Banana, Raspberry and Coconut Smoothie Recipe

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

For 4 servings

- 4 bananas

- 600 g (1 lb. 5 oz.) raspberries

- 1 individual creamy yogurt

- 250 ml (1 cup) coconut milk

- 4 tsp. honey

- 10 ice cubes

Method

1. Peel the bananas; cut into pieces.
2. In a blender, mix the bananas, raspberries, yogurt, coconut milk, honey and ice cubes to a frothy purée.
3. Pour the mixture into glasses and serve immediately.

Mango Milkshake/Smoothie - A Refreshing Summer Drink!

Its summer time! Most of us will be stocking our fridge with drinks,Soda etc. With summer it is pure enjoyment. Playing, outing, walking outside, sitting in the patio for long time....those we can't do in winter! With summer in mind, there are a lot of events taking place in this food blogosphere. Now here is my humble contribution to few of the events, Mango Milkshake/Smoothie.

To prepare Mango Milkshake/smoothie, you need:

2 to 3 Mangoes

1 cup of sugar

1 tbspn yogurt

1 cup Milk

A pinch of salt

Method:

Peal and cut the mangoes into small pieces.

In a blender, add these mangoes, sugar, milk, yogurt and salt and blend it for 3 to 4 minutes.

The more you blend the more creamy and juicy the milkshake/smoothie will be.

Refrigerate it for 30mts and enjoy!

Lassi - An Eastern yogurt smoothie

Preparation time (approx) : 2 mins | Serves 1 person

Generally smoothies are made from fruits but it can also be made from dry fruits and yogurt. These type of smoothies that are prepared with yogurt are very common in Pakistan and India. Yogurt smoothie is called "Lassi" in traditional language and it is of two types one is sweet in taste and other is salty. Yogurt smoothie is very good for health.

Ingredients:
1 cup yogurt
Sugar - to tase.
2 tbspn milk

Procedure:
1. In a blender mix all the ingredients.
2. Pour in glass and leave for few minutes in freeze

Three Berry Smoothie

Yield: 3 servings

1/2	cup	frozen strawberries
1/2	cup	frozen blueberries
1/2	cup	frozen raspberries
1 1/2	cup	milk
1/2	cup	fresh raspberries*
3	tablespoon	sugar
3	tablespoon	whip cream**

*Fresh raspberries will be used to top smoothie

**Whip cream optional.

• Place frozen strawberries, half a cup milk and 1 tbsp sugar in a blender or food processor and process for 1 minute, until smooth and creamy.
• Pour the first layer into chilled tall glasses.
• Place frozen blueberries, half a cup milk and 1 tbsp sugar in the blender and process.
• Pour the second layer into glasses.
• Place frozen raspberries, half a cup milk and 1 tbsp sugar in the blender and process.
• Pour the third layer into glasses.
• Decorate the glasses with fresh raspberries & whip cream.

Traffic Light Smoothie

Two exciting, delicious, and healthy Traffic Light Smoothie variations. An equally tart and equally fruity, alcohol-free alternative to the “Traffic Light Shot“. Accompanied by a preparation time of 10 minutes… tops, making this one a perfect “to-go” or “on-the-go” fruit medley.

Yield: 2 Servings

2	whole	green kiwi
2	whole	gold kiwi**
1/2	cup	orange juice
3/4	cup	raspberries***
1	tablespoon	honey****

**Gold kiwi substitution: 1 whole peach OR 3 Slices of Pineapple

***Raspberries substitution: Strawberries OR strawberry&raspberry mix

****Honey Optional: Add a tablespoon to any of the single fruit purees for sweetness.

PREPARATION

• Slice green kiwifruit into halves and spoon the fruit out into a food processor or blender with 1-2 tablespoons of orange juice.
• Process until just smooth, taking care not to crush the seeds. Pour into one or two long glasses.
• Slice the gold kiwifruit(or peach and pineapple) into halves and spoon the fruit into a clean food processor or blender with 3-4 tablespoons of orange juice. Purée, until just smooth.
• Carefully pour the gold purée over the back of a spoon on top of the green purée to form two distinct layers.
• Purée the raspberries in a clean blender with 2 tablespoons of orange juice, until just smooth. Pour red purée over the back of a spoon on top of the gold purée to make the third layer.
• Serve immediately. Enjoy.~

VARIANT #1

Yield: 2 Liters

2	whole	kiwi
1	whole	mango
7	ounce	raspberries
3	tablespoons	vanilla yogurt

PREPARATION

• Blend, raspberrie (separately)w/ice
• Blend mangoes (separately) w/ice
• Blend Kiwi fruit (seperatly)w/ice
• Pour each fruit puree into glass and add yogurt between the layers. Ejoy.~

Strawberry Banana Smoothie

Simple S&B smoothie. Prep in under 1 minute…. A healthy alternative to a lot of things on this site.

Yield: 2 Servings

6	whole	strawberries
1	whole	banana
2	teaspoon	sugar
4		ice cubes
2	tablespoon	yogurt
1 1/2	cup	milk

PREPARATION

• Combine ingredients in blend
• BLEND! Serve cold.

Banana Smoothie

Preparation time : 10 mins | Serves 2 persons

Smoothie can be prepared by anyone at anytime. Just mix milk and fruit in a blender or if you have one of those smoothie makers , your job will be more easier . One way or the other smoothies are easy to make . But to prepare good a smoothie , cream, condense milk,chocolate and other flavors can also be added. In this recipe I added chocolate and ice cream to give more taste and flavor to the original banana smoothie recipe.

Ingredients:
1 banana
1 cup vanilla icecream
½ cup chocolate chips
2 tbspn cream
1 tbspn coffee
½ cup milk
Condense milk to tastePreparation:
1. Put all the ingredients in the blender and blend well.
2. Pour the smoothie into the glass and pour some chocolate syrup drops on it. Delicious chocolate and banana smoothie is ready to serve.

Servings:
Banana smoothie can be served with any cake like pinapple upside down cake or banana bread.