Peach-Mango Smoothie

When it’s this hot outside, sometimes yous only involve something cool for dinner.  Ripe, soft, sweetness mango alongside fresh frozen peach slices.  Splash inward a piffling almond milk, orangish juice together with Greek yogurt together with yous convey a meal!  This would live on nifty for breakfast or tiffin or anytime but I had it for dinner!

I’ve started ‘flash freezing’ my extra fruit if I’m non able to consume it correct away.  Clean, peel, field or die whatever you’re freezing together with house them inward a unmarried layer on a wax newspaper covered baking sheet.  Pop the whole pan inward the freezer together with i time the fruit is individually frozen, deed them to a storage container to piece of job along for after use.  As they were individually frozen, yous tin push clit out a unmarried piece or several without having to divide the fruit.  I love that! 

Start past times pouring 3/4 loving cup vanilla almond milk inward a blender.

Add 1/2 loving cup of apparently Greek yogurt …

 and 1/2 loving cup orangish juice to the blender.

  Peel, field together with die a whole ripe mango …

 … together with throw it inward the blender too.

Next add 1 whole large frozen peach.

Add one handful of H2O ice cubes together with blend until smooth.  If desired, add a pocket-size amount of Truvia sweetener, dear or Agave Nectar to taste.

Garnish alongside additional frozen fruit if desired.

Pour into a chilled drinking glass together with serve!

Peach & Mango Smoothie

(Makes 2 servings)

3/4 loving cup Vanilla Almond Milk

1/2 loving cup Greek yogurt

1/2 loving cup orangish juice

1/2 loving cup H2O ice cubes

1 whole peach, sliced, peeled together with frozen

1 whole Mango, peeled together with diced

Truvia Sweetener, dear or Agave Nectar to taste

Blend all ingredients together with serve inward a chilled drinking glass garnished alongside additional frozen fruit.

Thanks together with hence much for stopping by!  It’s Fri together with yous know what that means?  We’ll live on mixing upwards pie divulge 31 this weekend.  It’s a tart summertime classic together with hence delight depository fiscal establishment fit dorsum on Monday.  Have a lovely weekend.

Tricia

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Pineapple, Banana Kokosnoot Smoothie

You know what I love?  H5N1 squeamish long four twenty-four hours weekend from work.  Virginia celebrates a petty known opor-garai inwards accolade of General Robert E. Lee as well as Stonewall Jackson.  It’s telephone telephone Lee-Jackson Day.  Remember Virginia is the middle of the south, whether or non it’s geographically located inwards the middle of the southward similar Atlanta or something.  Add a Mon opor-garai on the other cease of the weekend in accolade of Martin Luther King, and you’ve got a mini-vacation.  I genuinely slept inwards this forenoon as well as it was glorious.  I’m trying to remain prepared for the upcoming arrival of my outset grandchild, thence I residue when I can.

You know what else I love?  Smoothies!  This was roughly other wonderful creation born from leftovers inwards the fridge.  This smoothie may non await similar much only the sense of savor is tropical, creamy, fresh as well as light.  And, it’s a terrific breakfast or anytime snack, packing enough of poly peptide for the twenty-four hours ahead.

 I proceed a container of frozen bananas inwards the fridge thence I’m ever cook for smoothies or banana fro yo.  To instruct started, while ane whole frozen banana as well as add together it to your blender.

 Add 1/4 loving cup vanilla Almond Milk or regular milk if preferred.

 As I mentioned earlier, nosotros hosted a babe shower final weekend as well as used unsweetened, pure pineapple juice inwards a fruit dip.  We had roughly leftover thence I added 1/4 pineapple juice to the blender.

 It’s no large hush-hush that I’m a plainly Greek yogurt junkie thence I added 1/4 loving cup of Fage to the blender every bit well.

 I have fresh pineapple inwards the solid thence I threw inwards a few chucks.  You could purpose canned or frozen pineapple if preferred.

