Smoothies – 7 Delicious Fruit Smoothie Recipes

Here are a few tips to make the most out of your smoothie experience!

1. Using frozen fruits is the best way to achieve that thick delicious texture of a traditional smoothie. If you use unfrozen fruits, you can add some ice cubes to help but it will have a watered down texture.
2. We like to prep our fruits beforehand! We buy fresh fruit at the store and freeze it ourselves. Already frozen fruit isn’t always the best quality and can be more expensive.
3. Prepping bananas can be tricky but here’s what we do. Unpeel 5-6 bananas and then slice them into small pieces (about 6 pieces per banana) then we place them on parchment paper inside the freezer uncovered overnight. The next morning, we place them into a plastic bag. This helps keep them from sticking together and prevents ice from building up around them.
4. When freezing other fruits like strawberries or blueberries we wash them first (we cut the tops off the strawberries) and then give them plenty of time to dry before placing them into a bag to freeze.
5. Apples – Prep your apples like the bananas and be sure to remove the skin as it does not blend well in most standard blenders.
6. Get creative! Please enjoy our recipes but add and remove things to your taste. We tend to always add a scoop of protein powder to all of our smoothies, chocolate is our favorite. Let us know what you think and email us at: [email protected]
7. Enjoy!

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Fruity Protein Refresher

½ Cup Frozen Strawberries

¼ – ½ Cup Frozen Blueberries

¼ Cup Greek Yogurt

¼ Cup Milk

1 Tbsp. Peanut Butter or your favorite nut butter

(Optional) 1 Scoop Protein Powder

 

Honey My Oats

1 Frozen Banana

¼ Cup Rolled Oats

¼ Cup Milk

1 Tbsp. Honey

(Optional) ½ Cup Yogurt

 

Creamy Carmel Apple

1/2 Cup – 1 Cup Orange or Apple Juice

½ Cup Frozen Apples

1 Tbsp. Brown Sugar

¼ Cup Milk

 

Strawberry Lime

1 Cup Frozen Strawberries

¾ Cup Orange Juice

1 Tsp. Lime Juice (add more to taste)

1 Tsp. Agave Nectar

 

Blueberry Smoothie

½ Cup Blueberries

½ Cup Yogurt

½ Cup Milk

½ Tsp. Vanilla

 

A Touch of Green

¼ Cup Blueberries

¼ Cup Strawberries

¼ Cup Bananas

½ Cup Spinach

1 Cup Milk

1-2 Scoops Protein Powder

 

Chocolate Banana Split

1 Frozen Banana

½ Cup Milk

2 Tsp. Cocoa Powder

1 Tbsp. Agave

*Note* Add more Banana and mix in a food processor. Then Freeze for 1 Hour and serve as Ice Cream!

 

Further Instructions:

Equipment – For our smoothies we use a standard Cuisinart Blender. It’s nothing fancy but it gets the job done as long as we don’t over fill it! If you have a fancy blender by all means use it, but if you’re going to purchase a blender you don’t have to break the bank on a really expensive one. Below is the Blender we use.

http://www.cuisinartwebstore.com/product/smartpower-7-speed-electronic-blender-pink

 

Helpful Hint – When you’re adding protein powder or any dry foods be sure to add them after you add the milk or liquid. If you add the milk on top of the protein powder it tends to run to the side of the blender and stick there making it hard to mix in.

 

Adjustments – Our recipes are more of a guideline to help you get started. Feel free to change any recipe as you see fit and you can substitute your favorite milk such as; almond milk, coconut milk, soy milk or any other. If you use coconut milk it tends to add a slightly sweeter flavor

 

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Drew Smith