Thursday, March 11, 2010

Berry and Flax Seed Smoothie

One of my favorite things in the entire world is a smoothie. I'm not talking about those slushie gross frozen drinks from 7 Eleven (although I do like Icee's). I am talking about the perfect blend of yogurt, fruit, and juice.

Today I was craving one post workout so I threw one together. I love that smoothies are like salads in that you can really use any ingredients that you want. They are also so easy to make, well except if you have my blender. RIP $20 blender from Target. You were such a waste of money.

Berry and Flax Seed Smoothie

Ingredients: 
- 1/2 cup nonfat vanilla Greek yogurt  --> I love this in my smoothies. It must be because I'm part Greek :)
- 1/2 cup orange juice (more or less, depending on if you use fresh or frozen fruit and the thickness you want)
- 3/4 cup of fruit (I used 1/4 frozen raspberries, 1/4 frozen strawberries, and 1/4 frozen blueberries)
- 2 teaspoons flax seeds
- honey to taste

*Note: if you don't use frozen fruit, use ice to thicken it up

One easy step: Blend it all together!

5 comments:

Camilla Leila said...

i want this!!!

Anna-Lisa said...

You just made my favorite smoothie except I put almond milk instead of orange juice. :-)

Kimbirdy said...

I used to make smoothies on a daily basis when I lived in TN and had a big apartment. Now I literally have no place to put a blender, my place is so small! Sigh... Next apartment will be bigger and I'll get that blender, and I'll come back to this recipe! :)

sweetlife said...

great smoothie..love the color

sweetlife

Mother Rimmy said...

I'm with you. I make a big batch on Sundays that usually last my husband and I until Wednesday (don't want anything sitting too long in the frig). Looks delish!