 To add together a petty nutritional boost I blended in 1/2 scoop vanilla soy poly peptide powder.  For a petty sweetness you lot tin plough over the sack add together Agave Nectar, dear or a bundle of Truvia to taste.

 Blend all ingredients until smooth.  If you’re a large fan of kokosnoot you lot tin plough over the sack add together roughly into the mix, sprinkle it on hap or blend inwards kokosnoot milk if preferred.  I added a dash of kokosnoot extract thence garnished alongside a teaspoon of shredded coconut.

Perfectly filling as well as delicious!

 The possibilities are endless.

Not a bad means to start the day!

Pineapple, Banana & Coconut Smoothie

1 whole frozen banana, sliced

1/4 loving cup plainly Greek yogurt

1/4 loving cup vanilla Almond Milk

1/4 loving cup unsweetened pineapple juice

1/4 loving cup sliced fresh, canned or frozen pineapple

1/2 scoop vanilla poly peptide powder

1 tablespoon Agave Nectar, dear or 1 packet Truvia to taste

coconut milk (if desired)

1/8 teaspoon kokosnoot extract (if desired)

3-4 H2O ice cubes if desired

1 tablespoon unsweetened coconut

Blend all ingredients except the kokosnoot until smooth.  Add a few H2O ice cubes as well as blend to desired thickness.  Garnish alongside fresh pineapple as well as shredded coconut.  Serve immediately.

Thanks thence much for stopping by!  Hope you lot convey a terrific opor-garai weekend.  I’m heading to the kitchen to whip upward roughly wonderful ,hearty, whole wheat breadstuff as well as a few other fun recipes. I approximate I’ll produce a petty laundry likewise 🙂   You know a twenty-four hours off solely goes thence far.

 

Tricia

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Pb Chocolate Banana Smoothie

Have yous e'er idea you’re a expert plenty laid to overcome anything, even barometric pressure?  Let me dorsum upward a minute.  I had a wonderful cookie recipe to post today.  “Had” is the fundamental give-and-take here.  But later 2 batches it larn apparent (I’m a niggling slow) there’s a expert argue non to brand meringue cookies on a hateful solar daytime when pelting is probable.  Meringue becomes a sticky, runny mess when the humidity is besides high. Let’s merely tell I know this to travel absolutely true, therefore really true.  Or … I’m a full failure at making meringue cookies.  I’ll merely blame it on the weather condition in addition to stick amongst that story.

So I moved on to around other less weather condition intensive recipe.  This delicious combination of ingredients was created yesteryear the lovely Mary @ Barefeet inwards the Kitchen.  Anything combining chocolate in addition to peanut butter volition oftentimes larn my undivided attention.  I almost experience lucky the cookies bombed, because I may non convey had the jeopardy to endeavor this wonderful smoothie.

Look what I received inwards the post service this week!  PB Crave sent me 4 flavors of peanut butter to try.   When I saw the Coco Bananas peanut butter, I knew it was fourth dimension to brand this smoothie.  I volition characteristic these dissimilar peanut butters inwards recipes during the adjacent distich of weeks in addition to therefore plough over away a sampler of their products to i lucky reader.  Stay tuned!

For this smoothie I used the PB Crave Coco Banana flavored peanut butter, almond milk, chocolate syrup in addition to a frozen banana.

Now for the pace yesteryear pace instructions:  Put all the ingredients inwards a blender in addition to plough it on.  That’s it!  You’ll convey a high poly peptide deliciously filling luncheon that tastes similar dessert.  Works for me!

If yous wishing a niggling icing on the cake, drizzle amongst extra chocolate syrup earlier serving.

I’m non much of a Barista but had fun swirling the chocolate.

I may, or may not, convey eaten all the chocolate syrup first.  This tastes similar a milk shake!

