Food / 13 July, 2017 / My Baba

Super Smoothies for Summer

Smoothies are a great way to pack in all of your 5-a-day fruit and vegetables, a great snack, and a quick fix for morning breakfast. So we’ve put together a list of our favourite smoothies with beneficial vitamins and ingredients, to help you get ready for the day ahead!

Creamy Mango & Coconut Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 200ml (½ tall glass) coconut milk
• 4 tbsp coconut milk yoghurt
• 1 banana
• 1 tbsp ground flaxseed, sunflower and pumpkin seed
• 120g (¼ bag) frozen mango chunks
• 1 passion fruit, to finish

Directions:

• Measure all the ingredients or use a tall glass for speed – they don’t have to be exact.
• Put them into a blender and blitz until smooth.
• Pour into 1 tall glass (you’ll have enough for a top up) or two short tumblers.
• Cut the passion fruit in half, if using, and scrape the seeds on top.

Super Berry Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 450g bag frozen berry
• 450g pot fat-free strawberry yoghurt
• 100ml milk
• 25g porridge oat
• 2 tsp honey

Directions:

• Whizz the berries, yogurt and milk together with a stick blender until smooth.
• Stir through the porridge oats, then pour into 4 glasses and serve with a drizzle of honey.

Glow from ‘The Nutri Blitzer Recipe Book’, available from JML 

Ingredients:

• 1 avocado, skin and stone removed
• 2 tablespoon wheat germ
• 1 tablespoon almond butter
• 1 tablespoon cacao powder
• 150 ml skimmed milk or unsweetened almond milk

Directions:

• Add all the ingredients to the NutriBlitzer™ cup and fill with water to the MAX line.
• Blend together for about 1 minute until a smooth consistency has formed.

Mango & Banana Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 1 medium mango
• 1 banana
• 500ml orange juice
• 4 ice cubes

Directions:

• Cut the mango down either side of the flat stone, then peel and cut the flesh into chunks.
• Peel and chop the banana.
• Put all the ingredients into a food processor or blender, then process until smooth and thick. Keep in the fridge and use the day you make it.

Bone Builder Smoothie

Ingredients:

• ½ avocado, peeled, stoned and roughly chopped
• generous handful spinach
• generous handful kale , washed well
• 50g pineapple chunks
• 10cm piece cucumber, roughly chopped
• 300ml coconut water

Directions:

• Put the avocado, spinach, kale, pineapple and cucumber in the blender, top up with coconut water, then blitz until smooth.

Anti-Oxidant Smoothie from ‘The Nutri Blitzer Recipe Book’, available from JML 

Ingredients:

• 1 cooked beetroot
• 10 blueberries
• 10 raspberries
• 4 strawberries
• ½ lemon with rind
• 1 teaspoon green tea powder
• 2 brazil nuts
• Water

Directions:

• Add all the ingredients to the NutriBlitzer™ cup and fill with water to the MAX line.
• Blend together for about 1 minute until a smooth consistency has formed.

Banana-Peanut Butter Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 1 small banana
• ½ c. milk
• 1 tsp. creamy peanut butter
• 3 ice cubes

Directions:

• In a blender, combine banana, milk, peanut butter, and ice cubes; blend until mixture is smooth and frothy. Makes about 1 1/2 cups.

Jump-Start Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 175g frozen strawberries
• 90g fresh blueberries
• 90g fresh orange juice
• 2 tsp. chopped and peeled fresh ginger
• 45g plain low-fat (1-percent) yogurt
• 2 cubes of ice

Directions:

• In blender, combine strawberries, blueberries, orange juice, ginger, yogurt, and ice cubes.
• Blend until smooth, scraping down side of container occasionally.

Power Smoothie from ‘The Nutri Blitzer Recipe Book’, available from JML 

Ingredients:

• 1 handful of spinach
• ½ cup watermelon
• ½ lemon without rind
• 1 teblespoon honey
• 150 ml coconut water

Directions:

• Add all ingredients to the NutriBlitzer tall cup.
• Blend together for about 1 minute until a smooth consistency has formed.

Forest Fruit & Banana Smoothie

Ingredients:

• frozen fruits of the forest
• banana
• low-fat fruits of the forest yogurt

Directions: 

• Whizz frozen fruits of the forest and sliced banana in a food processor with low-fat fruits of the forest yogurt.

Vitamin Booster Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 1 orange, peeled and roughly chopped
• 1 large carrot , peeled and roughly chopped
• 2 sticks celery, roughly chopped
• 50g mango, roughly chopped
• 200ml water

Directions:

• Put all the orange, carrot, celery and mango in the blender, top up with water, then blitz until smooth.