Banana Mango Smoothie With Flax Seeds

One of the great things I like to have in the morning is a cold, healthy smoothie. This is a quick and simple recipe for anyone on the go or just a healthy alternative to a fast-food snack in the morning if you do not have time for breakfast. Below is the recipe for my banana-mango smoothie with a dash of flax seeds. This is not only delicious but healthy for you too because you will be getting fiber, vitamins, antioxidants, calcium, protein and put a stop to your sugar cravings! It's a great snack or a healthy breakfast and it will also save you money and calories, since you do not have to buy breakfast on the go or cave in to an unhealthy, "fill my empty-morning-belly" food item.

Recipe:

1 banana (medium-sized)
1 cup of diced mango
1/2 cup of orange-mango juice
6 oz plain, non-fat organic yogurt
1 tsp of organic, cold-milled, ground flax seeds

Directions:

* Pour the juice in the blender

* Add the banana, diced mango and yogurt in the blender

* Blend until you get a smooth texture

* Pour into a tall glass and stir in your flax seed

**You can use a medium-sized, ripe mango or buy already diced, frozen mango chunks from your grocery store.
**Do not use flavored or low calorie yogurts as they contain too much sugar or artificial sweeteners, neither of which, in my opinion, are good for your health!
**To change up the taste, you can swap the orange-mango juice with plain orange juice or even pineapple juice

3 Delicious and Simple Smoothie Recipes: Tiramisu, Banana and Strawberry, and Blackberry and Orange

For some reason, smoothies have remained a fairly Ameri-centric cultural aspect and never really made it to us across the pond in the UK. Well, I'm here to change that and present you with 3 incredibly simple smoothie recipes that'll have you wishing it was summer every day.

Smoothies originated in American health-food stores in the 1930s, when they purportedly began selling a pureed fruit drink that was based on recipes from Brazil, though this could never be verified. They were popularized in the 1940s along with the invention of the modern household blender. There even exists a Juice and Smoothie association. The first Smoothie trademark was established in mid-1970s in New Jersey by the California Smoothie Company. Believe it or not, a copyright in 1972 for a Banana and Strawberry smoothie actually included the ingredient horseradish! Luckily there is no horseradish in any of the recipes I shall show you today.

Of course, when making smoothies a blender is essential, so give up now if you don't have one and stick to plain juice!

Non-Alcohol Tiramisu Smoothie:

- 2 crushed ice cubes

- 200 ml of milk

- 2 tbsp of sugar

- 3 tbsp of coffee

- 5 wafers

Preparation:

Blend the ice then add one after another the milk, the sugar, and the instant coffee. Crush the wafers into the bottom of a glass and serve the smoothie on top of that. Mmmmmmm, delicious!

Classic Strawberry and Banana Smoothie:

A classic favourite of many, this should be your first stop in the world of smoothies.

Ingredients:

- 1 banana

- 10 cups strawberries

- 2 cups of milk

- 1 tbsp of sugar

Preparation:

No real prep work, chop up the bananas and strawberries and whizz everything together in the blender. Uhh, that's it. Serve, enjoy.

Blackberry and Orange Smoothie:

Where I live, you can gather blackberries, pounds and pounds of them, from the local parks and pretty much everywhere. We usually only make Blackberry crumble out of them (more on that another day I guess), but now I have this awesome option in my blackberry repertoire too. You can use frozen blackberries too, which is great because half my freezer consists of blackberries right now;)

Ingredients:

- 2 1/2 cups blackberries

- 1 cup vanilla yoghurt

- 1/2 cup orange juice

- 1/2 glass milk

Sorry, no preparation instructions, but the amounts listed above will give you two delicious servings and only 150 calories per serving! Great!

3 Banana Smoothie Recipes

Bananas are among our most favorite fruit and we make use of it in every conceivable way. Bananas can be fried, boiled, roasted, or eaten raw. They are nutritious and should be part of any healthy diet. Bananas are high in potassium, protein, dietary fiber, vitamins A, B, and C, as well as Folic Acid, Thiamine, Ribovlavin, Niancin, Calcium, and Magnesium. This same banana will have only about 140 calories, and just 36 grams of carbohydrates.

Bananas are a staple ingredient in many of the free recipes found at Best Fruit Smoothies.com. Here are just three for you to enjoy:

Banana Strawberry Kiwi Smoothie

1 cup frozen banana chunks
1 cup frozen strawberries
1 Kiwi fruit peeled and cut into chunks
1 cup of Dole brand Strawberry Kiwi fruit juice

Put all ingredients into your smoothie blender and mix until you get the consistency you prefer. Using frozen banana and strawberries will preclude the need for ice to cool the drink. Pour into chilled glasses and enjoy!

Banana Strawberry Peach Smoothie

2 medium bananas, sliced
2 cups frozen strawberries
2 cups frozen peach slices
1 cup low fat or no fat banana strawberry yogurt
1 cup of chilled fruit juice; either orange, or strawberry, or banana, or any combination thereof!

As you can see, bananas and strawberries are a great smoothie combination.

This fruit smoothie recipes will produce 3 to 4 servings and works very well as an afternoon between meal snack, or even an after dinner dessert.

Banana Pomegranate Smoothie

This recipe is really simple and is really refreshing.

1 large banana, sliced
1 cup cold pomegranate juice
1 cup plain or vanilla low fat yogurt.

With a little extra effort you can also add a pomegranate to the mix for even more flavor. For the best way to clean and prepare the fruit see Pomegrantes.org

So there you are! Three delicious, nutritious smoothie mixes using bananas that you can make easily and enjoy all year round.

