Anyone have some good healthy smoothie recipes?

Question

Need some that are low cal or no fat!

Answer 1

I used to manage a great smoothie shop for three years and I have tried everything. However, the first thing to know is, typically smoothies are made with fruit, which means they are going to have calories and at least a little fat, but don,t get down, they are good calories, despite what you hear to the contrary. You also want to add a little something like yogurt, soy ice cream, or sherbet to give them a smooth texture, otherwise you are making a fruit slushy. My favorites are:

1) Pixies Kiss:
Apple Juice
Pineapple Juice
Pineapple Sherbet
Strawberries
Peaches
Banana
A little honey
Ice

2) Radical Raspberry
Raspberry Juice
Raspberry sherbet
Raspberries
Blueberries
Banana

3) Cool Breeze
Pineapple Juice
Pineapple Sherbet
Pineapples
Strawberries

Hope this helps. Remember, be creative, and have fun. Write down your recipes down and name them!

Answer 2

Low in calories, carrots are an excellent source of beta carotene, converted in
the body
to Vitamin A and a source of folacin and fiber. One raw 7 1/2 in. (19 cm) carrot
contains
31 calories, 7 g carbohydrates, 2025 RE Vitamin A and 2.2 g fibre One medium
apple contains
about 80 calories and is a good source of fibre and Vitamin C.


Carrot-Apple Smoothie
Source: Better Homes and Gardens

Ingredients
3 medium carrots, peeled and sliced (1-1/2 cups)
3/4 cup boiling water
1-1/2 cups apple juice

Directions
1. In a small saucepan cook carrot, covered, in the 3/4 cup boiling water about
20 minutes or until very tender. Cool. Transfer carrots and cooking liquid to
blender container. Add apple juice. Cover; blend until carrot is smooth. Add
additional apple juice to make of desired consistency. Chill. Makes 3 (3/4-cup)
servings.

Makes 3 (3/4-cup) servings
Prep: 10 minutes
Chill: 1 hour
Cook: 20 minutes

Nutritional facts per serving
calories: 89, total fat: 0g, saturated fat: 0g, cholesterol: 0mg, sodium: 51mg,
carbohydrate: 22g, fiber: 3g, protein: 1g, vitamin C: 4%, calcium: 2%, iron: 5%


Lowfat Fruit Smoothie
* Sweet Raspberry Cream
* 1/2 c. White Grape Raspberry juice concentrate
* 3/4 c. lowfat soy milk or any other milk or non-dairy substitute)
* 1 t. vanilla extract
* 2 ripe pears
* 1 frozen banana
* 6 ice cubes
- Place soy milk (or any other milk or non-dairy substitute) and all remaining ingredients in blender.

- Blend until smooth and creamy.


Strawberry Smoothie (Diabetic)
1 (8-ounce) carton plain nonfat yogurt
1/4 cup skim milk
3 packets Equal®or 1 teaspoon Equal® for Recipes or 2 tablespoons Equal®
Spoonful™
3 cups frozen strawberries
1 cup ice cubes

In a blender container, combine yogurt, milk and Equal®. With the blender
running, add berries a few at a time through opening in the lid. Blend until
smooth, then add ice cubes one at a time, blending until slushy. Pour into
glasses.
Makes 4 servings.
Recipe source: The NutraSweet Company.
Nutrition information per serving (6-ounce): 82 calories, 4 g protein, 17 g
carbs., 0 g fat, 1 mg cholesterol, 58 mg sodium.
Food Exchanges: 1/2 Milk, 1 Fruit.

Answer 3

Strawberry-Banana Smoothie

1 cup fresh or frozen strawberries, hulled
1/2 medium banana
1 and 1/2 tsp. vanilla flavoring
1 cup fat free milk
2 ice cubes, cracked

Put all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth. Poor into
tall chilled glass and garnish with whole fresh strawberries with
hulls. The berries in this recipe can be substituted for raspberries,
blueberries and a lot of other great currants

Answer 4

Pap's Smoothie Of the Heavens

1 ripe banana
5 ripe strawberries
1 container of blueberry youghurt (low fat or fat free)
1 cup fat free skimmed milk
6 ice cubes

Whip it in a blender and drink up!

Answer 5

I just like to buy those bags of Dole mixed frozen fruit - they have peaches, strawberries, melons, pineapples and grapes all chopped up and mixed in there, and then mix some of that with a banana or two and some milk or orange juice in the blender, and it's done! Nice and simple.

Answer 6

I'm not sure if it has a lot of calories, but get some frozen "fancy berry" packages, add a cup of vanilla soymilk that has been microwaved for one minute, blend together, and serve (great with a little whipped cream).
Add more soymilk as needed.

Answer 7

Lets try something easy and good shall we?
1 banana
10 frozen strawberries
your favorite yogart any flavor
1 cup OJ
blend
for added pleasure and calories try raspberry sherbet yum.

Answer 8

try banana, vanilla yougurt, blue berries and orangejuice. Blend it up and you've got yuorself a healthy delicious smoothie

Answer 9

yes, try a Positrim mix with ice and water and blend in a blender. They are delicious and very healthy.
ps Positrim available from your local Amway distributor.

Answer 10

silken tofu
handful mixed frozen fruit
1 can pears with no sugar added- use entire can for the juice
2tsp honey
blend together.
Kids love it and its very healthy!