Raspberry Kiwi Smoothie Recipe
In an effort to incorporate the never present Kiwi into our Once A Month Mom menu plans, I devised a smoothie worthy of our cooking day. Thanks to the inspiration of an organic smoothie from Lunch Box Bunch I was inspired. And boy was I pleased.
I am not vegan, nor ever plan to be, but I figured I could take her idea an un-organic-ize it and we would be set. Turns out I was right! I whipped this smoothie up one afternoon when I had a play date and was so pleasantly surprised. I am not really much of a smoothie person but I loved this smoothie. In fact, hours later I was craving another one. And what is wrong with that? It is filled with tons of great fruit which means it is a nutritious drink, snack or breakfast treat.
Note: When I made this the first time I replaced the milk with equal parts of juice because my guest was dairy free. It tasted just as good, if not better than the original recipe. I made it both ways and liked them both!
Author/Source:
Tricia @ Onceamonthmom.com
Ingredients:
- 0.67 cups fresh raspberries, frozen (use flash freezing method)
- 0.5 cups blueberries, frozen (use flash freezing method)
- 0.75 cups cranberry-raspberry or raspberry juice
- 0.33 cups milk
- 6 ice cubes
- 1 Tablespoon ginger, fresh, grated
- 0.5 each banana
- 3 kiwis, peeled
Directions:
Blend all ingredients except kiwi and banana. When smoothie is smooth, add in fresh fruit. Blend lightly and serve.
Freezing Directions:
Instead of serving portion into pint size freezer bags in serving portions. To serve: Thaw in refrigerator or on counter top until melted and slushy. Serve.
Servings:
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How much dried ginger do you think you’d use rather than fresh? My kids just saw this and told me to print it out! I don’t usually buy fresh ginger though.
I think 1 teaspoon would be just right. :)
Mmmm. I wish I had everything to make it because the
thought of raspberry and kiwi together is making my mouth
water!
This had ginger in it?? I’m so surprised because I never
would have thought so, and I’m generally not a huge ginger person!
Mmmm…this makes me want another one, pronto :)
I just whipped up a batch, and realized I should have
bought more kiwi so I can do another batch or two! Love that I can
give these to my kids knowing they will get a variety of fruit
without tons of added sugar (purchased the light juice)!
Mmmm…these were yummy! My daughter especially loved it. :)
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