Portuguese.

Strawberry Lemonade

patrickdunnevant — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:46:56 +0000

1 cup fresh strawberries, quartered
1 cup fresh lemon juice (from about four lemons)
¾ cup sucralose-based sugar substitute
4 cups water

1) Place strawberries in food processor or blender; process until smooth. Pour into large pitcher.

2) Add lemon juice to pitcher along with sugar substitute and water. Stir.

3) Strain strawberry seeds and pulp, if desired, by pouring lemonade through strainer.

4) Serve in four ice-filled glasses.

Bubbling Raspberry Cooler

patrickdunnevant — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:44:49 +0000

¾ cup raspberry vinegar
½ cup sugar
2 liters seltzer water
2 pints fresh raspberries
Fresh mint leaves

1) Place raspberry vinegar and sugar in small saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil. Boil, stirring frequently, 1 minute or until sugar is dissolved. Set aside to cool.

2) Place cooled syrup in large pitcher; stir in seltzer water. To serve, fill each glass with ice, a few raspberries and mint leaves. Fill glasses with raspberry cooler mixture. Serve immediately. Makes eight to ten servings.

Pumpkin Spice Smoothie

patrickdunnevant — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:41:58 +0000

2½ cups frozen vanilla low-fat yogurt
1 cup canned pumpkin
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon ground pumpkin pie spice
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg, plus extra for garnish
1 cup of ice

Place all ingredients in blender container. Process until smooth, stopping once to scrape down the sides. Pour smoothie into four glasses. Sprinkle with ground nutmeg. Serve immediately.

NOTE: Make sure you blend thoroughly. The amount of spice that the recipe calls for makes it so that it’s very spicy, so you can either go a little easier on the amount of nutmeg or just blend it extra well, with perhaps a bit more ice.

Berry Berry Mango Smoothie

patrickdunnevant — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:31:32 +0000

1 medium mango, cut into cubes (about 1 cup)
1 cup frozen strawberries
½ cup frozen raspberries
½ cup vanilla low-fat yogurt
½ cup milk
2 tablespoons honey

Combine all ingredients in blender container. Purée until smooth, stopping once to scrape down sides. Pour smoothie into 2 glasses. Serve immediately.

Raspberry Soda Smoothie

patrickdunnevant — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:29:34 +0000

2 cups fresh or frozen raspberries
1 can (12 ounces) ginger ale or lemon-lime soda
1 (6 ounce) container raspberry or vanilla yogurt
1 to 3 ice cubes

1) Combine raspberries, soda, and yogurt in blender container. Blend until fruit is puréed and mixture is smooth.

2) Add 3 ice cubes if using fresh fruit and 1 to 2 ice cubes if using frozen fruit. Blend until smooth. Pour smoothie into 2 glasses. Serve immediately.

Tip: For a non-dairy alternative, add ½ cup raspberry sorbet and omit yogurt and ice cubes.

Raspberry Peach Perfection

patrickdunnevant — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:26:27 +0000

1½ cups fresh or frozen peach slices
1 cup peach nectar juice
1 (6 ounce) container raspberry yogurt
¾ cup fresh or frozen raspberries
1 tablespoon honey (optional)
1 to 3 ice cubes

1) Combine peaches, nectar, yogurt, raspberries, and honey, if desired, in blender container. Blend until fruit is puréed and mixture is smooth.

2) Add 3 ice cubes if using fresh fruit and 1 to 2 ice cubes if using frozen fruit. Blend until smooth. Pour smoothie into 2 glasses. Serve immediately.

Raspberry Watermelon Slush

patrickdunnevant — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:23:50 +0000

1 cup frozen raspberries
1 cup watermelon, seeded
1 cup lemon-lime seltzer
1 tablespoon of sugar

Combine all ingredients in blender or food processor. Blend thoroughly. Serve immediately.

Gingerbread & Lemon Sauce Shake

patrickdunnevant — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:21:11 +0000

3 cups milk
2 cups French vanilla ice cream
¼ cup unsulphered molasses
1 tablespoon grated lime peel
¾ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Whipped cream
3 lemon wafers, finely crushed

1) Place milk, ice cream, molasses, lemon peel, ginger, and cinnamon in blender container. Blend until smooth, about 1 minute.

2) Pour shake into 4 glasses. Garnish with dollop of whipped cream and sprinkle with crushed lemon wafer.