Smoothies {Classics and Favorites}

Summertime is smoothie time for me.  Cold and packed with fruit, they're usually my breakfast just about everyday.

I'm excited to tell you that over the next 3 weeks I'm featuring smoothies from some of my favorite blogs.  

 Be sure to visit the links for recipes.

This week is all about Classics & Favorites.

Fruit Smoothie from Charlene 
@ Secrets of a Southern Kitchen 

is a classic, 

combining banana, strawberries, and blueberries.

It's so thick, it can double as dessert.

Charlene has a wide variety of recipes on her blog, including some great southern desserts (sugar free even).  Take a look at her Favorite Peach Cobbler, Chilled Blackberry Pie, and a southern favorite: Banana Pudding (Charlene's has a couple of twists!).  

Paradise Sunrise Smoothie from Cindy 

@ Hun...What's for Dinner

also includes classic smoothie ingredients, but there's also mango to give a tropical feel.  

Cindy says this is one of her favorite (or favourite--Cindy is a Canadian blogger) smoothie flavors.  Cindy and I go way back, before blogging even.  I have tried many of her recipes over the years.  Her Savory Popover is super, as is Firehouse Stuffed Chicken, and Caramel Pear Scones.  

Very Berry Cherry Vanilla Smoothie from Jamie 

@ Love Bakes Good Cakes

would be a favorite with my son--his favorite flavors are vanilla and cherry.

Jamie features recipes that are easy on mom and kid-approved.  I think a lot of us can appreciate that!  Cowboy Spaghetti  and BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger Flat Bread Melts are both family-friendly meals.  Chili Cheese Dog Nachos are just plain fun.  A lot of Jamie's creations are!

Strawberry-Banana Smoothie from Marguerite 

@ Cajun Delights
This classic fruit combo is also Marguerite's favorite.

You'll always pass a bon temps at Cajun Delights with video clips of Cajun & Zydeco music that will get you movin'.  Marguerite's recipes right out of South Louisiana will make you hungry...like Crab and Shrimp Etouffee and Cajun Baked Ham w/Sugar Cane -Bourbon Glaze.  I tried Stuffed Filet Mignon w/ Sherry Mushroom Sauce for Valentine's Day.   Ca c'est bon!

Go see Charlene, Cindy, Jamie, and Marguerite and tell them "hi."
Charlene    
Secrets of a Southern Kitchen  /  Facebook Page

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Cindy    
Hun...What's for Dinner  /  Facebook Page
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Jamie    
Love Bakes Good Cakes  /  Facebook Page
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Marguerite    
Cajun Delights

Thanks, ladies, for agreeing to be a part of this smoothie series.  

Couldn't have it without ya!

Stay tuned next week for another smoothie theme.

Black Beauty Smoothie 

is a favorite in my kitchen.

 

Dark fruit like blackberries and blueberries are my favorites, so why not combine them in a smoothie?

I wish I could say I invented this smoothie, but it comes from Smoothies: 50 Recipes for High-Energy Refreshment by Sara Corpening Whiteford, Lori Lyn Narlock, Mary Corpening Barber and Amy Neunsinger.

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Black Beauty Smoothie
from Smoothies: 50 Recipes for High-Energy Refreshment

Makes 2  servings

1 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt
about 1/2 cup grape juice
1 1/2 cups frozen blueberries
1 cup frozen blackberries

Combine the yogurt and 1/2 cup grape juice in a blender. Add the berries. Blend until smooth.  Blend in more grape juice if smoothie is too thick.


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