Got any smoothie recipes?

[sunshine]

After my surgery, I'm not going to be able to eat "food" for a few days. . . . I'm allergic to milk, so do you have any smoothie recipes without milk that will keep me fairly satisfied?

[Michelle]

Recipe Instructions:
Ingredients:

1 ripe banana, frozen with skin removed, cut into chunks
2 cups Vanilla Rice Dream
2 tablespoos fruit conserves, your choice
Dream Smoothie

A few fresh or frozen berries of your choice

Place all ingredients in blender. Whip until smooth. For even richer smoothie, blend in a scoop of Vanilla Rice Dream non-dairy frozen dessert.

[Michelle]

E-Z Smoothie
Recipe Instructions:
Ingredients:

Take 1 banana (depending on ypur preference), about 6 large strawberries(depending on your preference), 1/4 cup orange juice, and 1 cup of ice. After you have all of these ingrediants grind them together in a blender until as smooth or until the ice is fine according to your preference. This recipe can probably serve about 2

[Michelle]

Peach, Strawberry and Pineapple Smoothie
Serves 1

Ingredients:
1 fresh peach, peeled and roughly chopped or 2 peach halves from a can in fruit juice (not syrup, which just adds sugar)
4-5 fresh strawberries
pineapple or orange juice, enough to cover whole fruit in the blender

Directions:
Place everything in a blender and whizz till smooth. You can substitute (or add) bananas, mango, papaya or ripe pears.

[Michelle]

Soy Non Dairy Smoothie Recipe

1 banana cut into chucks
1/2 cup strawberries
1/2 of soy milk
1/2 cup ice cubes

Directions:

Blend the banana, strawberries, soy milk and ice cubes together until a smooth texture is formed. If the smoothie is not sweet enough, add honey, more strawberries, or another sweetener

[Michelle]

Green Tea Non Dairy Smoothie Recipe

1/2 cup brewed green tea (chilled)
1 banana
1 large peach, sliced and pitted
1 tbsp honey
1/2 cup ice cubes

Directions:

Blend the chilled green tea with the banana, ice cubes, and peaches. Add the honey before the texture is completely smooth. A great non dairy alternative that is great with powder supplements as well.

[Michelle]

Fruity Soy Smoothie Recipe

1 banana
1/2 cup strawberries
1/2 cup raspberries
1/2 cup cherries (pitted)
1 cup of soy milk
1/2 cup soy yogurt

Directions:

Blend all the fruits with the soy milk and soy yogurt until a smooth texture is formed. The fruits should provide enough of a taste to mix well with the milk and yogurt.

[Michelle]

*Tip: If you want to stay away from soy and dairy, you can try using orange juice in place of the dairy in many smoothy recipes. and add a half a banana (or more) for a little creaminess. also, you can use frozen fruit instead of ice to thicken to keep it from being watery

[Michelle]

If you don't want to use the soy-milk you can use rice milk, and you can add a little tofu also. There are many variations. I use fresh or frozen fruit of your choice, rice or vanilla soy milk, tofu, crushed ice, a little fruit juice (apple or pineapple) put all in blender, and there you go! Great smoothie

[Michelle]

Orange-Pink Grapefruit Smoothie

sweet and sour smoothie, makes a great snack or breakfast.

2 oranges
1 pink grapefruit
8 ice cubes
honey

2-3 servings

Cut the fruits to pieces removing all of the white stuff and the seeds.
Chill the fruits in the freezer for a while for smoother consistency.
Stick the fruits in the blender with the ice and honey to taste.

[Michelle]

1 large banana or 2 small bananas (2 passion fruit
2 cups soy milk
1 tablespoon wheat germ
2 drops vanilla extract
3-4 ice cubes (optional)

2 servings

Slice the banana, halve the passionfruits and scoop out the seeds and fruit and add to the blender.

Add the soy milk, wheat germ, vanilla extract and ice cubes if adding, and blend on high until all the ingredients are well blended.

*I haven't tried this one, but a reviewer suggested cutting the soy milk in half.

[Michelle]

I cracked up when I saw the title of this smoothie. I haven't tried this one yet either, but it does sound good and may fill you up more. I don't know if the claims this writer makes are true, so take it with a grain of salt

Sic a Monkey on Your Pms (Moody Time of the Month)

This sweet dessert beverage is rich in calcium, magnesium and potassium, all which are thought to help relieve PMS symptoms. Other sources of nutrients are the antioxidant rich cocoa which is also high in fiber. The cocoa powder really curbs cravings.

8 ounces plain soy milk
1/2 cup ice
1 tablespoon creamy peanut butter
2 (1 g) packets Splenda sugar substitute (or two teaspoons)
1 tablespoon unsweetened baking cocoa, hershey's powder
1/2 banana

Using a blender: add all of the above ingredients.
Pulse on and off until bleded to a nice creamy texture.
Pour into a 16 ounce cup.
It is recommended that you drink this twice a day during PMS, so use the other half of the banana at the end of the day.
Regarding the fat and calories: your body actually burns more calories and fat during PMS, but due to bloating, women tend to diet during this sensitive phase.

www.recipezaar.com/145008

[Michelle]

Peach Cooler Smoothie

1 cup chopped peeled peaches
1 cup skim milk (or soy or rice milk to make it dairy-free)
3-4 tablespoons honey (to taste)
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
8-10 cracked ice cubes
2 sprigs fresh mint

Puree peaches in blender.
Add milk, honey, and almond extract and process until smooth.
With blender running at high speed, add ice cubes one at a time and process until smooth. I would recommend shutting down the blender while you're actually adding the cubes!
Pour thick shakes into two tall glasses and serve with a sprig of mint.

[Michelle]

Tropical Splash Smoothie

1 cup pineapples
1 cup mangoes
1/2 cup strawberries
1/2 cup kiwi
1/2 banana
1 cup water
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon honey
5 ice cubes

4 servings

Blend all ingredients in blender.

[Michelle]

I hope you can use some of those, Denise. You may even want to try a few before you need to be using them as your food source to weed out the ones you don't like.

(((HUGS)))