How to Make Smoothies: Simple, Easy and Healthy Blender Recipes

By Cathy Kidd

Cathy has expanded her series of homemade recipes books with this new one of healthy and delicious smoothies made with your blender. In this book you'll find 215 simple, easy and unique recipes for five different types of smoothies. You can try basic fruit-based, Soy, Yogurt, Green and what she calls Smoothies with a Kick, which contain alcohol.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Luini Unlimited
• Release date: Dec 22, 2012
• ISBN: 9781630229658

Cathy Kidd

Cathy L. Kidd is a craftsperson at heart. For as long as she can remember she has been creating things with her hands. She has done crochet (taught to her by her Aunt Carol), stained glass (learned by taking a class), candlemaking (learned from an ebook) and cooking (learned initially from Betty Crocker!) She specializes in recipe books for your kitchen appliances and giving you what you want - the recipes! Simple, Easy and Delicious.

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How to Make Smoothies:

Simple and Easy Blender Recipes

© 2012 by Cathy L. Kidd

All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including scanning, photocopying, or otherwise without prior written permission of the copyright holder.

First Printing, 2012

Printed in the United States of America

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Introduction

Smoothies have been very popular for years for good reason. They are simple and easy to make, nutritious and flexible to adjustment for your favorite tastes. You can drink them as complete meal replacements or as an alternative to soda or another sugary beverage with your meal. The smoothies that contain banana are especially filling.

If you like you can consider the recipes in this book as starting places for your own creations and let your creative juices flow!

As you try the recipes, you may need to adjust the quantity of the ingredients to suit the size of your blender. The servings for each recipe are for one unless otherwise stated although you may find some of the single servings are pretty large. With a little experimenting and experience you will get the quantities just right! If you make more than one serving at a time, you can always freeze the left over portion for later. When you’re ready to drink it, refrigerate it until defrosted and then blend again before drinking.

Some tips to make your smoothie its best and most tasty:

Use fresh juice, not concentrate when you can.

If you like it really cold, use frozen fruit.

Drink it freshly made for it to be at its best.

The yogurt smoothies can be very thick and hard to blend for some blenders. You can add a little low fat milk to make it easier to mix and a little less thick.

Be aware that if you use a lot of raspberries and blackberries in your smoothie, you’ll also get a lot of the seeds too. It will not be a smooth smoothie! But if you like a little crunch, use them freely.

If you choose to use frozen fruit and there is not a lot of liquid in the recipe, you can defrost the fruit for a few minutes in warm water so it will blend better.

So there you have it – couldn’t be more simple or easy. Whip up a smoothie today and enjoy!

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The Recipes

Apple

2 cup Applesauce

1 cup Apple cider

1 cup Orange juice

2 tablespoon Maple syrup

1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon

Combine all of the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Makes 2 servings.

Apple Cinnamon

3/4 cup Apple sugarfree syrup

1/4 cup Cinnamon sugarfree syrup

2 scoops Vege Fuel

1 1/2 cups Crushed ice

1/4 cup Heavy cream (optional)

Combine all of the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.

Note: Vege Fuel is a soy protein dietary supplement