Sylvia Shares Some Smoothie Secrets

by Little Lotus Yoga™  Instructor Sylvia Picciano

Making Smoothies

As a follow-up to last week’s post about Selective Eaters, Sylvia is sharing some of her smoothie recipes. Yum!  If only she was offering to lend us her Vitamix, too 😉

Note: Smoothies pictured are not the results of these specific recipes and are meant only as a representation of how a smoothie made with similar ingredients might appear.

AVOCADO BANANA BERRY SMOOTHIE

• Half a ripe avocado
• 1  frozen bananas
• 5 frozen or fresh strawberries
• Pour 1/2 cup milk
• A teaspoon of allspice

Combine the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.

ORANGE BANANA SMOOTHIE

• 3 ounces frozen orange juice concentrate
• 1/4 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 cups milk
• 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 small banana, sliced
• 5 ice cubes

Combine everything except ice and blend for 15 seconds. Add ice and blend until smooth.

BERRY SMOOTHIE

• 1/2 bag of frozen blueberries or raspberries or strawberries
• 7 or 8 ice cubes
• 1 1/2 cups of milk
• 1 banana

Combine ingredients in a blender and switch to the highest setting…try to blend until smooth. I like to add ground flax seed or hemp seed to this mixture (for added protein and omega).

FROZEN FRUIT SMOOTHIE

• 1/2 cups frozen bananas
• 1/2 cups frozen peaches
• 1/2 cups frozen strawberries
• 2 cups milk
• 1/4 cups orange juice
• 2 tablespoons honey

Combine the ingredients in a blender until smooth. Refreshing!

Sylvia is a busy mom of two children in competitive sports, she teaches various fitness classes and yoga. She continues to take care of her children and always puts their health first, ensuring they have proper nutrition to fuel their busy little bodies!