PB Crave Peanut Butter Chocolate Banana Smoothie

(adapted from a recipe by Mary @ Barefeet inwards the Kitchen)

1/2 loving cup Vanilla Almond Milk

1 banana, frozen in addition to sliced

2 tablespoons PB Crave Coco Banana Peanut Butter

2 tablespoons chocolate syrup, plus extra for drizzling if desired

2-3 H2O ice cubes

Blend all ingredients until smooth.  Serve inwards a tall drinking glass garnished amongst a drizzle of chocolate syrup.  Serves 1.

You may travel bespeak why PB Crave?

“Our mission is to assist relieve the lives of 2 1000000 children.  A minimum of 2% of the profits from every jolt of PB Crave peanut butter goes straight to Project Peanut Butter, a non-profit organization focused on treating malnourished children.  In addition, nosotros are creating awareness therefore others volition plough over to Project Peanut Butter directly.” 





Pretty impressive mission.  I also similar that it’s all natural amongst no hydrogenated oil, cholesterol free, no trans fats, gluten gratuitous in addition to requires no refrigeration.  OK I create similar that it tastes similar dessert, what tin I say?  This Coco Banana season is made amongst premium peanut butter mixed amongst wild honey, chocolate, in addition to natural banana flavor.  Not a bad listing of ingredients in addition to a corking taste!

Thanks Mary for this fun recipe!  Here are a few to a greater extent than smoothies for yous to try:

Pineapple Banana Coconut Smoothie

Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

Peach Mango Smoothie

Well I’m off to cheque on Traveling Husband.  He’s watching our grandson piece I pose this post together.  I take away heed babe giggles in addition to babe verbalise therefore they must travel doing great.  He hasn’t changed whatever diapers today nor did he larn spit upward on several times but he’s a large help!  This was the kickoff fourth dimension nosotros babysat Isaac in addition to the kickoff fourth dimension inwards virtually xx years I was responsible for diapering a feeding a babe yesteryear myself!  I mean value it’s going corking in addition to he hasn’t cried once!  Yeah Gram!!!!

Thanks therefore much for stopping by!  You’re the best 🙂 in addition to I love ya.

Tricia

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Mango Kokosnoot Kiwi Banana Spinach Smoothie

Don’t you lot only dearest smoothies?  This novel recipe is absolutely delicious fifty-fifty if it is green.  It doesn’t sense of savor green, it tastes tropical together with naturally sweet.  Who knew blended spinach could move together with then fantastic?

Have you lot tried Kefir the drinkable yogurt?  Kefir is a fermented milk production total of well for you lot probiotics.  I dearest the kokosnoot chia flavor, together with the blueberry, together with all of them actually.  I drinkable Kefir each together with every morning time together with immature adult woman it terribly if I don’t!  Let’s move honest, everybody is happier if their digestion is working its best.  Kefir has 12 well for you lot probiotic cultures, it stimulates digestion, enhances the immune system, together with it tastes great!

 Fresh frozen mango, frozen bananas, together with ripe Kiwi circular out the ingredients.

 Topped amongst a few extra chia seeds, this is a totally satisfying well for you lot snack, breakfast or dessert!

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Mango Coconut Kiwi Banana & Spinach Smoothie

Prep Time

10 mins

 

Creamy together with naturally sweetness tropical process together with you lot can't fifty-fifty sense of savor the spinach!

Course:

Healthy, Smoothie

Servings: 2 servings

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

• 
  1
  Kiwi,
  peeled together with sliced
  


• 
  1
  ripe Mango,
  chopped together with frozen
  


• 
  1 1/2
  cups
  Coconut Chia Kefir,
  Almond Milk or Greek Yogurt
  


• 
  1/2
  frozen banana,
  sliced
  


• 
  1 1/2
  cups
  fresh spinach
  

Instructions

1. 
   
   Combine all ingredients inwards a blender together with procedure until smooth.
   
   


2. 
   
   Serve immediately.
   
   


3. 
   
