Low Fat Low Calorie Exotic Smoothies
New Flavours
A couple of years ago I wrote a hub about low-fat low-calorie smoothies and how to make them, after experiencing them on my travels around Australia, well the hub was so successful that I have decided to do a follow-up hub, but this time I have tried experimenting at home and have gone with my usual wild abandonment and made some quite outlandish smoothies, or as I like to call them EXOTIC.
As I have said before and still stick to, these are great ways to eat fresh fruit if like me you are not a fruit lover, the only fruit I can manage is an apple and even then I don't particularly enjoy it, so with a smoothie, I get to try lots of different fruits and you know what, most of the time I like the flavours.
I'm not one for breakfast either so if I make one of these smoothies and leave it in the fridge overnight it is perfect for when I'm running out of the door on the way to work.
Below I will include some of the exotic recipes I have made and let you give them a go, feedback would be excellent.
Smoothie
Blueberry Sparkler
This one was a surprise to me as I hate any kind of berries but my wife had some and I was feeling crazy so just popped a few blueberries into the blender (Approx 7oz) along with 7fl oz of apple juice, 4 fl oz of natural yoghurt and one banana, blend it all up and hey presto you have yourself a Blueberry Sparkler.
6fl oz apple juice
4fl oz natural yoghurt
1 banana sliced
6oz blueberries
Forest Fruit Smoothie
The forest fruit smoothie seemed like a good idea at the time as it got quite a lot of fruit down me in one go and as I have said I don't like fruit, however, it did mean buying frozen forest fruits such as blueberries, raspberries and blackberries.
The great thing with frozen fruit is that you can put the amount you want into your blender cup and leave it in the fridge overnight where the fruits will naturally defrost ready for you to add juice or milk too and then blend. We all love a time saver.
13fl oz of orange juice
1lb of frozen forest fruits
1 banana
Blend and serve with fresh strawberries
Coconut Cream
I'm sorry but I didn't like this one, I don't like anything that tastes remotely of coconut but I am always being told to try new things so I gave it a shot, but could not finish it.
That isnt to say that you won't love the taste I'm just not a lover of coconut in any form, don't ask me why I tried.
12 fl oz of pineapple juice
4 fl oz of coconut cream
5oz frozen pineapple chunks
Pineapple twist
My favourite out of all the exotic smoothies I made, The colour is great and the sugar and lemon give it a real zingy twist which I loved especially on a hot summer's day.
Juice of one lemon
3fl oz of water
4 tbsp of sugar
6fl oz of natural yoghurt
3 oz of frozen pineapple chunks
Smoothie Recipe Books
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