Dinner Smoothies
Written By Catherine Newman
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Smoothie: a main dish and a dessert
Sometimes on an especially hot summer evening we have smoothies for dinner — with a side of popcorn, eaten out in the garden, with certain members of the family not even fully clothed.
For each smoothie portion, whir together in a blender 1/2 cup sliced fruit and/or washed berries, frozen, with 1/2 cup flavored low fat yogurt, a teaspoon of ground flax seeds (optional, but nutrient-packed), and 1 ice cube (if you freeze the yogurt first, you can skip the ice). Half a frozen banana makes it even creamier. We like strawberries, bananas, banana yogurt, and apple juice. Mangoes, bananas, vanilla yogurt, and orange juice. For exceptionally tart fruit, I have been to known to add a tablespoon of maple syrup.
