Healthy Boost! (Smoothie Recipes)

Member Name: Ally1602

Product:	Smoothie Recipes
Date:	07/01/09 (127 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to make, full of goodness

Disadvantages: None!

I love smoothies and have found they are an excellent way to get near enough your whole 5 a day into one delicious drink. Easy to make, brilliant taste and can set you up for the day!

This is not really a recipe for A smoothie but for ALL smoothies :) And hey great for those on a budget as I usually set myself a limit of about £5 a week, having a smoothie every morning, although usually I can make them for cheaper.

The basis of your smoothie should be:

150ml of fruit juice - Both tesco and asda do fruit juices which can be bought at 2 for £1.50 or some other similar promotion. I usually go to tesco so I get two and try to pick different flavours to give a little bit of variety! (1 of your 5 a day)

Yogurt - No expensive varieties needed! I go for tescos own brand 4 for 35p works a treat with 4 different flavours, pick up two of these packs to do u just over a weel :) (1 of your 5 a day)

2 peices of fruit - Essential to cram in two different peices of fruit. My favourites are banana full of energy excellent for morning time! And i usually chuck in a fairly big chunk of melon, or pineapple. Packs of banana in tescos are 79p and Melon is a little dear at £1.98 but will last you the week. The only fruit I would stay away from is Kiwi, not ideal in a smoothie I do not think! (2 -3 of your 5 a day)

Turn on the smoothie machine, stick some ice at the bottom of a pint glass and there you go! Its all about experimenting but as long as you use this layout - fruit juice, yogurt, 2 peices of fruit you cannot go wrong!

I have found if you drink this in the morning it gives you great amounts of energy. Due to all the fruity goodness in them it also helps clear skin :) Nice one!

Hope this helped anyone struggling with making smoothies :)

Summary: Delicious easy to make smoothie!