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Frozen Avocado Shake
1 apple (1/4 cup juice)
1/4 cup mashed avocado
1/4 banana, mashed
1/2 cup fresh or frozen strawberries
1/2 cup unsweetened soymilk
1/2 tsp. pure almond extract
1 cup ice
Juice the apple. Set aside 1/4 cup of the juice.
In a blender or food processor, combine the apple juice with the remaining ingredients, and blend for 2 minutes, or until smooth. Serve immediately.
Date Shake
1 cup soy milk
12 pitted dates, chopped
6 almonds
1 cup plain yogurt
4 ice cubes
Blend together until smooth.
Peachy Cherry Juice
6 apples (1-1/2 cups juice)
3 peaches (1 cup juice)
1/4 cup frozen pitted cherries
1 cup ice
Separately juice the apples and peaches. Set aside 1-1/2 cups of the apple juice and 1 cup of the peach juice.
In a blender or food processor, combine the juices with the remaining ingredients, and blend for 2 minutes, or until smooth. Serve immediately.
Meal-In-One-Fruit Smoothie
1 ripe, medium-size peach
2 tsp. lemon juice
2 tsp. honey
1/2 cup yogurt
2 Tbs. granola or buckwheat crunchies
Blend the first four ingredients. Sprinkle granola or buckwheat on top.
Perfect Pear Blend
1 large pear, chopped
1/2 cup green grapes
1/4 avocado
2 tsp. honey
1 tsp. lemon juice
Blend and top with chopped pecans.
Athlete’s High Performance Smoothie
2 cups plain soy milk
2 Tbs. raw tahini
1 Tbs. honey
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 egg (optional)
If making with egg, puncture the big end of the egg with a pin. Drop in rapidly boiling water for 20-30 seconds. While the egg cools (not cooks), combine all other ingredients and process in a blender. Then break the egg into the mixture. Blend a few seconds and chill or serve.
Carob Shake
3-4 dates, pitted and soaked 20 minutes
1 cup nut or grain milk 1 frozen banana, cut in chunks
3-4 Tbs. carob powder
Dash vanilla (optional)
For an old-fashioned, soda-fountain type of treat. Place dates in a small bowl with just enough water to cover. Let them soak 20 minutes; drain. In blender, combine the dates, nut milk, banana, carob powder and vanilla. Blend until smooth. Drink immediately.
Hot Redhead
1 cup tomato juice
1/2 tsp. chopped jalape pepper
1/4 tsp. cayenne
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped parsley
2 cloves garlic, peeled
Chop and blend all the ingredients together. Serve immediately.
Ginger Jolt
1 apple, cored, peeled, and sliced
1 lemon, peeled and seeded
1/2 cup filtered water
1/2 cup ice
1 (2-inch) piece fresh gingerroot, peeled and crushed
This is a good smoothie for a queasy tummy. Drink it slowly. Blend all ingredients until smooth.
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Hindu Love Goddess
1 cup nonfat milk
1 cup vanilla lowfat frozen yogurt
3 dates, pitted and chopped
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
1/8 tsp. ground cardamom
1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. pure vanilla extract
This sensual treat is a traditional stimulant. Blend all ingredients until smooth. Serve.
Pauling’s Punch
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt
1/2 lemon, peeled and seeded
1/2 grapefruit, peeled and seeded
1/2 cup ice
1 (1-inch) piece fresh ginger root, peeled and crushed
1 Tbs. molasses
This smoothie is rich in vitamin C and the bioflavonoids. Blend all ingredients until smooth. Serve.
Morning Glory
1 cup frozen strawberries
1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt
1/2 banana
1 Tbs. brewers’ yeast
1 tsp. psyllium seed powder
Psyllium seed powder is an excellent source of soluble fiber. Soluble fiber feeds the healthy bacteria in your colon, promot-ing regularity and reducing cholesterol. Blend all ingre-dients until smooth. Serve.
Chocolate Delight
1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries
1/2 cup nonfat milk
1/2 cup well-chilled silken tofu
3 Tbs. cocoa powder
1 tsp. flaxseed powder
Blend ingredients until smooth. Serve immediately.
Cholesterol Lowering Tonic
1/4-inch slice of ginger
1 clove garlic
Handful of parsley (to absorb some of the odor of the garlic)
4 carrots
1 apple, cut into wedges
Splash of tabasco sauce (optional)
Juice the ginger and garlic first by placing them in the center of a handful of parsley and feed it into the juicer. (This reduces much of the garlic odor.) Follow with the carrots and the apple.
Blended Fruit Smoothie
1 medium banana or fruit of choice
1/4 cup yogurt or tofu
1 to 2 Tbs. concentrated fruit juice
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1/3 cup soy milk
1 Tbs. flaxseed oil
1 Tbs. flaxseed meal
Dash cinnamon or mace
Blend all together until creamy smooth.
Grape Ambrosia
1 whole pineapple, skinned
1-2 lbs. organic red grapes
2 tangerines or 1 orange, peeled
1 lemon, peeled
In a heavy-duty juicer, using the juicing screen, put the pineapple, grapes, tangerines and lemon through the machine and into a bowl. Drink as is, or dilute it with water. Refrigerate. The ambrosia will keep for 1-2 days.
Berry Good
1 cup grain milk or nut or seed milk
1 frozen banana, cut in chunks
3-8 fresh strawberries, raspberries or blueberries In a blender, combine the milk, banana and berries. Blend until smooth. Drink immediately.
Berry Yogurt Smoothie
2 cups berries (any kind)
1 cup yogurt
2 tsp. honey or to taste
Blend until smooth and serve.
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Kidney Flush
A purifying kidney cleanser and diuretic drink, with balancing potassium and other minerals.
Juice or blenderize:
4 carrots
4 beets with tops
4 celery stalks with leaves
1 cucumber with skin
8 to 10 spinach leaves, washed
1 tsp. Bragg's Liquid Aminos or miso (optional)
Makes four 8-oz. glasses.
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