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Spinach and Avocado Green Smoothies

By Jen, on January 22nd, 2012%

Avocados are one of my favorite foods. They’re rich and creamy with a delicate flavor that pairs well with so many ingredients. Most people think of guacamole when looking for an avocado recipe. (For good reason…yum!) But avocados are great in other recipes like creamy salad dressings and smoothies.

Here’s a recipe for green smoothies with spinach and avocado. The spinach adds a fresh flavor and the avocado gives the smoothie a thick and creamy consistency. Sweeten as desired with your favorite natural sweetener.

Spinach and Avocado Green Smoothies
1 1/4 cups cold water
1 cup fresh or frozen mango chunks
1 cup fresh baby spinach
1/2 medium ripe Hass avocado, peeled and pit removed
1/2 cup ice cubes
Natural sweetener to taste

Add water, mango chunks, spinach and avocado to blender container. Cover and blend until smooth. Add ice; cover and blend until smooth. Taste for sweetness. Add natural sweetener according to your taste; cover and blend to combine.

Makes 2 servings (2 3/4 cups total)

Recipe Link:
Good and Green Smoothies

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Berry Tea Smoothies

By Jen, on June 14th, 2011%

Tea does double duty in these slushy berry smoothies. To make berry tea smoothies, start with brewed green or white tea and blend it up with fresh or frozen berries.

Then, blend in more tea flavor by adding hibiscus tea ice cubes. It’s a great trick to freeze brewed tea (or even coconut water) in ice cube trays for making smoothies. Simply freeze brewed hibiscus tea in standard ice cube trays to make the tea ice. Using the frozen tea in place of regular ice is a great way to ice up a smoothie without watering it down.

Berry Tea Smoothies
1 cup brewed green or white tea, chilled
1 cup fresh or frozen strawberries
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
8 hibiscus tea ice cubes
Natural sweetener, if needed

Add green or white tea, strawberries and blueberries to blender container. Cover and blend until smooth. Add ice cubes; cover and blend until slushy. Sweeten to taste. Pour into glasses.

Makes 2 to 3 servings (about 3 1/4 cups)

Tip: If you opt to use frozen fruit you’ll need a powerful blender. (I use a VitaMix.) If you don’t have a powerful blender, you may want to thaw the fruit a bit or add some additional brewed green tea for easier blending.

Recipe Link:
Mango Coconut Water Smoothies

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Grapefruit Hibiscus Tea Smoothies

By Jen, on April 23rd, 2011%

Hibiscus tea ice cubes are the key to an ultra refreshing smoothie. Simply brew hibiscus herbal tea and freeze in ice cube trays. Use the tea ice cubes in place of plain ice for a fruit smoothie with gorgeous color and a pop of hibiscus tea flavor. Great with citrus fruits, especially grapefruit.

Grapefruit Hibiscus Tea Smoothies
1 large grapefruit
8 hibiscus tea ice cubes
Natural sweetener, if needed

Peel, section and juice grapefruit. (Cut grapefruit into supremes- remove all pith. Discard any seeds.) Add grapefruit sections with juice and hibiscus tea ice cubes to blender container. Cover and blend until slushy. Sweeten to taste.

Makes 2 servings

About the Photos:
I finally got a real camera. Until today, all pictures posted on this blog have been taken with an iPhone camera. (And, as I like to point out- very little patience). I finally gave in and bought a Canon Rebel T2i. These pictures are my first using the camera.

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Mango Coconut Water Smoothies

By Jen, on March 5th, 2011%

I woke up this morning craving a smoothie. Maybe it’s because I’ve spent the last week making some of my favorite smoothie recipes like Chocolate Almond Smoothies and Good and Green Smoothies.

Oh, did I mention I was making them on camera? Add a video camera to the mix and making a smoothie turns into a several hour process. It’s fun though. I’m trying to learn more about shooting and editing video. I figure the more videos I do the more I’ll learn. Look for the videos to be posted in the next few days. In the meantime, here’s a simple smoothie recipe featuring coconut water, mango and strawberries. It has a slushy consistency and is really refreshing. The best part is it only took me 5 minutes to make since no filming took place during the making of this smoothie!

Mango Coconut Water Smoothies
3/4 cup coconut water, chilled
1/4 cup orange juice, chilled
1 cup fresh or frozen mango chunks
1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1/2 cup ice cubes

Add coconut water, orange juice, mango chunks and strawberries to blender container. Cover and blend until smooth. Add ice cubes; cover and blend until slushy. Pour into 2 glasses.

Makes 2 servings

Tip: Coconut water is the liquid from young, green coconuts. Coconut water is naturally fat-free and full of electrolytes like potassium. Be sure to use coconut water for this recipe, not coconut milk. (Although coconut milk would be delicious! If you try it, let me know how it turns out.)

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