Healthy Smoothie Recipes (2)

It is amazing how simple it is to make healthy smoothie with the following healthy smoothie recipes. All you need is basically fresh fruit and a blender for healthy fruit smoothies.

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Apricot Pineapple Smoothie Recipe

1/4 cup crushed pineapple
1 fresh apricot, diced
6 strawberries
1/2 banana
1 1/2 cup water
1 tbsp. skim milk powder
1 heaping tbsp. high- quality protein powder (optional)
1 tsp. flax seed oil (optional)
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In a blender, process fruit with the rest of the ingredients. Blend until thoroughly mixed and serve.

The above healthy smoothie recipe is extracted from www.healthrecipes.com

Raspberry Avocado Smoothie Recipe

1 avocado, peeled and pitted
3/4 cup orange juice
3/4 cup raspberry juice
1/2 cup frozen raspberries (not thawed)

Puree avocado, orange juice, raspberry juice and raspberries in a blender until smooth.

Another healthy ice fruit smoothie recipe, this one extracted from www.eatingwell.com

Banana Orange Smoothie Recipe

1 cup ice
1/2 cup frozen orange juice concentrate
1 cup vanilla soy milk
1 medium banana
1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
1 Tbsp. honey

Place the ice in the bottom of a blender, add remaining ingredients. Puree until smooth.

This is another healthy ice smoothie recipe and is just one of the many healthy breakfast recipes you can find. The above is extracted from www.kidscooking.about.com

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There are thousands of healthy smoothie recipes that you can find on the internet. Most make use of ice to give the cold refreshing taste and they also make great healthy breakfast recipes.

Banana Smoothie Recipe

Here's another fruit smoothie recipe for you to try out. This time it is a banana smoothie recipe. In my opinion, all smoothies must be made with ice, thus the term ice smoothie, failing which they will not be the true blue refreshing smoothie that we have all come to love.

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There are way too many banana smoothie recipes to try all of them but we have listed 3 that we think our visitors will enjoy. Each one has its own benefits and taste but all are enjoyable.

Simple and Easy Banana Smoothie Recipe

This banana smoothie recipe is very easy to make and all ingredients you probably have in your refrigerator already or can easily get at any grocery store.

Ingredients:
1 banana
1 cup of whole milk
1 cup yogurt(preferably strawberry banana yogurt)
4 large strawberries
ice

Directions:

Blend the banana and strawberries with the milk, yogurt and ice until a smooth creamy texture is formed. For those who would like to add a shot of protein, ginko biloba, or other item, this smoothie is perfect for it.

Starbuck's Coffee and Banana Smoothie Recipe

This recipe is great for smoothie lovers and coffee lovers. It can be enjoyed as a morning energizer or any time of the day.

Ingredients:
1 banana frozen
1 bottle of your favorite Starbuck's Coffee
1/2 cup of yogurt
1 tbsp of condensed milk( flavor as you like)
ice

Directions:
Blend all the ingredients except the condensed milk. Taste the smoothie and add the condensed milk to make the banana smoothie as sweet as you would like.

Chocolate Banana Smoothie Recipe

The chocolate banana smoothie recipe conbines to ingredients that are meant to be together, chocolate and bananas. If you ever wondered what a chocolate covered banana on a stick would taste like as a drink, then here is your answer.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 banana cut into chunks and frozen
2 tablespoons of chocolate syrup or your favorite melted chocolate
1/2 cup of yogurt
1 cup of milk
ice

Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a blender until bananas are really mixed and chocolate is swirled. Now you have your chocolate and banana smoothie.

The above is extracted from www.smoothie-recipes.com, a site where you can find lots of other free smoothie recipes as well.

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Try out any of the above banana smoothie recipe or take the opportunity to be creative and come up with your own fruit smoothie recipes. Don't forget the ice for that refreshing taste!

Enjoy...