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About Smoothies: How to Shake it Up!

 

Recipe By :SMOOTHIES by Mary and Sara Corpening

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According to the book Smoothies: 50 Recipes for High-Energy Replacement, making

one is as easy as buying, cutting and blending fruit. Most smoothies take just

12 minutes or less to prepare. Simply keep in mind the following advice, and

you'll be on your way to smoothie heaven.

 

1. For the best results, buy ripe, fresh fruit, cut it into pieces at home and

store it in a plastic bag in the freezer for later use. (Don't store it for more

than two weeks, however, as nutritional quality may be depleted.) This way, the

smoothie is thicker and colder because you don't dilute the taste of the fruit

with ice. To eliminate freezer-burn taste, pour the fruit into a strainer and

run water over it before putting it into the blender.

 

2. Always add ingredients to the blender starting with liquids and ending with

solids. Start on low speed to chop and finish on high speed to blend.

 

3. If your smoothie is too thick, add more liquid, 1/4 cup at a time. If it's

too thin, add ice cubes one at a time until you reach the desired consistency.

 

4. Always have a binder such as regular or frozen yogurt, tofu, buttermilk or

nectar. " You can't just pour your leftover fruit salad into the blender, " says

Sara Corpening, co-author of the smoothie recipe book.

 

5. Your smoothie is only as good as the quality of your ingredients. Make sure

you pick aromatic, flavorful fruit and high-quality binding products. For

instance, Corpening lined up four brands of peach yogurt before picking the

best-tasting one to use in her smoothie.

 

 

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 0 Calories; 0g Fat (0.0% calories from

fat); 0g Protein; 0g Carbohydrate; 0g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 0mg

Sodium. Exchanges: .

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0