Apricot, Cashew Smoothie

Submitted by Rita1652

"Fruity, thick and nutty! A great way to have a breakfast on the run. Blend it up and take it with you. Enjoy this drink full of calcium and protein! The raisins are the sweetener but if you like it sweeter you can add some sugar or honey. Freeze the apricots the night before if you have time."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup cold water
• 1⁄4 cup ice cube
• 1 cup fresh apricots or 1 cup dried apricot, rehydrated
• 1⁄4 cup instant powdered milk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons cashews
• 1 tablespoon raisins (soften if needed with warm water)

directions

1. Add all of the ingredients in order listed into a blender and blend till smooth.
2. Add more ice water if needed.

Reviews

[GrandmaIsCooking]

This recipe made interesting use of the contest ingredients. It's thick like a milk shake. I added some honey as suggested in the introduction. As much as I love eating cashews, I think I would like this smoothie better without them. (I know, then it wouldn't have 5 contest ingredients!) I recommend freezing the apricots as recommended so your smoothie will be good and cold.

 

[White Rose Child]

Holy smoothie. This is like drinking dessert for breakfast, honestly! I used dried apricots and vanilla soymilk instead of the powdered milk and water, and- wow. Sooo sweetly scrumptious. Thanks for posting!

 

[Sydney Mike]

Raisins in a smoothie ~ Who'd a thunkit! It took me a bit longer to put this all together, but I wanted the fruit soft so soaked both raisins & dried apricots in hot water for an hour, & by the time that was done, the water was room temp, so I used that water in place of the cold water & ice cubes! I also made a double batch, 'cause I wanted to see what the texture & taste was like right after mixing the ingredients {my first serving] AND the next morning when I had the last of it! This makes for a very tasty drink & I thoroughly enjoyed it! Many thanks! [Made & reviewed as a recipenapped bonus in Aus/NZ Recipe Swap #14, Mar 08]

 

[PaulaG]

Made this in my new Vita Mix. Easy to put together, very thick and fruity. The apricot flavor was a little strong. I think I would have liked it better with almond extract instead of the vanilla and maybe reducing the apricots and adding either pineapple or banana. Good creation!

 

[ladypit]

While I would have never ever put these ingredients together on my own, I really enjoyed the taste of this smoothie! The mix of apricots and raisins made it almost taste pineappley (I know that sounds odd but I could have sworn I was eating pineapple while eating it). And the nuttiness of the cashews was really nice. As it sat out (while I rinsed the blender container) it got much thicker (probably from the dry milk). The texture to me was like that of a thin nut butter, not so much a smoothie. This is definitely something you need to eat with a spoon. Originally I was going to halve this but in the end I did not and I'm glad. 1/2 would definitely not be 1 serving, and the taste on this is very nice.