The last smoothie I made (using greens) didn’t go well, but this one tastes great! For anyone looking to add more probioitics into their diet, natural yogurt can be helpful. The yogurt that most people buy from a grocery store is full of harmful ingredients such as high fructose corn syrup, artificial dyes and flavoring, etc. Kellogg’s yogurt contains BHT & High Fructose Corn Syrup, Chobani contains added flavors and concentrates, many of Dannon’s yogurts contain artificial flavors, potassium sorbate, & other harmful additives.
I personally cannot stand the flavor of natural yogurt – it’s too sour/bitter/blah for me…so I prefer to mix it in with other foods like a meat dish, or in this case – a smoothie. Do NOT cook the yogurt – it will kill the good probiotics – add it in afterward. The ingredients I used:
- 1/2 cup prune juice (just natural pune juice, no concentrate, no added sugar, etc)
- 1 banana
- 1 medium apple
- 1/4 cup yogurt (use the most natural/organic yogurt you can get)
- 1 serving cup of natural, unsweetened/unflavored applesauce
- 1/4 cup of coconut water
- 3-5 ice cubes
Put all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. This recipe almost filled 2 red solo cups – makes plenty for you to have one now and put the other one in the fridge for later or share with a friend. You could easily add other ingredients such as ginger, coconut, parsley, cinnamon, etc.
Specific brands I used:
Yogurt: White Mountain Bulgarian Yogurt (I think it’s made in Austin, I bought it at HEB – it’s the best I can find near me)
Coconut juice: VitaCoco 100% Pure Coconut Water
Unsweetened applesauce: HEB Unsweetened Applesauce 6pk
