One of the things I love about summer are fresh cherries and peaches, and picking them up at the farmer's market. White peaches are my favorite. Here is a quick recipe for a non-dairy smoothie at 195 calories. You can switch out the fruit and put in your fave. If you add banana, it will thicken up even more.
1 cup Organic Rice Milk Original* (110 calories, 2.5g fat, 20g carb, 1g protein)- 10 fresh cherries (45 calories, 10g carb, 1g protein)
- 1/2 fresh medium white peach (a whole peach is 40 calories, 9g carb, 1g protein)
- handful of ice cubes
- Pit the cherries, and the peach. I keep the skin on the peach because there are plenty of nutrients in the skin. The blender pulverizes the fruit anyway so you won't be swallowing any chunks of peach skin.
- I only put half the peach in so that I can enjoy the other half to munch on.
- Put all ingredients in a blender and frappawhiz it.
- Sometimes I will throw in a couple teaspoons of flaxseed oil to get some Omega-3s in my body.
* I use Whole Foods 365 brand Organic Rice Milk because it's just as good and a bit cheaper than most other organic versions of other brands, at least in my area. You can use Vanilla flavored Rice Milk but it will add a bit more calories and carbs because it contains more sugar. I go with organic as well because I consume organically as much I can.)
