Creamy Avocado Yogurt Smoothie

Avocado is an incredibly nutritious "super fruit", packed with healthy fats, monounsaturated fat, that can help lower bad cholesterol, when eaten in moderation.  This fruit potentially lowers our risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.  As it is high in vitamin K, a nutrient essential for healthy bone, consuming this fruit helps in osteoporosis prevention.  It also contains antioxidants beneficial for our eye health.  The vitamin E it contains promotes healthier hair and skin.

Ingredients  (4 servings)

1                      Ripe avocado, sliced
1 large             Asian pear, diced
1 TBS              lemon juice

350ml              Plain yogurt

Instructions

- Put yogurt, then all the ingredients into the blender, starting with the softer ones.

- Blend for 50sec or less, depending on blender strength.
- Voila!  Creamy Avocado Yogurt Smoothie is ready!

Romantic Lilac Yogurt Smoothie

Romantic Lilac Yogurt Smoothie

Grapes, a "super fruit", is the main ingredient of this smoothie.  Resveratrol, a phytonutrient present in the grapes skin, improves the function of our blood vessels, thus promotes better cardiovascular health.  Grape seeds contain super antioxidant compound - Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins (OPC).  Consuming grapes may also alleviate the pain of knee osteoarthritis.

So, eat the whole grape, don't spit out the skin or seeds!  The best way to enjoy eating this whole fruit, is to blend it.  However, diabetics drink this smoothie in moderation.

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Ingredients

Ingredients  (for 4 servings)

300g       yogurt

1/4 cup   sprouts of your choice
1             apple, diced
1 cup      fresh/frozen dark grapes
1/2 cup   blanched purple cabbage
1/4 cup   fresh/frozen blueberries
5 slices of ginger
1             lime/lemon, skin removed.

1TBS      black sesame powder
1TBS      flaxseed
1TBS      pumpkin seeds
1TBS      sunflower seeds
1TBS      walnut
1TBS      almond
1TBS      cashew nuts

Instructions

- Put in the ingredients into the blender, in the order listed above.

- Blend for one minute or less, depends on blender strength.
- Voila!  Enjoy this Romantic Lilac Yogurt Smoothie to a healthier heart.

Romantic Lilac Yogurt Smoothie

Beet Detox Smoothie

Beet Detox Smoothie

Ever since I started consuming smoothie, I hope to concoct a detox drink weekly.  This time, beetroot[1] is my star ingredient.  Beetroot is a potent detox agent, but it is avoided by many due to its earthy flavour.  To overcome this, I added pineapple and red dragon fruit, both sweet and tasty fruits. 

Without paring the skin of beetroot and cucumber skin, I gave these vegetables a good scrub using baking soda, follow by a 45min "spa" (soaked) in homemade eco-enzyme to get rid of pesticides and other harmful chemicals. 

Ingredients  (for 4 servings)

1 stalk of coriander
1 grapefruit, diced

5 slices of ginger

1 red dragon fruit, diced

3 thick slices of beetroot with skin
1 medium sized cucumber, diced
1 cup      fresh/frozen pineapple, diced

1TBS      black sesame powder
1TBS      flaxseed
1TBS      pumpkin seeds
1TBS      sunflower seeds
1TBS      walnut
1TBS      almond
1TBS      cashew nuts

400ml filtered water

Instructions

- Put the ingredients into the blender in the order listed above.

- Blend for one minute or less, depends on blender strength.
- Voila!  Sip this Beet Detox Smoothie!

Beet Detox Smoothie

Creamy Green Smoothie

Creamy Green Smoothie

This Creamy Green Smoothie is packed with vitamin C and antioxidant, plus boosting the body's metabolism.

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Ingredients  (4 servings)

1/4 cup               baby spinach
1/4 cup               coriander
1                         avocado
1 medium sized cucumber
1 stalk of            celery
2                         green apples
500ml                 filtered water

Instructions

- Put all the ingredients into the blender, starting with the softer ones.

- Blend for 50sec or less, depending on blender strength.
- Voila!  Enjoy this Creamy Green Smoothie!

Maroon Magic Smoothie

Maroon Magic Smoothie

This smoothie is high in antioxidant, rich in vitamin C & vitamin K with the addition of anti-inflammatory power.  Dragon fruit[1][2][3]   so many benefits and it even help to purge heavy metals from the body.  The inner pink skin[1][2] of this fruit contains a nutrient with powerful antioxidant which stays active in our bloodstream up to 75hours.  Thus it is recommended to scrape the  inner pink skin and consume it with the dragon fruit flesh. 

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Ingredients  (for 4-6 servings)

1/4 cup alfalfa
1/4 cup coriander
handful of wakame (pre-soaked)

handful of wolf berries

5 slices of ginger

1 grapefruit

1 apple
1/2 cup frozen / fresh blanched purple cabbage
1/4 cup frozen / fresh blueberries
1TBS black sesame powder
1TBS flaxseed
1TBS pumpkin seeds
1TBS sunflower seeds
1TBS walnut
4 cardamom (extract the seeds pound them manually - I'm not using a high speed blender)
1/8tsp turmeric powder
1/8tsp ground black pepper

500ml filtered water

Instructions

- Put the ingredients into the blender in the order as above.

- Blend for one minute or less, depends on blender strength.
- Voila!  Enjoy the magic!

Simple Pink Smoothie

Simply Pink Smoothie

Dark coloured fruits or vegetables are beneficial for eyes.
Made a pretty looking pink smoothie today.

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Ingredients
1 grapefruit
1/2 cup frozen / fresh blanched purple cabbage
1/2 cup frozen / fresh raspberries
1/2 cup frozen / fresh blueberries
500ml filtered water

Instructions

- Put the ingredients into the blender in the order as above.
- Blend for one minute.

Voila:  Simple Pink Smoothie!

Simple Pink Smoothie