Blueberry Apple Smoothie

I love blueberry and always ate it as fruit when I traveled. The other day when I went to my local grocery store found a pack, and marveled of-course it's expensive and imported.  I had to pay Rs.450 for merely 125 gm of packed blueberries.

It's summer here in Kerala and yes what's better than a good smoothie for breakfast. 125 gm would hardly make one large serving of smoothie. I combined it with some sweet apple, yogurt and viola - had a breakfast and another cup at midday.

You may use apply Fuji or golden as they are sweeter than other ones.

Simply wash and use the fruit. In a blender add the fruit, finely chopped apple, honey, milk, yogurt and ice cubes. Blend to get a creamy textured smoothie.

Enjoy this for breakfast or anytime during the day.

Mango Apple Smoothie - a healthy breakfast

In addition to my earlier posts on smoothies, I am happy to present another combination I tried.
It;s quiet interesting with apples and mangoes.

Simply slice mango pulp, cut apple without skin in small pieces. Crush some almonds for topping up although it's optional I like to make my smoothie rich.

Add the fruits along with little milk, ice cubes and sugar to taste in a blender. Run slow to high until you get a frothy creamy smoothie. Stir intermittently if needed when you find fruit chunks inside.

Refrigerate and server chilled.

Mango Almond / Mango Badam Smoothie

This is my second addition to the smoothie catalog following Banana Ice Cream Smoothie. Mango is abundantly found during summers in India, and it's already available in the shops. So many varieties. Sorry I forgot the name of the mango I got, it was huge pulpy with pale yellow color. One mango made two large servings of smoothie.

To make this dish more interesting I added 50 gms of Almonds to this. No yogurt and no Ice cream here. My blender wouldn;t blend the almonds completely but it remains as it is atleast some of them. I cannot just throw in a handful of almonds. I tried to sliced them same result, with few were broken down. If you like to bite while drinking this would be good.

I blended whole almonds in a small jar, it all became nice coarse powder. I simply added this while making smoothie. Yummy and thick.

Ingredients:

Mango slices of your choice
Almonds - 50 gms.
Sugar to taste
Ice cubes and milk as needed

Blend well and serve chilled. Makes an excellent breakfast and you can even take to office and toss in the refrigerator. You can snack on them for a coffee ;)

More to add to this catalog, and explore. See you soon with another recipe.

Banana Ice Cream Smoothie - Perfect breakfast for Indian Summer

Now who does not love smoothie ;) I am up for it anytime. This smoothie is full of nutrients filled with dates, yogurt, almonds, banana and milk. Doesn't sound like a real good breakfast over cereals.

It's all upto you on how you mix and match the ingredients to enhance the flavour. Ice cream is optional tough ;)

I prefer the smoothie to be thick, if you like like watery you can add more milk.

Ingredients:

1. Chilled banana of your choice - 2 to 4 sliced
2. Boiled cold Milk 
3. Ice cubes or crushed
4. Finely chopped Almonds
5. De-seeded and chopped dates
6. Yogurt (Curd)
7. Ice cream (optional) any flavour
8. Sugar to taste (optional)

Preparation:

1. In a blender (Juicer) add all ingredients blend it to form a smooth paste. 
2. You can add more milk if needed and run it once
3. Transfer to a jar and refrigerate or serve on chilled glass, top with a scoop of ice cream
4. You can add some coffee , if you prefer coffee flavor.

Now tell me if you dislike what you prepared !