Kid Friendly & Healthy Smoothie Recipes

Quick & Easy to Make Together

Your child will love making this healthy snack and it's fun to let them decide their own ingredients and make it themselves.

Our whole family enjoyed creating this delicious treat and spending some time together. Smoothie's are a great recipe idea to serve up for your younger child's playdate or even at a sleepover party for older kids. Idea: Have each child bring one ingredient and combine to create a blend of flavors.

Breakfast, Snack or Dessert

Smoothies are a nutritious grab and go breakfast choice, as long as you have a few minutes to prepare them. They are a wholesome after school snack, as well as a healthy dessert. Tip: For a sweeter treat top with Trader Joe's fresh ground Cinnamon & Sugar or Sugar, Chocoloate, & Coffee Bean blend.

It's important to have a nice variety of fruits, yogurt and juices to choose from for a create your own smoothie party, but whatever you have on hand also works well.

There are three basic ingredients to making a smoothie:

• Frozen or fresh fruit
• Yogurt
• Juice or some other liquid drink

Frozen or fresh fruit

It's fun to get creative. Here are some fruits suggestions we have used to make smoothies:

• Strawberries
• Pinapple
• Banana
• Blueberries
• Mango

Yogurt

For the yogurt, we most often use:

• plain Greek yogurt
• vanilla flavored yogurt

Note: For a dairy free smoothie, try substituting the yogurt for silken tofu.

Beverage

There is an endless selection of drinks you could use to make your smoothie even more healthy and delicious. A few suggestions are:

• orange juice
• apple juice
• milk (cow, almond, soy, coconut)

Serving

For added creativity and fun, serve your smoothie's in unusual cups, such as goblets, plastic champagne glasses, tea cups or with bendy straws.

Making a smoothie is pretty simple, just add all ingredients to your blender and puree until smooth.

Tip: It's best to add less liquid at first and gradually add more as needed to achieve the desired consistency.

• 1/2 cup Banana yogurt
  (combine 1 banana with 1/3 cup vanilla yogurt, blend with immersion blender)
• 1/3 cup Strawberry juice
  (thaw frozen strawberries or place over low heat in pan with a little water, blend with immersion blender until smooth)
• 6-8 Frozen strawberries

• 6 Frozen strawberries
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1/3 cup vanilla yogurt
• 1/3 cup frozen pineapple tidbits
• cinnamon/sugar topping

• 1/3 cup frozen pineapple tidbits
• 1/3 cup vanilla yogurt
• 1 fresh banana
• 1/3 cup coconut milk
• sugar, chocolate, & coffee bean topping

• 1/2 cup frozen blueberries
• 1/3 cup orange juice
• 1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 1 tablespoon honey

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