Category: Smoothies

Strawberry Avocado smoothie was inspired so as to have more potassium and healthy fat in the daily food consumption. On researching more on this combination, on google, I found I was not the only one with the strange idea! This smoothie is highly recommended on fitness web pages, which made me happy as I liked this combination. I guess I am more of smoothie person, and some are not. Such as, I am not a frozen yogurt person, as yogurt per se has to be salty in my opinion. If you love avocados, and I am crazy about them, you will definitely like this combination. Its refreshing and cooling, using what is freshly available as summer fruits. Most smoothie starter mixes available in the stores, have some salt in their base, and I prefer to have too.

What was most satisfying to know was that avocados are grown in TamilNadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Sikkim, where it is known as “butter fruit” as the avocado pulp is thick and smooth to spread. And in India, this is often used in milkshakes and ice cream! Something I was totally unaware of, as my exposure to avocados was only after coming to USA.  Avocado is one of the top 10 anti aging fruit, which truly highlights, how many good things are packed in this tiny fruit, which is also known as avocado pear. I am just happy to consume avocados in any way that I can, as taste of God’s own butter fruit, is simply divine. Avocados also become an easy option for vegan diet followers to eat butter! And to put things in perspective, wiki says there is evidence of Avocado fruit found in Mexican caves, as far back as 10,000 BC!!

So strawberries are just heart stealing for many and adding avocados to them makes the combination highly appealing for the mind and the body! I am an avid gardner too, so a pink green combination is totally attractive in this Strawberry Avocado Smoothie! Enjoy!

Strawberry Avocado Smoothie

Recipe makes 3 glasses of 20 oz each

Cooking time 5-10 min

Ingredients

• 1 cup chopped strawberries
• 1/3 cup avocado
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 tsp ground flax seed powder(optional)
• pinch of salt
• 1 tbsp of sugar based on the sweetness of berries
• slices of avocado for garnish

Method

• Chop the avocados and strawberries

• Add rest of the ingredients.

• Blend everything in a blender.
• Chill for ten minutes if possible.
• Serve after garnishing with avocado slices.

 

Tips

Use the avocados as soon as you chop them, as they tend to get brown with oxidation. To retain the green color, add lime juice to the chopped avocados.

Instinct Factor

Play around with the ideas in your head!

Feel Factor

Cool pink and green smoothie that is so wholesome for the mind, body and soul with much needed nutrients and fat needed by the body to slow the aging process!

 

Peach blueberry smoothie on day five of the smoothie for lunch week at my place! Exploring with colors, fruits and taste is kicking up my interest in smoothies and making me adventurous. The journey is enjoyable and I feel I can go on for another week too! Specially as this is a chaturmas of Jains,  I can at least have this as one meal, and feel I did celebrate Chaturmas in whatever small measure I could!  During the monsoon season, Jains try to restrict their diet in whatever way they can.

Enjoy this  smoothie, that has interesting whole fruit pieces in it as well as other smoothies that I discovered during this week!

Peach Blueberry Smoothie

Recipe makes 2 1/2 cups of smoothie

Ingredients

• 1 cup of chopped yellow peach
• 3/4 cup blueberry
• 3-4 slices of peach
• 1/4 cup blue berries
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tbsp sugar
• a pinch of salt
• 1/2 tsp ground flaxseed powder(optional)

Method

• Blend the chopped peaches with half cup of milk and keep it separately.
• Blend 3/4 cup blueberry and 1/2 cup of milk, sugar, salt and flaxseed powder.,
• In a tall glass pour half of the blueberry smoothie
• Lay some peach slices carefully on top of the blueberry smoothie.

• Pour the peach smoothie on top of the peach slices, carefully.
• Lay some blueberries, on top of the peaches.

• Pour the rest of the blueberry smoothie on top and serve immediately.

 

Tips

Ensure that there are no pits in the peach slices, as the pit will make the smoothie bitter.

Instinct Factor

Yellow  and blue are two primary colors that are of prime importance  to an artist, as well as the nature. Plant flowers in these combination and both of them complement each other and the combination will look striking. It is this inspiration, that made me experiment with these two flavors.

Feel Factor

Colorful, nutritious, and fruit pieces in an attractive smoothie that helps me beat the summer heat! The texture is slightly dense, as the idea was not to mix both the flavors. The flavors of peach and blueberry complement each other and make me happy that I have consumed by quota of milk, omega 3, antioxidants and iron in a very attractive way! And because of the thick texture and fruits in it, is fun to spoon it in between!

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Banana Cherry Smoothie with Ginger

Recipe Makes 4 oz of Banana Cherry Smoothie with Ginger

Ingredients

• 1 banana chopped in small pieces( 3/4 cup)
• 1/2 cup chopped cherries
• 1 1/2 cup milk ( low fat)
• 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 sliver of ginger
• 1 tsp ground flaxseed powder (optional)

Method

• Blend everything together and taste for sweetness. If watching calories, try it without added sugar.

 

Strawberry Kiwi Smoothie with Basil

Recipe makes 1 tall glass of smoothie

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup milk ( low fat milk)
• 1 cup chopped strawberries
• 1/3 cup chopped kiwi ( or 3-4 slices of Kiwi)
• 1/2 tsp ground flaxseed powder(optional but good source of Omega 3-6)
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt

Method

• Mix all the ingredients using a hand blender or in a food processor and enjoy!