Banana-Papaya Smoothie

In my country is famous papaya milk shake, super creamy and delicious, at this I add banana for a little twist.

 

 

Ingredients
1 cup milk
1/4 cup Greek yogurt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 small ripe banana, peeled and sliced
1/2 large, ripe papaya, peeled, seeded and chopped
1 cup ice cubes
Directions
Combine the milk, yogurt, vanilla, banana, papaya and ice cubes in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a large glass.

Kale, Apple &Pears

Ingredients: 

1 Bunches of Kale Leave
 1 Cucumber (peeled)
½ Pear
½ Apple
½ cup of ice
½ cup Water
¼ of a Lemon – adds an extra kick

Directions: 

I threw in all the ingredients and blended away! A regular blender should work just fine.

Options: You could put mint or ginger.

Tomatoe Mango Smoothie

Someone special to me,,, many days work 16 hours and always call for some special smoothie, if tomato is a fruit why you can't do smoothie with them.

 Ingredients
 
1 cup thick Greek  yogurt, chilled
1/2 cup chopped heirloom tomato that is sweet and juicy (Gorilla Orange Blossom or Valencia, for example)
1/2 cup cubed fresh mango
1/8 teaspoon ground cardamon
1/8 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1 1/2 tablespoon honey (or other type of your choice) to taste
2 ice cubes, crushed up

Directions 

1. Combine all the non-garnish ingredients in a blender and process. Chill, if desired.
2. Garnish with fresh herb sprig.
 

 

Blackberry Mango Smoothie

Ingredients

2 cups mango
3 cups blackberries
1 cup lemonade
3 tbsp honey (sugar)
2 cups milk
1 cup vanilla yogurt
1 tsp vanilla
 
 
Directions

Toss the mango, berries and lemonade in the blender; whirl on medium speed, push fruit down, add sugar or honey; whirl again and add half the milk.

Whirl on high and add remaining milk, yogurt and vanilla; whirl until smooth and free-flowing.