Smoothies are a great way to add fruits and vegetables to your meals and deserve a place in your daily meal plans.

Butt, Hip & Thigh Toning Recipe - Tight Booty Banana-Berry Smoothie

There's a lot of truth the old saying: "You are what you eat." This is especially true when it comes to eating for a great body and optimal fitness. For women - exercise and nutrition are the key weapons in repairing or preserving a firm, toned and shapely butt, hip and thigh area.

It doesn't matter how young or how old you are - the quality of the foods you eat have a direct impact on how you look, feel and function. Proper exercise gives you the correct stimulus in the areas you want to enhance - and proper foods give you the nutrients, vitamins and minerals to allow your body to look and function at it's highest level.

One of the best 'unknown' foods you can add to your diet is ground flax seeds. They provide a great balance of protein, fiber and fatty acids (omega-3's). They also work wonders in appetite control and blood sugar stabilization.

Flax seeds are so popular and readily available now - you can even find them at your local grocery store. If not - you can find them at many nutrition sites on the internet. Once you have your flax seeds - there is no end to the number of ways you can add them to your daily meals. Here is just one quick and easy way:

Tight Booty Banana-Berry Smoothie

2 ripe, small/medium bananas (preferably organic), cut in slices
1 cup fresh or frozen blackberries (preferably organic)
1 cup fresh or frozen strawberries (preferably organic)
1 (4 oz.) strawberry yogurt
2/3 c soy milk or skim (preferably organic)
3 Tbsp. milled or ground flax seed (preferably organic)
6 - 7 ice cubes
1/4 teaspoon of stevia powder extract (preferably organic)

Place all ingredients in a blender and mix on medium-high speed for 45 seconds or until smoothly whipped. Pour into 4 glasses and serve immediately for you and your lucky guests.

Makes 4 servings.
Each serving: 160 calories;
6 g dietary fiber;
28 g carbohydrates;
5 g protein;
5 g fat (less than 1 g saturated fat);
3 mg cholesterol;
24 mg sodium.

This is just one way to feed your body the elements it needs to stay tightly toned and firmly lifted. For women who want to regain, or preserve and maintain, a sexy eye-catching butt hip and thigh area - its a matter of doing the small things consistently - to get the results you desire.

Fruit Smoothie Recipes Help Combat Childhood Obesity

Obesity, and especially childhood obesity, is receiving a great deal of attention from the media in recent years. It seems that at least once a week you are presented with a story about childhood obesity and the ever increasing overweight teen population.

Instead of our children outgrowing their baby fat they continue to gain weight which in turn increases the risks of chronic diseases such as Diabetes and, later in life, coronary heart disease. While there is no one single cause of obesity, some habits certainly do not help. Sedentary live styles, poor eating habits, terrible food choices and, certainly, genetics all play roles. And, while it is tempting to lay the lion's share of blame on a non-controllable factor like genetics, it is really only a minor player.

When the now aging baby boomers grew up in In the 1950s and 1960s school gym classes were 5 days a week, cafeteria food consisted of "mystery meat," vegetables, jell-o or fruit and a carton of milk. Vending machines were located in gas stations and never in schools. Everybody's mom was at home and after school everyone played outside until dinner time! Indeed many children were not allowed in the house until dinner unless the weather was bad. Obviously, those days are long past for reasons too numerous to go into here.

Fast forward to today and kids sit for hours in front of televisions and computers playing video games, visiting social networking sites, and watching the latest new You Tube video. All too often, these kid's after school time is unsupervised because both parents are working. So their food choices lean toward high calorie fast food. Unless the child participates in some type of structured exercise or sports program the only exercise comes from walking to the refrigerator.

Realistically, if we are at work while the kids are home, we cannot control their eating habits as much as we would like. But we can help them resist the temptation of high-calorie foods and, vending machine treats if we can find "finger-tip" solutions. By that I mean putting healthy and nutritious foods in the house and encouraging our children by example to replace the sodas, chips, candy, and fast food with meals that are just as tasty and satisfying and a lot healthier at the same time.

Anyone who has worried about their kid's diets at all knows that it is very important to eat balanced portions of meats, fruits and vegetables as the key to maintaining both a healthy weight and a healthy lifestyle. But we also know that saying something and doing it can be very difficult. Pursuing the goals of providing meals that mix "good for you" with "this tastes good" is frequently a daily challenge.

Even though this may seem like an insurmountable problem there are steps you can take to improve your children's diets that they will embrace right away. Start your family each day with a fruit smoothie recipe using either fresh or frozen fruit and milk or yogurt. Make enough to leave some in the refrigerator for a healthy smoothie after school snack. Fruit smoothie recipes, besides being very easy to make they are very high in protein, vitamins, and minerals. Smoothies can also be made with fruit juice recipes, just make sure the juice you use isn't high in sugar.

Try this trick to make the after school smoothie treats "special": Pick up some big brightly colored straws at the store and make it a habit to keep a couple of large drink glasses in the refrigerator to chill. When the kids get home from school, they simply pour the smoothie into the chilled glass and enjoy. Even the pickiest of eaters will be sure to give it a try!

Here is a basic fruit smoothie recipe to try tomorrow. Both sweet and fresh tasting, it is a healthy breakfast and a great after school treat:

Pineapple Banana Smoothie
- 1 banana
- 1 cup of milk (soy, 2% or evaporated)
- 1/cup of pineapple chunks
- 1 Tbsp honey
- 4-6 ice cubes

Blend the banana, milk, pineapple and honey along with 3 ice cubes to start. Mix until you have a smooth creamy drink adding more ice cubes or milk as needed. This is an easy recipe to double.