Blackcurrant & Pineapple Smoothie

Our berries are becoming ripe now. We harvested a lot of blackcurrants and were happy to find this recipe. It was easy to adapt to make vegan and makes a colorful and healthy drink, packed with vitamin C. It would probably also make a good ice cream.

Serving Size: 4

Ingredients:

• 1- 8 ounce can pineapple slices (reserve 1 ring as garnish)
• 1 cup soy yogurt
• 1 cup pineapple juice
• 1 cup blackcurrant juice or syrup
• 1 medium banana
• ice cubes (optional)
• mint leaves or lemon balm as optional garnish

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Pour into glasses and garnish with a piece of pineapple and a sprig of green.

Note:

We made our own blackcurrant syrup using fresh blackcurrants from our garden.
Inspired by http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=27590

Author: Chris Walker. This entry was posted on Friday, June 17th, 2011 at 8:44 pm. It is filed under Banana, Beverages, Blackcurrant, Pineapple, Soy yogurt. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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