Healthy Fruit Smoothie Recipes

Smoothies always play a dual role when it comes to out diet. They not only quench our thirst but these delicious drinks can satiate our hunger as well. Here are some healthy fruit smoothie recipes, which are easy to prepare and prove to be an ideal in between snack.

Strawberry Smoothie Recipe:
Ingredients:

• Strawberries-cooled (10 chopped)
• Ice cubes (5)
• Vanilla essence (1/2 teaspoons)
• Icing sugar (4 teaspoons)
• Semi-skimmed milk (40ml)

Preparation:
Place the strawberries, milk and the ice cubes into the blender. Blend this until it smoothens. Now, add the vanilla essence and the icing sugar. Blend this and serve.

Fruity Smoothie Recipe:
Ingredients:

• Kiwi's-peeled and cut into 4 pieces (2)
• Banana (1)
• Strawberries (5)
• Raspberries (7)
• Low fat natural yogurt (330ml)
• Milk (1 medium size glass)

Preparation:
Mix all the ingredients in the blender. Blend it till you get the desired consistency. Add some milk if it thickens. Serve immediately.

Banana Breakfast Smoothie Recipe:
Ingredients:

• Fat free milk (1-1/2 cups)
• Banana, frozen – (1- peeled and sliced; wrap sliced banana in a plastic wrap or place it in a storage bag and freeze several hours or overnight.)
• Vanilla extract (1/2 teaspoon)
• Almond extract-optional (1/4 teaspoon)
• Cinnamon (for garnish, optional)

Preparation:
Combine all the ingredients excluding the cinnamon in a blender. Blend this till it smoothens for around 20 seconds. Sprinkle with some ground cinnamon if desired.

Tropical Berry Smoothie Recipe:
Ingredients:

• Fat-free vanilla yogurt (1 cup)
• Skim milk (1 cup)
• Banana (1)
• Soft tofu (3 cubes)
• Blueberries (3/4 cup)
• Strawberries (1 cup)

Preparation:
First, put the yogurt, tofu, milk and banana into the blender and blend until it smoothens. Next, add some berries and blend again till you achieve the right consistency.

Orange Fruit Smoothie Recipe:
Ingredients:

• Oranges (2)-peeled and cut into bite-size pieces (1 cup)
• Low-fat or nonfat yogurt (1 cup)
• Fruit of your choice which is cut into pieces (1 cup): Opt for bananas (fresh or frozen) strawberries, mangoes etc.
• Honey (1 tablespoon) or Vanilla (1/4 teaspoon)
• Crushed ice (1 cup)

Preparation:
Place all the ingredients without the ice into the food processor and blend this till it smoothens. Add some ice before you serve this healthy orange smoothie.

Coconut and Orange Fruit Smoothie Recipe:
Ingredients:

• Orange (1)-peeled and cut in bite-size pieces
• Crushed ice (1/2 cup)
• Nonfat yogurt (1 scoop)
• Cream of coconut (2 tablespoons)
• Juice of fresh lime (1)

Preparation:
Combine all these ingredients together in a blender and blend till it smoothens. Garnish this as required.

Melon Fruit Smoothie Recipe:
Ingredients:

• Juice of limes (2)
• Vanilla nonfat yogurt (1 cup)
• Seeded and chopped honeydew melon (1 1/2 cups)
• Seeded and chopped watermelon (1 1/2 cups)
• Ice cubes (1 cup)

Preparation:
As is the base for all fruit smoothie recipes, place all the ingredients in a blender and blend the combination till it smoothens.

Tips for Fruit Smoothie Recipes:

• Instead of using ice cubes you can opt for frozen fruits.
• If you need to use banana as an ingredient, cut it into one-inch pieces before you freeze the fruit.
• Sometimes, the natural sweetness of the fruits may not require you to use sweeteners. Therefore, avoid adding these beforehand.