When I was younger, I learned a secret to not breaking my blender when blending ice-dont blend ice!!! Infact, the simple easy way to give the illusion of a cold slushy drink, is to freeze my fruit. That works great with fruit out of a can. I blend up these fruit smoothies atleast 2 to 3 times a week and I love them. They are cold, sweet, and loaded with lots of nutrients. The consistent ingredient I always use is green tea for the liquid. Why green tea you ask? There may be no drink in existence with as many health benefits as Green Tea!!
GREEN TEA has been used by the chinese for 4,000 years for treating anything from headaches to depression. Infact a study in Purdue recently states a direct link with green tea inhibiting cancer cells. Consuming green tea has also been linked to lowering cholesterol, which inturn lowers the risk of heart disease and stroke. It is suggested to drink Green Tea everyday, which I do. When just a cup of hot tea doesnt interest me, I will venure out and make a fruit smoothie. Most convenience stores have the typical canned fruits-peaches, pinapples, pears, fruit coctail, mandarin ranges. I have tried all in smoothies, sometimes mixing and matching. If Walgreens or CVS is your conveniences store of choice, very often canned fruit goes on sale.
Today my fruit is pinanpple, and boy was it tropical!!
GREEN TEA has been used by the chinese for 4,000 years for treating anything from headaches to depression. Infact a study in Purdue recently states a direct link with green tea inhibiting cancer cells. Consuming green tea has also been linked to lowering cholesterol, which inturn lowers the risk of heart disease and stroke. It is suggested to drink Green Tea everyday, which I do. When just a cup of hot tea doesnt interest me, I will venure out and make a fruit smoothie. Most convenience stores have the typical canned fruits-peaches, pinapples, pears, fruit coctail, mandarin ranges. I have tried all in smoothies, sometimes mixing and matching. If Walgreens or CVS is your conveniences store of choice, very often canned fruit goes on sale.
Today my fruit is pinanpple, and boy was it tropical!!
I love canned pinapple because cutting fresh pianpple goes down as one of my least fave food prep jobs. Its a pain!! Opening a can, draining and rinsing much, much better. Watch for many more pinapple recipes.
Pinapple is chock full of nutrients. Very high in Vitamin C, B6, A, K. It acts as an antioxident warding off bad cells, along with providing the body with much need fiber which keeps the digestive track moving.
recipe:
1 cup brewed green tea
.401 cup frozen pinapple(drained and rinsed)
.991/4 cup plain or fruit yogurt(whatever available, but plain preferred)
.40
1 tsp honey
.201 tsp honey
in blender place all ingredients and blend until smooth and frothy. consume immediately
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