Fruit Salad Smoothie
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20 ounces
Just messing around with smoothie recipes. The red flecks in this come from the apple peel (my $20 blender left them in). A better blender might reduce these to a non-visible state, or you could just peel the apple first. Personally, I think they add character.
Ingredients
- 1 banana
- 1 apple, cored and sliced
- 4 dates, pitted
- 3 slices papaya (1" slices), peeled and quartered
- 1 orange, juiced
- 1 lemon or lime, juiced
- water to desired thickness
Preparation
I used a hand juicer to juice the orange and lemon/lime and added enough water to the two of these to equal 1 cup of total liquid.
Then just dump everything into your blender and beat until smooth.
Add more water or juice if you like your smoothies thinner.
Comments
smoothielove writes: (February 19, 2008)
Looks so yummy! Personally I like the spicks too and my smoothies always have them because of my cheap blender. The only problem i have with blending is when i blend organes and grapes the skin doesnt break up well and gets stuck in my straw! haha
Anyway this looks good but im not a big fan a papaya, maybe the one i had was too ripe or bad or something but it tasted like vomit to me ewww!
Einherjar writes: (February 19, 2008)
The papayas I’ve had tasted like less-juicy cantaloupe, which might be a good substitute if you don’t want to brave papaya again.
smoothielove writes: (February 19, 2008)
Oooo thanks ill try the cantaloupe for now and try the papaya again later….when are they in season?
Einherjar writes: (February 20, 2008)
Cantaloupe is the fall. Papaya’s tropical, so pretty much year-round, I suppose. The one used in the picture was actually a tad under-ripe, so I can’t say for sure.
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