Smoothie Stir-Ins

A selection of ingredients to blend and stir into a 6-oz container of plain yogurt to make a healthy, tasty smoothie anytime.

• Ready In: 5 mins
• Serves: 1
• Yields: 1 smoothie

Ingredients

• 6  ounces plain yogurt

• Orange

• 1⁄2 cup carrot juice
• 1⁄2 celery, sliced
•  fresh ginger, grated

• Green

• 1⁄2 cup honeydew melon, chunked
• 1⁄4 cup kiwi fruit, diced
•  green grape (to garnish)

• Coconut

• 1⁄2 cup unsweetened coconut milk
• 1⁄4 cup fresh lime juice
•  of fresh mint

• Kids

• 1⁄2 cup peanut butter (creamy)
• 1  banana
•  chocolate syrup

• Dreamsicle

• 1⁄2 cup  Orange sherbet
• 1  tangerine, peeled and separated into segments
• 1⁄4 cup  vanilla wafer
•  whipped cream

• Spice

• 1⁄2 cup  rice milk
• 1⁄4 cup  caramel sauce
•  ground cinnamon, to taste (to garnish)
•  nutmeg, to taste (to garnish)

• Flower

• 1⁄2 cup watermelon, cut into chunks
• 1⁄4 cup  hibiscus tea

• Peachy

• 1⁄2 cup  peach, diced
• 1⁄4 cup red raspberries

• Purple

• 1⁄2 cup fresh blueberries
•  pomegranate seeds (to garnish)

• Bitter-Sweet

• 1⁄2 cup cherries
• 1⁄4 cup dark chocolate, shaved into shards

Directions

1. For each smoothie blend 6 ounces plain yogurt with the second (and third) ingredient then stir in garnish and enjoy.
2. Orange: Blend yogurt, carrot juice, celery; garnish with fresh grated ginger.
3. Green: Blend yogurt, honeydew melon, kiwifruit; garnish with green grapes.
4. Coconut: Blend yogurt, coconut milk, lime juice; garnish with fresh mint.
5. Kids: Blend yogurt, peanut butter, banana; garnish with a swirl of chocolate syrup.
6. Dreamsicle: Blend yogurt, orange sherbert, tangerine, vanilla wafers; garnish with whipped cream.
7. Spice: Blend yogurt, rice milk, caramel sauce; garnish with cinnamon and nutmeg.
8. Flower: Blend yogurt, watermelon, and hibiscus tea.
9. Peachy: Blend yogurt, peaches, and raspberries.
10. Purple: Blend yogurt, blueberries; garnish with pomegranate seeds.
11. Add 1/2 a cup or more ice to blender for a frozen smoothie.