Berry Nectarine Smoothie
"This is a combo my 2 1/2 year old DD came up with. I let her choose what she wanted in the smoothie and just threw it all together. She's a pretty good cook for a 2 1/2 year old, it turned out well. The addition of spinach leaves was my input merely for extra nutrition, these are optional."
photo by superblondieno2
- Ready In:
- 2mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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1
ingredients
- 1 nectarine, stone removed
- 6 strawberries, hulled
- 1⁄4 cup frozen blueberries
- 1⁄4 cup vanilla yogurt
- 1⁄3 cup cranberry-apple juice
- 8 -10 baby spinach leaves
directions
- Blend all ingredients until smooth.
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Delicious and easy to prepare the night before for a breakfast on the run - that is in the car or once I get to work. I'm always glad of another smoothie recipe, so that I can vary them. With summer fruits so delicious right now this was great. I used a low-fat yoghurt, which I use only in smoothies: otherwise it's Greek yoghurt and as a baby spinach lover just had to include those. They certainly ensure some added nutrition. This was delicious but next time I make this I'm going to follow DuChick's suggestion and add some flax seeds and maybe also one of my favourite additions - for added nutrition and textural variation - some sunflower seeds. Thanks for sharing, **Mandy** and dd! Made for Gimme 5. -
Hats off to your aspiring young chef, Mandy! She knows what she's doing! I found this combination very refreshing and had the perfect amount of sweetness. I didn't peel the nectarine and added a tablespoon of milled flax seed for extra fiber. Also used FF vanilla yogurt. No trace of the spinach showed in this deep purple healthy treat. Thanks Mandy and DD! -
amazing! i actually added kale instead of spinach and it still tasted great!! the only thing was it had a slightly green cast to the purple so i dont know if i could get away with giving it to my sister or anything... -
Good and kind of tart, but I used plain yogurt. I also used more juice, probably almost a cup so my blender could blend. I might add a banana next time to sweeten it a little. Reviewed for ZWT4.
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This was great! Loved how the berries and nectarine tasted together and the spinach addition...nice move! Can't even taste it. I did add a bit of honey to the mix! Made this for photo tag....Thanks for sharing!
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amazing! i actually added kale instead of spinach and it still tasted great!! the only thing was it had a slightly green cast to the purple so i dont know if i could get away with giving it to my sister or anything...
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Melbourne I live on a 5 acre property in the Dandenong Ranges Victoria, Australia, having moved from the burbs when I became pregnant with my now 15 year old daughter Alyssa.
Once my daughter was born I became a stay at home mum as I couldn't bear the thought of putting her in daycare. She is the light of my life, I never imagined myself as a mum when younger but now wouldn't have it any other way. Alyssa was made a big sister on the 19th April 2010 when our cheeky little boy Blake was born. I love cooking and experimenting with new recipes so quickly become addicted to Zaar as it was previously known & still use it regularly. In addition to being my kids taxi :lol: I also spend my time, reading, gardening and of course shopping. I'm lucky enough that we have the space & so love growing our own fruits, vegies & herbs, this also means we have plenty of room for animals & at the moment have 2 dogs, Max, a Jackshund who's 6, Fletcher, a Kelpie who's 4, 6 cats Snowpea, Fergus, Ginger, Tango, Annie & Cookie, 4 chooks & 2 Ducks.
As well as our pets, we also have a lot of native animals around our area, we have kangaroos, wombats, echidna's, possums as well as rosella's, galah's & Cockatoo's hence the name of where I live..