Healthy Fruit Smoothie Recipes

If you've looked around our diet info and blog, you'll be aware that we've struggled to find healthy, great tasting foods.

So, here's some of our favourite smoothie recipes that we've enjoyed or created.

Not only is a smoothie a healthy eating option as part of your diet, but it's also easy and quick to make, making it an ideal snack or meal if you're short of time.

Most of these smoothy recipes are adaptable, add in whatever fruits and superfoods you have at home - try something new - that's the great thing about smoothies, that you user your ideas to create your own.

Ingredients to try:-

• honey
• jam
• bananas
• superfoods

One of our most recent new smoothies was one created by adding the remaining tropical fruit tabbouleh from Antony Worral Thompson's latest diabetic cookbook to a pot of yoghurt, liquidising it created a great tasting, vitamin-rich, smoothie.

Healthy Banana Smoothie

Ingredients

• 1 banana
• greek-style yogurt
• 1 tbsp honey
• 2 tsp wheat germ
• 1 cup of tinned peaches or mango

1. Peel banana
2. Place all ingredients in a blender
3. Blend until smooth
4. Serve immediately

Create Superfood Smoothies

Ingredients

• 1 banana, peeled and sliced
• ½ cup of crushed ice
• 2 cups yogurt
• ¼ cup honey
• 2 cups fresh or frozen berries (e.g. blueberries, raspberries, strawberries)

1. Place all ingredients in a blender
2. Blend until smooth
3. Serve and enjoy!

Low Carb Smoothies recipe

• 1 banana
• 1 cup apple juice (fresh or boxed)
• 2 tbsp oatmeal
• 2 tbsp maple syrup or honey
• fresh or tinned fruit (if available)

1. Place all ingredients in a blender
2. Blend until smooth
3. Serve immediately

More healthy recipes

Diabetic Dessert Recipes - fed up with cream, sugar and fat?  Try these suggestions for healthier options for your desserts.

Christmas Breakfast recipie ideas -  low carb, low fat ideas for your holiday eating