Pink Ribbon Smoothie
"Vita-Mix developed this recipe for the Komen Northeast Ohio Race for the Cure ® (although I don't know exactly when). This recipe can probably be made in a conventional blender, but if you can fit a Vita-Mix into your budget and are serious about food and health, by all means do so (and no, I have no affiliation with them); among its many virtues, it can tear through icy jobs like nobody's business.
I made my own modifications, which appear in parentheses. This smoothie has myriad health benefits which I won't list here, some of which can be viewed by following this link: http://www.vitamix.com/household/infocenter/race.html.
The ginger, BTW, is crucial to this recipe--it really adds a punch! Seedless black grapes will give a spicier, somewhat less sweet result and frozen fruit can be substituted for all or part of the ice if desired."
- Ready In:
- 12mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
2 1/2 cups
- Serves:
- 1-2
ingredients
- 1 cup red seedless grapes or 1 cup seedless black grapes
- 1 cup strawberry (fresh or frozen)
- 1 slice fresh ginger, peeled (to taste)
- 1⁄2 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt (or a similar amount of soy milk if a vegan smoothie is needed) or 1/2 cup low-fat strawberry yogurt
- 1 cup ice cube (OR frozen skim milk or soy milk cubes)
- 1 teaspoon bee pollen (my own addition, with thanks to Rita L for getting me back into the habit! I use CC Pollen) (optional)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional, Penzeys has several wonderful varieties)
directions
- Wash fresh fruit and place all ingredients in the Vita-Mix container (or blender) in the order listed.
- Secure 2-part lid.
- Select VARIABLE, speed #1.
- Turn on machine and quickly increase speed to #10; then to HIGH.
- Blend for 30 seconds or until smooth (or gradually increase your blender's speed and process until everything is smooth.
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I'm a "return to school"; my major is philosophy and my area is logic (graduate level). I work as a freelance editor and proofreader and for 19 years have been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for health, not ethical, reasons. I was delighted to run across this community because I take food VERY seriously--we in NYC have access to excellent food in every price range, so one need not be wealthy to eat well here (although everything else is 'way too expensive). I'm always happy to talk food, even if the subject is stuff I don't eat. Eating should be wonderful!
