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Power shake smoothie
Celia Brooks Brown
by Celia Brooks Brown
from New Vegetarian

Serves 2

Preparation time less than 30 mins

Cooking time no cooking required

Vegetarian Quick Recipe


Ingredients
about 150g/6oz prepared fruit such as berries, mango, banana, papaya, peach, apricot, melon or kiwi fruit
250ml/8½fl oz low-fat plain yoghurt
250ml/8½fl oz fruit juice such as orange, apple, pineapple or cranberry
50g/2oz ground almonds
2 tbsp honey
3-4 tbsp wheatgerm
pinch of ground cinnamon


Method
1. Put all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Pour into glasses and serve with a straw. This shake will keep in the fridge for two days.

Or try the following variations:
Replace the almonds with 100g/4oz silken tofu.
Replace the fruit juice with skim milk, soy milk or unsweetened coconut milk.
Omit the wheatgerm and use porridge oats instead.
Add other flavourings before blending such as one teaspoon of pure vanilla essence, a dash of almond essence or two teaspoons of grated fresh ginger.
For a thick shake add ice cubes before blending.


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