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Pick-Your-Fruit Smoothie
Ingredients
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2
cups strawberry-flavored juice blend or strawberry drink, chilled
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2
cups fresh or frozen, unsweetened strawberries
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1
8 ounce carton plain yogurt
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2
- 4
tablespoons sugar or honey
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1/2
teaspoon vanilla
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Toasted wheat germ with brown sugar and honey (optional)
Directions
1. In a blender container combine strawberry juice blend, strawberries, yogurt, sugar, and vanilla. Cover and blend until nearly smooth (there should be small chunks of strawberry still visible).
2. Divide among 4 glasses. Sprinkle with wheat germ, if desired. Makes 4 servings.
From the Test Kitchen
- Variation Melon Smoothie:Substitute orange or orange-tangerine juice for the strawberry juice blend and 1 cup cubed cantaloupe for the strawberries.
- Variation Kiwi Smoothie:Substitute a kiwifruit juice blend for the strawberry juice blend and 1 cup peeled cut-up kiwifruit for the strawberries.
Nutrition Facts
(Pick-Your-Fruit Smoothie)
- Servings Per Recipe 4,
- Calories 142,
- Protein (gm) 3,
- Carbohydrate (gm) 30,
- Fat, total (gm) 1,
- Cholesterol (mg) 3,
- Saturated fat (gm) 1,
- Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 2,
- Vitamin C (mg) 43,
- Sodium (mg) 53,
- Calcium (DV %) 111,
- Iron (DV %) 1,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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I hate yogurt. Why do smoothie recipes all call for yogurt? Before the yogurt craze (many, many years ago, we just made smoothies with milk!
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