Healthy Low Fat Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie (Milkshake)

 

For This Recipe You Will Need:

• 4 Heaping Tablespoons of Fat Free Plain Yogurt (or Plain Greek Yogurt) 
• 2 Heaping teaspoons of Natural Peanut Butter (I Use Richard's Natural Peanut Butter)
• 2 Heaping teaspoons Cocoa Powder (I use Nestle)
• 2/3 Cup 1% Milk (you can add more milk if needed for desired consistency)
• 1 Ripe Banana Fresh (for sweetness)  Note: if you want this drink to be a thicker consistency and colder and more like a milkshake, you can use a frozen banana, though I haven't tried it with store bought frozen bananas. We always freeze our extra ripe bananas in a freezer bag ourselves, and we have them on hand for these smoothies. I've used our frozen ones, and fresh ones before, and it's great to me either way. It's just colder and thicker with frozen bananas. 
• 5 Ice Cubes or more depending on preference or if using fresh banana

Note: I just use teaspoons and tablespoons out of my kitchen drawer for measuring

Blend all of the ingredients in a Nutra Bullet Blender (I've not tried to make this in a regular blender, but I'm sure you could, and it would work great). 

Makes 2 Servings

You can drink this for a pick me up snack in the afternoon, or for a breakfast meal replacement. This is very filling and delicious. 

Enjoy!

Sea Foam Party Punch

You Will Need:

• 1/2 cup sugar 
• 1 qt. cold water
• 1 envelope lemon-lime kool-aid
• container vanilla ice cream
• 2 liter chilled lemon-lime soda (Sprite)
• punch bowl

Place sugar, water, and kool-aid in a pitcher stir and refrigerate until chilled (it's best to do this the day before your party so it will be cold). When ready to serve, pour it into punch bowl, add vanilla ice cream by the spoonful, and give it a stir, pour in chilled lemon-lime soda. 

Makes about 16 servings. 

This has been a favorite at our Christmas party and holiday gatherings, and it's great for a crowd! I even made it for my eldest son's wedding reception back in 2012, (it's where I got the photo from!) 

Enjoy! 

Berry Smoothie

For this recipe you will need:

• 1/2 cup 1% milk
• 1 cup plain low-fat yogurt
• 1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar
• 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Syrup
• 3/4 Cup Mixed Frozen Berries (strawberry, blackberry, raspberry mix)
• 1/4 banana
• a few ice cubes

Place ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. You can add more sugar to taste.  Strain liquid into a strainer to remove some of the seeds. Serve and Enjoy!

Summer Treat...Orange, Banana, Strawberry Smoothie

You will need:

• 1 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup strawberry yogurt
• 1/2 banana
• 5 ice cubes

Mix this all together in a blender
This makes 2 delicious summer treats. You can change it around to suite your own taste and add fresh fruit to the mix, if you'd like to. (I just used what I happened to have on hand in the fridge).
Now enjoy!