5 Healthy Smoothies: Easy and Quick

Healthy, convenient and portable, smoothies are ideal fuel-on-the-go for breakfast, an afternoon snack or dessert. Smoothies provide important protein, vitamins and minerals from ingredients like tofu, yogurt and fruit. For an easy breakfast or snack, try making one of our quick and healthy smoothie recipes. Smoothies also make great pre-workout as well as post-workout meals. They fuel you up for your workout and also help build stronger muscles when used as post-workout meals.

Smoothie 1: Almond Orange Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 1 cup (250 ml) vanilla-flavoured almond beverage
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) orange juice
• Juice from one lemon
• Juice from one lime
• Handful of ice
• 1 Tbsp (15 ml) honey

Directions: 

• Blend all ingredients together.

Smoothie 2: Honeydew-Kiwifruit Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 2 cups cubed honeydew
• 1 small Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and cut up
• 1 kiwifruit, peeled and cut up
•  2 -3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 cup ice cubes
• Honeydew and/or kiwifruit slices

Directions:

1. In a blender container, combine honeydew, apple, kiwifruit, sugar, and lemon juice.
2. Cover and blend until smooth.
3. Add ice cubes; cover and blend until cubes are crushed and mixture is slushy.
4. Garnish with additional honeydew and/or kiwifruit slices, if desired.

Smoothie 3: Clean Breeze Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 1 small cucumber, chopped
• 2 ripe kiwis, peeled
• 1 cup ginger-flavored kombucha
• 1/2 cup low-fat plain Greek yogurt
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro leaves
• 6 ice cubes

Directions:

• Combine cucumber, kiwis, kombucha, yogurt, cilantro and ice cubes in blender; blend until smooth. Serve immediately.

Smoothie 4: Peanut Butter & Banana Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 10 ounces skim milk or plain soy milk
• 1 tablespoon natural peanut butter
• 1 medium banana

Directions:

• In a blender, combine all ingredients and mix until smooth. Use 6 ice cubes for a thicker consistency.

Smoothie 5: Strawberry, Banana & Flax Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 1/2 medium banana
• 1/2 cup frozen unsweetened strawberries
• 1 1/2 cups skim milk or light soy milk
• 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed

Directions:

• Blend all until smooth.

Enjoy your healthy smoothies! :)