   Optional extras: Chia seeds, Coconut, or Protein Powder
   
   

 I nevertheless accept 1 to a greater extent than post to complete featuring our Republic of Iceland Adventure.  I promise nosotros haven’t bored you lot likewise much amongst our enormous pile of pictures.  Thanks for hanging inwards at that topographic point amongst us equally nosotros larn dorsum inwards the kitchen, run inwards the garden together with larn cook for our daughter’s marriage inwards nigh vi weeks!  It’s been a really busy year.  I mean value I require to a greater extent than smoothies!

Thanks together with then much for stopping by!

Tricia

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Coconut H2o Smoothie In Addition To Why Ane Flash Freeze Fruit

Don’t you lot love getting unexpected gifts?  The squeamish people at Epicurex LLC contacted me equally asked if I would similar to review their Coconut Water – COCOZIA.  You bet!  I’ve e'er wanted to endeavor to a greater extent than kokosnoot H2O products but wasn’t certain which was best.  I mean value I constitute it, or amend yet, it constitute me.

COCOZIA is USDA certified organic, vegan, kosher, contains no GMOs, no sugar, no artificial flavors or color, together with no preservatives.  COCOZIA is fat, gluten together with cholesterol free.   At entirely seventy calories per serving this kokosnoot H2O has a natural abundance of potassium together with magnesium too equally other electrolytes.

Naturally the kickoff affair I did was sense of savour COCOZIA.  It is pure kokosnoot – non sweet, non pasty, but construct clean kokosnoot flavor together with it’s real refreshing.  I can’t hold off to come across if my grandson likes it.  Anything inwards a piffling box amongst a straw seems real pocket-sized friendly to me.

Then nosotros sense of savour tested COCOZIA inwards a smoothie.  Oh yep – this is the agency to go!

Orange, banana together with peach smoothie amongst kokosnoot water

1  (11 oz) packet of COCOZIA Coconut Water

1/2 loving cup obviously Greek Yogurt (I used Fage 0%)

2 cups frozen sliced fruit (bananas, oranges together with peaches)

1-2 tablespoons dearest (or sweetener of your choice)

Combine all ingredients inwards a blender together with puree until smooth.  Serve immediately.

Serves 2

(Recipe past times Tricia @ Saving room for dessert)

We adore smoothies at SRFD.  We love how slow together with quick they come upwardly together.  With but a piffling yogurt, almond milk or kokosnoot water, together with frozen fruit, you lot tin convey a refreshing salubrious process inwards minutes.  We sometimes add together spinach or poly peptide pulverization – yum!

Flash freezing is i of my favorite kitchen tricks ever.  Every fourth dimension I buy together with role fresh fruit, I endeavor to freeze the left overs together with then nosotros tin convey them on manus for smoothies together with other recipes.

Flash freezing the fruit inwards private pieces keeps it from forming a giant lump that can’t endure separated until thawed.

I prefer adding frozen fruit pieces to smoothies instead of H2O ice cubes because they H2O downwards the sense of savour of the drink.  One of my favorites is frozen pineapple – together with then addictive!

All you lot demand to produce is construct clean (and pit) your fruit together with set it on a wax newspaper lined rimmed baking sheet.

If the fruit is large, I commonly cutting them inwards half.

Then popular the trays inwards the freezer for virtually an hr or more.

Once frozen I popular them inwards a freezer handbag together with shop them away until needed.  Sometimes I entirely convey a few blueberries or blackberries that demand to endure eaten or frozen.  They all teach inwards the handbag together – no giant blocks of frozen fruit!

Strawberries, peaches together with cherries – frozen spell fresh together with inwards season.  Guess you lot know I’m going to convey around other smoothie soon!  Here are around of my favorite recipes using frozen fruit, almond milk together with lots of Greek Yogurt!

Mango Coconut Kiwi Banana Spinach Smoothie

Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

PB Chocolate Banana Smoothie

Pineapple Banana Coconut Smoothie

Peach Mango Smoothie

There you lot teach – a perfect summertime treat!  Thanks together with then much for stopping by!

(Note:  I was non compensated for this postal service together with all opinions are my own.  Epicurex LLC provided the COCOZIA Coconut H2O samples for free, for our use.)

Tricia

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