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Prep Time: 11 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 12 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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Vita-Mix developed this recipe for the Komen Northeast Ohio Race for the Cure ® (although I don't know exactly when). This recipe can probably be made in a conventional blender, but if you can fit a Vita-Mix into your budget and are serious about food and health, by all means do so (and no, I have no affiliation with them); among its many virtues, it can tear through icy jobs like nobody's business. I made my own modifications, which appear in parentheses. This smoothie has myriad health benefits which I won't list here. The ginger, BTW, is crucial to this recipe-it really adds a punch! Seedless black grapes will give a spicier, somewhat less sweet result and frozen fruit can be substituted for all or part of the ice if desired. Ingredients:
1 cup red seedless grapes or 1 cup seedless black grapes |
1 cup strawberry (fresh or frozen) |
1 slice fresh ginger, peeled (to taste) |
1/2 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt (or a similar amount of soy milk if a vegan smoothie is needed) or 1/2 cup low-fat strawberry yogurt |
1 cup ice cube (or frozen skim milk or soy milk cubes) |
1 teaspoon bee pollen (my own addition, with thanks to rita l for getting me back into the habit! i use cc pollen) (optional) |
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional, penzeys has several wonderful varieties) |
Directions:
1. Wash fresh fruit and place all ingredients in the Vita-Mix container (or blender) in the order listed. 2. Secure 2-part lid. 3. Select VARIABLE, speed #1. 4. Turn on machine and quickly increase speed to #10; then to HIGH. 5. Blend for 30 seconds or until smooth (or gradually increase your blender's speed and process until everything is smooth. |
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