Everything Smoothie

I have become a bit of a smoothie expert. My mom swears by those Yoplait smoothies sold prepackaged, but it has high fructose corn syrup and lots of other undesirables. I have started making my own. I flash freeze fruits and keep them in large bags for my smoothies To flash freeze fruit, line a baking sheet with wax paper. I always wash my fruit and line it up on a paper towel and allow it to dry. Line the clean, dry fruit up individually on the wax paper and let it freeze. I usually leave mine in over night.

Using ice cubes just thins the smoothie and makes it taste watery. I freeze my own yogurt ice cubes to add to the smoothie. I use light, fat free or greek yogurt and all work great.

My kids adore their smoothies. Being on the higher side of calories for what I will allow as a snack, there are a few things I add to ALL of my smoothies. 1. Flax seed-If you blend it well, no one will ever know it's in there 2. Spinach-Even lighter colored smoothies, once 1/4 cup is ground up into the smoothie it is undetectable and you can't taste it at all. I add it to all our smoothies to add all of the vitamins and nutrients. My recipe is pretty generic 1 1/2 c. frozen fruit 5 yogurt ice cubes 1 1/2 c. skim milk or no added sugar juice (or a combination of the two) 1 Tbsp. flax seed 1 tsp wheat germ 1/4 c. fresh spinach leaves The possibilities are really endless.