SMOOTHIES
Avocado, Watercress & Mango Smoothie Recipe
Each portion supplies 1.5 of your recommended 5-a-day
Ingredients
½ Avocado, peeled
100g/4oz Mango Flesh, chopped
80g/3.5oz Watercress
240ml/8fl.oz. Fruit Juice
2-4 Ice Cubes, cracked
Instructions
Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth
Beetroot and Pepper Smoothie Recipe
Each portion supplies 1.5 of your recommended 5-a-day
Ingredients
1 Raw Beetroot, peeled and chopped
1 Red Capsicum, deseeded and chopped
A large handful of Spinach leaves, Shredded
1 teasp Freshly Chopped Root Ginger
½ teasp Lemon Juice
Salt and Black Pepper
4 Large Ice Cubes, cracked
Instructions
Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Broccoli and Spinach smoothie recipe
Each portion supplies 3 of your daily recommended 5-a-day
Ingredients
1 Large Carrot, chopped
4 Broccoli Florets
240ml/8fl.oz. Orange Juice
75g/3oz Raw Spinach
1 Apple, chopped
2 Oranges, peeled and chopped
2-4 Ice Cubes, cracked
Instructions
Place the carrot, broccoli and orange juice in the blender and pulse until finely chopped. Add the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth.
Carrot Apricot Smoothie Recipe
Each portion contains 2 of your recommended 5-a-day
Ingredients
6 Apricots, stoned and quartered
175g/6oz Mango Flesh, cut into pieces
300ml/10fl.oz. Carrot Juice
2 tbsp Honey
4 large Ice Cubes, crushed
Instructions
Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Carrot and lime smoothie recipe
Each portion supplies .5 of your recommended 5-a-day
Ingredients
1 Large Carrot, chopped
240ml/8fl.oz. Carrot Juice
240ml/8fl.oz. Crème Fraîche
½ a Lime, peeled, seeded and chopped
4-6 Ice Cubes
Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
Place the carrots and carrot juice in the blender and pulse until finely chopped. Add the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth
Cucumber, Pepper and Onion smoothie recipe
Each portions supplies 1.5 of your daily recommended 5-a-day
Ingredients
240ml/8fl.oz. Tomato Juice
½ Red Capsicum (Sweet Pepper) Chopped
100g/4oz Cucumber, chopped
1 teasp Lemon Juice
1 tbsp chopped Spring Onions
1 teasp Worcestershire Sauce
Salt & Pepper
A few drops of Hot-Pepper Sauce
2-4 Ice Cubes, cracked
Instructions
Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Minted Kale & Pear smoothie recipe
Each portion supplies 1.5 of your recommended 5-a-day
Ingredients
2 Pears, cored and quartered
75g/3oz Kale Leaves, roughly chopped
2 tbsp Freshly chopped Mint
4 Large Ice Cubes, cracked
A little water
Instructions
Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth, adding a little water if too thick.
Parsley and Pear smoothie recipe
Each portion supplies 2 of your recommended 5-a-day
Ingredients
4 Pears, cored and cubed
25g/1oz Fresh Parsley
300ml/10fl.oz. Water
2-4 Ice Cubes, cracked
Instructions
Place all of the Ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
Tomato, Cucumber and Celery smoothie recipe
Each portions supplies 2.5 of your daily recommended 5-a-day
Ingredients
240ml/8fl.oz. Natural Yogurt
1 x 20cm/8-inch Cucumber, seeded and chopped
1 Large Tomato
1 Stick of Celery, cut into pieces
1 tbsp Finely chopped Onion
Salt and Pepper
A dash of Tabasco Sauce
Instructions
Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Watercress, Kiwifruit & Grape smoothie recipe
Each portion supplies 2 of your recommended 5-a-day
Ingredients
2 Kiwi Fruit, peeled and quartered
85g/3.5oz Watercress
150g/+5oz Green Grapes
180ml/6fl.oz. Natural Yoghurt
2 Large Ice Cubes, cracked
Honey to taste ( 2-4 teasp)
Instructions
Place all of the Ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
Orange Carrot Smoothie
What You Need:
3/4 cup carrot juice
3/4 cup orange juice
3/4 cup vanilla ice cream
6 ice cubes
Pour the carrot juice and orange juice into a blender and process gently until well combined. Add the ice cream and process until thoroughly blended. Add the ice cubes and process until smooth. Pour the mixture into glasses.
Quick Smoothie Tip!
Carrots are a good source of beta carotene, an antioxidant and the precursor to vitamin A. They also contain calcium pectate which can lower “bad” cholesterol levels.
1/2 of a small cucumber
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup tomato juice
6 ice cubes
2 to 3 drops Tabasco sauce
Wash the cucumber and chop roughly. Place in a blender with the Worcestershire sauce, tomato juice,ice cubes and Tabasco sauce. Blend until the ice is crushed.
Quick Smoothie Tip!
Tomatoes are an excellent source of potassium and vitamin C, and a good source of vitamin A. Tomatoes are also rich in lycopene, a phytochemical which is believed to act as an antioxidant, possibly reducing the risk of cancer and other diseases.
