Fresh Healthy Fruit Smoothies Recipes

These fresh healthy fruit smoothies recipes can be made quickly for breakfast or snack by anyone in my family except my five year old.
A blender, in the hands of my five year old, is the ultimate power tool. It makes noise like a motor boat engine and grinds a variety of objects -- both food and non-food items-- to a pulp. Most importantly, it can be a live volcano, when you leave the lid off while blending. Think Mount Vesuvius spewing chunks of frozen mango over Pompeii.
Once my bananas are overly ripe, I peel them, break them into pieces and put the ripe bananas in small food storage bags to freeze for smoothies. I use the frozen bananas instead of ice to give the smoothie a thicker, more ice-cream like texture.
Basic Frozen Banana Orange Smoothie Recipe:
Makes a thick smoothie
2 frozen bananas, broken into pieces
1 cup milk (we prefer low fat) or vanilla soy milk
1 cup orange juice
Add all ingredients into blender and blend until smooth.
Makes 2 servings.
Mango, Banana, Orange Smoothie
Add 1 cup frozen (no sugar added) mango to basic recipe
If consistency is too thick, add 1/2 cup cold water
Raspberry Orange Smoothie
Add 1 cup frozen (no sugar added) raspberries to basic recipe
If consistency is too thick, add 1/2 cup cold water
Strawberry Orange Smoothie
Add 1 cup frozen (no sugar added) strawberries to basic recipe
If consistency is too thick, add 1/2 cup cold water
If you don't have any frozen bananas, try using yogurt to thicken the smoothie:
Basic Banana Orange Smoothie Recipe:
2 bananas
1 cup low fat yogurt
1 cup orange juice
4 ice cubes
Add all ingredients into blender and blend until smooth.
Add 1 cup frozen fruit as directed above for different flavors.
Makes 2 servings.
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