It’s summer, and one of the best ways to beat the heat is by drinking an ice cold smoothie! Fruit smoothies are nutrient dense, low fat, and energizing. Indulging in your sweet tooth while remaining healthy is possible! Frozen fruit is fairly cheap, and I usually buy berries frozen since it’s cheaper than buying fresh berries–plus you get a larger quantity as well (3 pounds of organic berries for $6 compared to almost $4 for one pound). Fresh is better if you can afford it though! You can even freeze the fruit yourself, and avoid buying frozen altogether. If possible, get organic fruit and juices–they taste much better, and don’t contain GMOs.
4 Summer Smoothie Recipes
Blueberry Guava Smoothie
3 Cups frozen blueberries
Just over 1 cup frozen guava pulp (find it in the frozen section of the grocery store)
Pear Juice to blend
Raspberry Banana Ice Cream
2 handfuls frozen raspberries
At least 4 bananas (wait until spotty like a leopard and ripe before peeling and freezing)
Just enough water to blend
The trick to making banana ice cream is to add the smallest amount of water necessary to blend. If you have a vitamix, you can “whip” the bananas into soft serve ice cream using the tamper 🙂
Pina Colada Smoothie
20 ounces frozen pineapple chunks
15o ml Coconut water (Harmless Harvest has some of the best bottled coconut water I’ve tasted if you don’t have a young Thai coconut on hand)
250 ml Lakewood Organic Cold Pressed Coconut Juice
Unsweetened coconut flakes to sprinkle on top if desired
Peach Mango Green Smoothie
Extra large handful of spinach
Fresh OJ to blend
1 peach, diced
10 ounces frozen mango
3/4-1 tsp cinnamon
Blend the spinach in the orange juice first to get a creamy consistency (no spinach chunks!), then blend the peaches and lastly the mango and cinnamon.
