Vanilla-Fruit Smoothie
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Ingredients
- 2cups soy, rice or almond milk, or silken tofu, or yogurt
- ½cup apple or orange juice or water, or as needed
- ½teaspoon vanilla extract, or a couple of slices of peeled ginger, or a little honey or maple syrup, all optional
- ½frozen banana, optional
- 2cups unsweetened frozen fruit: peaches, cherries, blueberries, pineapple or just about anything else
Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)
152 calories; 5 grams fat; 1 gram saturated fat; 2 grams monounsaturated fat; 2 grams polyunsaturated fat; 19 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams dietary fiber; 13 grams sugars; 11 grams protein; 16 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Combine everything in a blender. Pulse the machine, then turn it on and purée until smooth. If you’re not getting enough action, add juice or water a little at a time until the machine gets a grip. Serve immediately.
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3tablespoons of hemp seeds (hearts) will give you ten grams of protein, ten grams of polyunsaturated fat and a fair amount of trace elements for 180 calories. The seeds are soft and blend to give some body to your smoothie. There are more stats than what I listed. Consider adding/subbing in!
I make a smoothie Monday thru Friday, love using fresh mango's and add a tablespoon of Chia seeds for the Omega 3's! This will also keep well for one day so you can make 2 at once.
You can also add up to 8 oz of almond milk or water etc, mixed with a serving of protein supplement (generally 190 cal & 20g of protein). Vanilla flavored supplements taste similar to adding vanilla extract. I personally like mango, pineapple, strawberry, and a bit of honey dew or cantaloupe. Its great because the supplement keeps me full til lunch, and I generally eat 3000 calories a day cause I gym quite often.
This is a very flexible recipe, and some combos work better than others. Certainly, frozen blueberries are excellent and almond milk seems better than soy, though does cost more. Peaches add great texture and I did spot flax in one of the comments, which also works well. I've also done a cacao version. The only one that wasn't quite 5 star was when I tried strawberries, probably needs a concentrate to boost the flavor.
It is great, but it is very strong on the Ginger and Vanilla Extract. Avocado is a good substitute for the frozen banana.
Even with a whole frozen banana and no additional juice or water this is a pretty thin smoothie, but it's still good. No problems getting stuck in the Vitamix, as it has plenty of liquid in the two cups of plant milk. I used cashew milk. I always add a tablespoon of flaxmeal and some ginger to my smoothies and kale when I have it. If you add kale to berries you will get a tasty but unattractive brown smoothie. This is a pretty basic starter recipe that you can add what you like to it.
Varied the recipe from the previous time I made it--this time using 8 oz of soft tofu, 8 oz of soymilk, no banana or juice/water, two cups of frozen sweet cherries, half a cup of frozen peaches, two dates, flaxmeal, and ginger. It made smoothies that did not quite fill two 16 oz-glasses. I was wary of the tofu, but it was very good.