Vegetable Smoothie
What You Need:
1 cup plain yogurt
6 ice cubes
1 small cucumber (peeled and chopped)
1 small tomato
1 chopped celery stalk
3 spinach or romaine leaves
1 tablespoon minced onion (optional), salt and pepper to taste
Puree all ingredients in a blender, garnish with a cucumber round, and enjoy.
Quick Smoothie Tip!
Make a big batch of this smoothie on the weekend. Place the mixture in bottles and freeze them immediately. Now you are ready to go for the rest of the week.
Spinach Carrot Smoothie
What You Need:
2 cups chopped spinach
1 cup chopped carrots
1 banana
1 cup apple juice
4 ice cubes
Pour the apple juice into a blender. Add the chopped spinach and process until blended. Add the carrots and banana and process well, then add the ice cubes and more juice if neccessary. Process until smooth. Pour the mixture into glasses and drink up!
Quick Smoothie Tip!
For an added treat add your favorite (or least favorite) vegetable...eating your broccoli just got easier. This is great for the kids!
Carrot All Day Smoothie
(serves 2)
Ingredients
3 fresh carrots (peeled & chopped)
Cucumber (chopped approx 4 x 1 inch slices)
1 Golden Delicious apple (quartered & core removed)
2 handfuls cashew nuts
1/2 handful sunflower seeds
1 small cup fruit juice (grape/apple/pear/cherry etc)
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tbsp's fat-free yoghurt
Method
Place all of the ingredients in the blender, and let it whiz!. Leave it running for a good while until smooth. If having for breakfast it will keep you going till well after lunch time.
Healthy Broccoli Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 Carrot (chopped)
- 4 Florets of Broccoli
- 2 Handfuls of Spinach
- 1 Apple (chopped)
- 2 Oranges (peeled and quartered)
- Orange Juice to dilute
You can change the fruit and vegetables to your requirements but this is one way of ensuring you get the portions of fruit and vegetables your body requires.
Cranberry Smoothie
Most women know the value of a cranberry - it helps prevent bladder infections. The good news is cranberries can be delicious in a smoothie. Try this cranberry smoothie recipe and let me know what you think.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup cranberries
- 2/3 cup cran-raspberry juice (less, if this is too sweet for you, but I like it sweeter)
- 1 cup raspberries
- 8 oz of yogurt, preferabbly Raspberry
- 1 1/2 cups of ice
Blend until smooth, give it a taste and decide if you need more ice or juice.
Sweet Veggie Smoothie
Winter is here and the cold season comes along for the ride. Help your immune system with this veggie smoothie. Fruits and vegetables help you stay healthy and this smoothie has both. An apple a day…
Ingredients:
- 1 cup apple juice
- 1 cup of sliced apple (sweet tasting apples are better)
- 1/4 cup applesauce
- 1/2 cup sliced carrots
- 1/2 cup of cucumber (peeled and sliced)
- 2 cups of ice
- a dash of nutmeg or cinnamon (optional)
Blend this vegetable smoothie until smooth. Adding the nutmeg and cinnamon will give it great fragrance.
Berry, Berry Good Smoothie
July 6, 2008 · Filed Under Blueberry Smoothies, Fruit Smoothies, Raspberry Smoothies, Vegetable Smoothies · Comment
This is a fun smoothie packed with everything. Adding a carrot may sound odd, but you’ll hardly taste it and the extra vitamins will do you good. Try it without the carrot if vegetables offend you.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 raspberries
- 1/2 cup strawberries
- 1/2 cup blueberries
- 1 cup 2% milk
- 1 cup apple juice (unsweetened)
- 2 cups ice
- 1 small carrot
Blend until the nutrients are singing.
Dark Treat Smoothie
Serving: 1 large glass / 2 small g
1 cup of blackberries
1/2 cup of blueberries
1/2 cup of live natural yoghurt
1/2 to 1 cup of crushed ice
2 teaspoons honey (adjust to your taste)
The punchy flavours of the blackberries in this smoothie recipe are sweetened by the blueberries. Both berries are high in antioxidants which help fight the signs of ageing and also have anti-cancer properties.
The live yoghurt contains 'friendly' bacteria that help your digestive system.
To make the smoothie wash the blueberries and blackberries and then combine with the yoghurt in your blender. Whizz for 10 seconds and then add the ice and honey. Blend until smooth. Add more ice if necessary until the smoothie texture is at a thickness of your liking.
Banana Blueberry Smoothie
2 bananas
1/2 cups blueberries
1 cup plain yoghurt
Peel bananas, slice and place on a cookie sheet
- Put banana slices in freezer and freeze until solid. Remove from freezer and place in blender.
- Slice berries and add to blender.
- Pour in yoghurt. Blend until smooth.
- Pour into glass and serve.
Additional smoothie information:
Bananas prevent varicose veins: Blueberries boost enegizing blood flow, are rich sources of Vitamin C that enhances anti-infalmmatory bioflavonoids which improve vein elasticity to increase blood flow in the extremities, a recent study finds.