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Make Your Own Smoothies are easy, healthy, and can be made to your liking!

Fruit Liquid Thickener Fruit

Add ingredients from each column to . Blend until thick and smooth.

Fruit Liquid Optional Thickener (½ -1 cup sliced or (½ to 1 cup per Flavorings (up to ½ cup per chopped per smoothie — smoothie) (up to ½ tsp per smoothie) fresh or frozen) smoothie) Apple , Ice 100% juice Ground cinnamon Low-fat or nonfat juice, Vanilla extract or (plain or Raspberries, 100% juice flavor frozen) whole juice, Zest from , Frozen low-fat or Blueberries, 100% juice , or orange nonfat yogurt whole Low-fat or nonfat Coconut flakes, Silken Peach , unsweetened plain or flavored or maple , plain or flavored Almond milk

Try these combos! Chef’s Tips: Very Berry: ½-cup mixture of , blueberry, and raspberry + ½ cup + ¼ cup plain yogurt +1 tsp honey + ¼ cup ice • Use milk, tofu, or yogurt to -Honey: ½ cup sliced, frozen banana + ¼ cup apple juice + ¼ create a creamier smoothie. cup nonfat milk + ¼ cup plain yogurt + 1 tsp honey • If adding frozen fruit, use less or no ice. Triple-C Blaster: ½-cup mixture of mango and papaya + ½ cup orange • Freeze slices of that juice + ¼ cup nonfat vanilla yogurt + 1 tsp honey + ¼ cup ice are about to go bad. Use Tropical Sunrise: ½-cup mixture of banana and mango + ½ cup them in smoothies. low-fat milk + ½ tsp coconut flakes + ¼ cup nonfat yogurt + ¼ cup ice

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