Healthy Shakes & Smoothies

A great way to get your daily fruit intake quickly is through shakes and smoothies ! They are great for just drinking while relaxing at home, or for a quick, on the go, treat.

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They are very easy to make as well.

For a shake, you can often just choose a fruit; any fruit. For example, if you pick strawberries, all you have to do is put the strawberries into a blender, add some ice, and maybe a little bit of sugar to make it a little sweeter. Mix it up and you have a healthy drink right infront of you. These are often a lot thinner than smoothies though. You can change the strawberries with any fruit you would want.

For smoothies it takes a couple more steps. You pick your fruit, you add some ice, and then from there you have to decide if you want to add milk, or ice cream. If you are choosing ice cream, your best bet would be a low fat ice-cream or one without any sugar in it. This keeps the smoothie as healthy as possible! Mix the smoothie in the blender and your done. It is very quick, and ends up being very delicious.

Some options for some smoothie flavours are:
-Banana Strawberry
-Mango

-Strawberry Kiwi

-Cherry Banana

-Orange Raspberry

-Apple Pear