I recently posted an article on McDonald’s new fruit smoothies, and after checking out their nutritional information, decided that making my own would be the healthiest choice. So I got myself a blender, bought some fruit, and searched for a healthy recipe online. Putting in the words ‘strawberry banana smoothie’ got me pages and pages of link and ideas. And while I of course couldn’t read through them all, I got ideas and suggestions from many of the sites to put my own spin on my smoothie. Here is the recipe I came up with, and that I have been drinking faithfully for the past few days.
6 large strawberries
1 banana (any size)
1 cup low-fat yogurt (I used plain yogurt)
1 cup orange juice
1 tbsp sugar
I blended all the ingredients on low until they were well mixed, then added in two handfuls of ice and used the ice crush mode on my blender. This recipe made me four glasses, and taste yummy. I love the fact that I am using real fruits to make this, instead of a sugared up pureed blend as opposed to McDonalds. I have seen that people use different types of yogurt, strawberry was a popular one, so I might try out some of those in the future. Hope you enjoy!
Yes there are a lot of websites out there with smoothie recipes. After some try you surely found your favourite smoothie recipes.
I like the orange juice idea! I have another smoothie recipe you might want to try at my blog, and have the nutrition info. listed. I also thought the McD’s was too high in sugar.
Thanks for sharing this recipe, Strawberry/Banana is such a good combination. I would suggest using Greek yogurt if you really want to up the protein count as well.