Healthy Fruit Smoothie (Smoothie Recipes)

Member Name: K466

Product:	Smoothie Recipes
Date:	21/03/09 (175 review reads)
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Advantages: Delicious, Nutritional, Cold (only an advantage during the summer!)

Disadvantages: Prep time 10 minutes (ok thats not too bad), Several dirty dishes to wash (I hate washing dishes!)

Strawberry Mix

Many years ago my younger brother came up with a smoothie recipe which he called strawberry mix. Though the recipe has been modified since then, the name stuck. Its real simple and as long as you use 100% juice (no sugar added) this is a totally healthy treat.
So here we go...

Supplies

2 cups of frozen Strawberries
2 Bananas
Orange Juice
White grape juice or apple juice
1 cup of crushed ice

Directions

I will say right up front it is not important for this recipe to precisely measure your ingredients- you will have to tinker slightly with the amounts to get the flavor you want.

1. Start with your blender and put the strawberries in. I recommend frozen strawberries as you don't have to wash them and they make the smoothie colder.
2. Chop up your bananas. If you want a sweeter smoothie, use riper bananas or just use smaller ones.
3. Use anywhere from 1/2 to 1 cup of orange juice, and about 1 cup of your grape/apple juice. Either way, your goal is to use just enough to cover the strawberries. Once again, it is not important to use exact amounts, as I find it makes little difference.
4. Go ahead and blend it up. Don't worry about getting it perfectly blended, you still have to add your crushed ice.
5. After you add the crushed ice, blend it until the ice is thoroughly ground, this may take 10-15 seconds.
6. Pour in cups and enjoy! Try topping it off with whipped cream if you like.

Conclusion

There are a few more things I can say about this recipe:

* We used to add vanilla ice cream and/or milk. In my opinion this dulls the sweet flavor and makes it less healthy. However, you may want to give it a try.
* Experiment with other juices. I suggest you use a citrus and a non-citrus juice, which is the only way I have done it. You could also try adding other fruits.


Thanks for reading!

Note: This review is posted on Ciao under the same username.

Summary: Healthy, delicious, and easy to make smoothie!