Showing posts with label Beverages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beverages. Show all posts

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Kate’s Power Smoothie

Posted By Kate @ Our Best Bites
 http://www.ourbestbites.com/




A full-sized smoothie (I usually cut it down by at least 1/3), it has 1.8 grams of fat, 8.3 grams of fiber, 21.6 grams of protein, and is loaded with potassium, Vitamin C, folate, calcium, and iron. It has a serving of dairy, 3 vegetable servings, and 4 servings of fruit (plus some change). Not too shabby. Plus it tastes really, really, really good.


So what’s in this magical concoction? Orange juice (try and get the good stuff, like the not-from-concentrate good stuff, not necessarily the fresh-squeezed good stuff, which you are often required to pay for with your firstborn child), non-fat vanilla Greek yogurt (make sure it’s actual Greek yogurt with twice the protein, not Greek-style yogurt that uses thickening agents), frozen blueberries, baby spinach, crushed ice, and oat groats.

1 cup orange juice (preferably the good stuff, like the not-from-concentrate orange juice)
3 tablespoons oat groats or 2 tablespoons steel cut oats (optional…kind of…)
3/4 cup fat-free vanilla Greek yogurt (make sure it’s Greek and not Greek-style)
1 1/2 cups frozen blueberries
3 cups baby spinach leaves
1 1/2 cups crushed ice

Combine ingredients in the jar of your blender and blend.
You may (read: probably will) need to run it through twice.
Serve immediately.
Makes 1 giant smoothie, 2 smaller smoothies, or 3 snack-sized smoothies.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Orange Dream Smoothie

Recipe viahttp://www.iheartnaptime.net/2011/07/orange-dream-smoothie.html adapted from Classy Clutter

What you’ll need:
■Silk Vanilla Soy Milk – 1 cup
■4 scoop orange cream sherbert
■1 cup fresh squeezed O.J.
■A few pieces of ice

Combine in a blender and blend until smooth.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Strawberry Lemonade


Recipe via Leah

Puree in blender:
    Frozen Lemonade (mixed)
     Fresh strawberries

A very nice drink

Limeade


Recipe via Shirley Asplund
1 can frozen limeade concentrate
11 cups water
1/8 cup sugar
2 lemons juiced or 2 TBSP real lemon

For 30:
3 can frozen limeade concentrate
33 cups water
1/2 cup sugar
6 lemons juiced or 6 TBSP real lemon
Also can substitute ginger ale for some of the water
Adjust amounts to taste

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Speedy Chocolate Syrup



Recipe via Terri Ontkean

Mix well in saucepan
     1/2 cup cocoa
     1 cup sugar
Add
     1 1/4 cup boiling water

Stir until smooth
Place over low heat and boil 1 minute, stirring freequently
Remove from heat

Add:
     1 tsp vanilla

Keep cool in covered jar
For hot chocolate: 2 TBSP syrup to 1 cup hot water
Can use for milk shakes, suncaes, banana splits, brownies