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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Berry Summer-y Smoothie


Hot blazing summer days...I'm always looking for tasty, healthy, caffeine-free choices to cool off on a 90 degree day (I do love my iced Mocha from Starbucks, but caffeine after 3pm is a BAD idea). We went to visit friends last weekend and they offered us this smoothie-like beverage that was so yummy, I had to make it and add some of my personal touches to it.

Prep time: 5 minutes (or even 3 maybe)

Serves: 3 (about 10 oz per serving)

Ingredients: Blackberries (3/4 cup - fresh or frozen, I used fresh), Raspberries(1/2 cup - Fresh or frozen), Low fat vanilla yogurt (1 cup), Low fat Plain yogurt (1/2 cup), Sugar(to your taste, I added about 1 Tbsp), Ice cubes

Blend away...
> In the blender, add all the above ingredients and blend until you get a semi-solid Smoothie consistency
> Add some Milk if you want a more juice-like consistency

My thoughts..
> Great way to get your kids to eat some yogurt and for the whole family to load up on the antioxidants in the blueberries
> Want to make this more decadent? Add Vanilla icecream instead of the Vanilla yogurt and top it with some whipped cream. yum!
> For a low calories version, You can substitute the sugar for splenda (cuts down about 100 calories), the low fat yogurt with non fat versions (cuts down an additional 60 calories)
> Don't have Raspberries on hand? Throw in some strawberries and a banana.

Cheers! Stay cool..

1 comment:

  1. Sounds so cool & yummm!! Will have to try this before the Summer is over.

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