12 smoothie less Recipes

ripe mangoes, peeled and diced, spinach (start with less if new to green smoothies), water or 1 -2 cup coconut

red seedless grapes (more or less if you want), strawberries (halved and hulled ), ice cubes, plain fat-free yogurt (any flavor , soy yogurt for vegans), flax seed (optional), sunflower oil (optional), fuji apples (6 oz = 1 medium sized apple)

plain fat-free yogurt (or vanilla you can experiment), frozen strawberries (or 4 fresh plus some ice ), vanilla (optional), splenda artificial sweetener (depending on how sweet you want it, you can add more or less splenda, about 5 packets)

ripe banana, water or 8 -10 oz milk, unsweetened powdered baking cocoa (if you prefer your chocolate less dark, reduce to 1-2 tsp, or substitute carob if desired), ice , as desired (crushed works best)

ripe banana, peeled and cut into 2-inch chunks (fresh or frozen ), vanilla soy yogurt (or regular vanilla yogurt), vanilla-flavored soymilk (or rice milk or almond milk-more or less to taste), almond butter, cocoa powder (carob is good too!), ground flax seed, honey (more or less to taste), nutritional yeast (optional), ice cube (optional)

banana, cut into chunks, black grapes (a little less than 1/2 cup) or 15 thompson seedless grapes (you d get the purple colour only with !), ice cubes, cold skim milk or 1/3 cup cold soymilk

peaches or 4 oz pears or 4 oz pineapple or 4 oz fruit cocktail or 4 oz frozen bananas or 4 oz strawberries or 4 oz cranberry sauce or 4 oz applesauce (whatever you like--i like to use the little plastic containers for kid s lunch boxes, that have been), silken tofu or 3 oz firm tofu, drained., dry milk , plus, water (or 4 oz of soymilk), sugar or 3 tbsp other artificial sweetener (or to taste, depending on fruit, i use splenda), ice cubes , can be added and use 1 less oz of water to make it slushy (optional)

leaves swiss chard (organic is best , you avoid all the pesticides & many other toxins found in conventional foods), banana, kiwi, apple (or 2 small s), orange juice (start with less & work up to desired thickness)

bananas, vanilla, cinnamon, ovaltine , chocolate mix, ice cubes (to make colder), milk (more for thicker, less for thinner)

milk (use less , only about half a cup, if serving as a dip), plain yogurt, cucumber, peeled and sliced, green onion, sliced, seasoning salt, dried dill (or 1/2 tsp snipped fresh dill), snipped fresh dill, for garnish