Fruit Smoothie
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1 or 2 servings The basic proportions in this recipe can be used to create a wide variety of smoothies tailored to ingredients you have on hand. Note that if using a dark fruit such as blueberries, adding spirulina will turn your smoothie a muddy color.
Ingredients
- 1 cup frozen fruit (such as berries, cherries, or peach, mango, or pineapple chunks)
- 1 frozen ripe banana, cut into chunks
- ½ cup milk, nondairy milk, coconut water, water, or fruit juice (or ½ cup yogurt and 3 tablespoons water or milk)
- (Up to 1 tablespoon sweetener, such as honey, maple syrup, or agave syrup, or 2 pitted dried dates)
- (1 tablespoon nut or seed butter, such as peanut, cashew, or sunflower)
- (1 teaspoon spirulina powder, chia seeds, or flaxseeds)
- Bee pollen
- Seeds or nuts, such as sunflower, pumpkin, flaked coconut, chia, or hemp
- Granola
- Cut-up fresh fruit
Let's Prepare
Collect
Gather these ingredients - no prep needed yet.
- 1 cup frozen fruit (such as berries, cherries, or peach, mango, or pineapple chunks)
- 1 frozen ripe banana, cut into chunks
- ½ cup milk, nondairy milk, coconut water, water, or fruit juice (or ½ cup yogurt and 3 tablespoons water or milk)
- (Up to 1 tablespoon sweetener, such as honey, maple syrup, or agave syrup, or 2 pitted dried dates)
- (1 tablespoon nut or seed butter, such as peanut, cashew, or sunflower)
- (1 teaspoon spirulina powder, chia seeds, or flaxseeds)
- Bee pollen
- Seeds or nuts, such as sunflower, pumpkin, flaked coconut, chia, or hemp
- Granola
- Cut-up fresh fruit
Let's Cook
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Step 1.
Combine in a blender: 1 cup frozen fruit (such as berries, cherries, or peach, mango, or pineapple chunks); 1 frozen ripe banana, cut into chunks; ½ cup milk, nondairy milk, coconut water, water, or fruit juice (or ½ cup yogurt and 3 tablespoons water or milk); (Up to 1 tablespoon sweetener, such as honey, maple syrup, or agave syrup, or 2 pitted dried dates); (1 tablespoon nut or seed butter, such as peanut, cashew, or sunflower); (1 teaspoon spirulina powder, chia seeds, or flaxseeds)
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Step 2.
Blend until smooth. Pour into a glass and serve, or serve in a bowl and top with any of the following: Bee pollen; Seeds or nuts, such as sunflower, pumpkin, flaked coconut, chia, or hemp; Granola; Cut-up fresh fruit
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