Ingredients:
1/4 Cup Of Crushed Graham Crackers
1 Whole Ripe Peeled Banana
1 Whole Small Quartered Crisp Green Apple
1 Tablespoon Of Liquid Bees Honey
1 Tiny Dash Of Fresh Ground Cinnamon
2 Cups Of Vanilla Flavored Soy Milk
2 Cups Of Unsweetened Orange Juice
Information:
Serving Size 1
410 Calories Per Serving
5 Grams Of Fat
Preparation Instructions:
Elizabeth from Seattle Washington just emailed our staff this unique and super delicious graham crackers smoothie recipe. To start the preparation process first crumble all the graham crackers and then place them into your blender. Next slice up a banana and place that into your blender. Moving along next quarter your apples, remove the seeds from them, then toss that ingredient into the mix. Now that your staple ingredients have been added you will then want to pour into your blender the yummy liquid bees honey, fresh ground cinnamon, vanilla flavored soy milk, and all of the unsweetened orange juice. If you have access to fresh squeezed orange juice then that will provide a far superior flavor than the processed juice. You're all set to begin blending so puree all the ingredients for one to three minutes or until the smoothie is silky smooth and even. If the finished smoothie is too thick for your preference then simply blend in additional juice or soy milk. Obviously you can swap the soy milk for cow's milk if you prefer, however cow's milk does occasionally curdle when it 's added to orange juice. That concludes this one of a kind recipe I hope you enjoyed it. Please come back and visit us again for more recipe updates.
William from London England sent our staff this graham crackers smoothie recipe related question. He asked can I use low fat milk in this smoothie recipe? The answer is yes, low fat milk will work great with this smoothie recipe instead of the called for soy milk. You can also use non fat milk as well. The reason I choose to use soy milk in this smoothie recipe instead of cow's milk is because soy milk won't curdle when it comes into contact with the citric acid rich orange juice. Cow's milk on the other hand will occasionally curdle when mixed with orange juice.
If you aren't a fan of soy milk or cow's milk then try mixing this graham crackers smoothie with just plain fruit juice. While the recipe calls for orange juice you can also use apple juice, grape juice, cranberry juice, grapefruit juice, carrot juice, or any other sweet tasting juice. You can also just use plain bottled water and a tablespoon or two of organic bees honey or sweet agave nectar. Regardless of whether you use bottled water or juice do make sure that both of them are chilled before mixing them with your smoothie as a warm smoothie won't taste near as good.
Frank from Philadelphia Pennsylvania recently emailed our webmaster this graham crackers smoothie specific question. Frank asked how can I make this smoothie recipe more healthy. The first way that you can make this smoothie more healthy is to only use homemade graham crackers as they do not possess trans fat, hydrogenated vegetable oil, and other unhealthy added ingredients. On our website we offer quite a few homemade graham crackers recipes that are specifically created just for their health benefits, such as our vegan graham crackers recipe.
Although this recipe already calls for one green apple and banana, you can obviously add other fruits and vegetables into the mixture. For example try adding in a quarter cup of blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, or boysenberries. Super healthy vegetables that would go well with this smoothie recipe include one quarter cup of chopped baby carrots, one large handful of fresh spinach, one large handful of fresh kale, or even a slice or two of ripe fresh avocado. You can also blend this smoothie together with healthy raw homemade fruit and vegetable juices.
Outside of adding super healthy fruits and vegetables to this smoothie you can also add in many other ingredients that will create a more healthy blend. For example try adding in some soaked hemp seeds, soaked almonds, raw organic maca powder, protein powder, Spirulina, soaked sunflower seeds, soaked walnuts, or even some homemade vegan yogurt. Other off the beaten path ingredients that would make this recipe healthier would be one or two boiled free range eggs, some raw cow's milk, raw goat's milk, soaked rolled oats, or even some fresh ground ginger and nutmeg powder.
