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| Berry citrus blitz smoothie |
I am thus pleased to provide a review of Emily's new book, 100 Best Juices, Smoothies and Healthy Snacks. The book is delightfully diverse, with recipes such as carrot, apple and lime juice, chocolate mylk, power bar snacks, and the berry citrus blitz smoothie that I chose to test out. What is more, you don't need a juicer to make use of the book. Most of the recipes are made in a blender, whilst the snack items use a food processor.
The berry citrus blitz smoothie seemed like a nice way to offset grey winter weather, and if you live in the southern hemisphere, it will be an equally good match for your sunshine! Emily recommends a mix of berries for the smoothie, and you can use whatever you have to hand. I combined cranberries and raspberries and they tasted wonderful and gave a gorgeous colour to the drink. The smoothie was impressively thick, and I don't usually use oranges in smoothies so appreciated the different flavour and sweetness it provided.
Berry Citrus Blitz Smoothie
From Emily von Euw's 100 Best Juices, Smoothies and Healthy Snacks
Printed with permission of Page St. Publishing
Serves 2
2 bananas
2 oranges (I used chopped orange segments, peeled)
1 cup (155 g) frozen berries
1 cup (237 mL) nut milk (Emily includes a recipe in the book for a homemade version)
Blend until it’s all smooth. Sip and enjoy.
What smoothies are you enjoying at the moment?
Looks delicious, Kari. Glad to hear you liked the book and recipes :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Janet! And thanks for alerting me to it :-)
DeleteWhat a beautiful drink.
ReplyDeleteI do love the colour of it - really vibrant.
DeleteThis looks amazing!! Her website is so great! ...and so is yours!! :) Thanks for sharing your review!
ReplyDeleteAw, thanks Cailee :-)
Deleteamazing colour and am still jealous of your cranberries - also interested in the mixture of orange and nut milk - I usually think it is a choice between orange juice or milk in smoothies - so I think I need to try this as we have too many oranges right now!
ReplyDeleteI always thought that too - orange juice (or any juice) or milk but not both! I was really delighted by how well it worked as the milk gave creaminess whilst the juice made it sweeter and not too milky. There didn't seem to be any problems with curdling.
DeleteThis would address your orange problem and perhaps also the extreme temperature problem as I've noted the predicted high temperatures in Australia this week!
I didn't manage this with the oranges but made a smoothie with milk and mandarins this morning and thought of this post which encouraged me to pair citrus and milk. Thanks.
DeleteI hope you liked the mandarin twist! It sounds great to me.
DeleteI remember you telling me about Emily's book and how it's been of great inspiration to you. And I remember the raw carrot cake as well. What a pretty drink! I love the colour and the flavour of this drink must be wonderful - a great way to start the day xx
ReplyDeleteIt is definitely very refreshing! Just the thing to brighten up winter days but also of course to cool down hot ones.
DeleteThanks for this review! Really interested in this book. I love smoothies at the moment in this heat! This berry one looks delish
ReplyDeleteThanks Kate - I hope you enjoy it if you test it out!
DeleteSounds like an awesome book! I'm definitely looking to hop on the smoothie bandwagon and this sounds super inspirational.
ReplyDeleteIt is full of great ideas :)
DeleteI really need to get back on the smoothie train, thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteA pleasure! I hope you enjoy this if you give it a go :-)
DeleteWe'll be eating healthier around here starting now and a small morning smoothie along with oatmeal will be the norm. This one looks really good!
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy your new routine!
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