During the summer, theres nothing better than a cold beverage on a hot day. Instead of chasing down the ice cream truck try a smoothie instead. Its a great way to get in those daily serving of fruits as veggies, as well as calcium, protein, or firber. Just make sure to keep it fresh by using only natural ingredients. If you can, make your own instead of trusting the ingredients at your local smoothie bar. Some times, in order to cut costs, smoothie shacks will use sugary substitutes instead of real fruit juice.
To make a great smoothie, just follow these steps.
1) Start with a base: any combination of the following will do, if you're feelin frisky, mix it up a little :)
Yogurt
Orange juice
Apple juice
soy milk
1% milk
skim milk
carrot juice
any other fruit juice with at least 50% real juice
2) Now comes the fun part: add your favorite fruit like
Bananas
Pineapple
strawberries
blackberries
blueberries
mango
kiwi
in order to keep these smoothies on the light side, try and avoid adding sugar, they will be naturally sweet from the fruit.
3)some people add "mix-ins" such as fiber and protein, or even a little bit of penut butter for extra protein.
4) blend and enjoy
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