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Smoothie Sunday: Orange Grapefruit Smoothie
One of the best grapefruit I ever had was brought back from someone’s grandfather’s backyard in Florida, and it was amazing. It was so sweet I didn’t even need to add sugar. Unfortunately, most of the grapefruit you can buy in stores is not that sweet, and can be downright bitter. I still enjoy eating grapefruit from time to time, but having to load it down with sugar seems a bit counter-intuitive in terms of eating fruit for a healthy breakfast. But, I figured if I put it in a smoothie with other, sweeter things I could still get the grapefruit flavor without all the bitterness. And thus this smoothie was born.
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Smoothie Sunday: Cranberry Pear Smoothie
Cranberries are really good for you. They are chock full of antioxidants and they’re also great for your urinary tract health. They are also rather tart. They’re not really a fruit you can just eat out of hand as a snack. I really wanted to use them in a smoothie, but I knew I needed another fruit to temper the tart a bit. Pears seemed like the perfect fruit to do this since they could help add sweetness without adding a ton of flavor of their own. In the end I think the combination worked out really well, and it ended up being a great late summer/early fall smoothie.
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Smoothie Sunday: Grape Smoothie
I have a bit of a complicated relationship with grape. As a fruit I enjoy grapes. I can just sit and eat grapes as a snack or dessert and everything is a-ok. But yet I haaaate grape flavored things. To me a lot of grape flavored things don’t actually taste all that much like the grapes I eat as a snack. Or perhaps grape flavored things just bring about flashbacks to having to take grape flavored medicine as a kid. Either way, to this day I still generally avoid grape flavored things. But since grapes as a fruit are good, I figured a grape smoothie was worth a try.
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Smoothie Sunday: Peanut Butter Blueberry Smoothie
I realize this smoothie is pretty similar to the peanut butter and jelly smoothie that I posted last year. But blueberry jelly is less popular than strawberry jelly, so I decided that it deserved its own post. The inspiration for this smoothie came from my putting blueberries on peanut butter toast. It’s very yummy, but it can be a bit tricky to eat. This smoothie has all the flavor without fear of blueberries rolling off of bread.
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Smoothie Sunday: Strawberry Almond Peach Smoothie
Full confession: this was originally supposed to be a peach cobbler-like smoothie but the second peach I had got eaten before I made my smoothie. So I had to improvise. Luckily it still turned out really yummy. If you do want to make this a peach cobbler smoothie, just use 2 peaches and cut out the strawberries. Either way this will be a lovely late summer smoothie.
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