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Tati · Chanel

healthy smoothies?

needsfashionadvice · Kate Spade

My favorite smoothie recipe:

1 banana
1/2 cup frozen cherries
1/2 cup frozen whole strawberries
1 cup soy milk
add splenda to taste

It's a very smooth, creamy smoothie. If you cut the banana up ahead of time and freeze it, its' thicker, kinda like a milk shake.

Kelly · Hermes

I buy a frozen fruit "smoothie mix", but soon I'll probably be buying my own frozen fruit and mixing it, because I don't like the little pineapple chunks. But I do:

1/2 cup frozen fruit (my smoothie mix has strawberry, papya, and pineapple)
1/2 a banana (sometimes a whole one if it's smaller or I want a creamier smoothie)
1/4 cup milk (this sounds nerdy, but sometimes I even use vanilla Ensure because it has vitamins & junk in it!)
1/4 cup orange juice (or some orange juice ice cubes)

whee! blend and eat! This makes a little over one cup, because I usually make this as a bedtime snack. For a meal, I just double it.

-- Edited by ttara123 at 15:47, 2007-04-30

jacks435 · Kenneth Cole

Mine is very similar to needsfashionadvice's -- I also like to freeze the banana.
I like to add a small yogurt (like Dannon or Yoplait), too.

1 6-8 oz vanilla nonfat yogurt
1/2 frozen banana
1/2 cup strawberries
splash or two skim milk
drop honey (optional, but it adds a nice flavor)

I mix and match different fruits and yogurt flavors, but this is my basic recipe. It makes a really big glass, and it's a filling breakfast.

Teresa · Kate Spade

try adding flax seed oil