27 April 2011

Almond and Banana Smoothie


Even though it has been raining during the nights in Kannur, its really HOT  and humid outside during day time. So here is my COOL experiment for a HOT day.. a big glass of refreshing smoothie!!

Almonds known to be the small but MIGHTY nut had been considered too fatty to be a healthy snack. But recent research has shown that 90% of the fats are unsaturated - which is good news for all the health conscious and almond lovers. Almonds are high in protein, fiber, calcium, magnesium, potassium, vitamin E, and other antioxidants. And the best part is it is available throughout the year.
So let’s make a smoothie with almonds and banana and have an ENERGY EXPLOSION !!



INGREDIENTS
Serves 3-4

125 g  / 4 ½ oz  Whole blanched almonds
600ml                Low fat Milk
2                        Ripe bananas halved
1 tsp                  Vanilla Essence
6 tsp                   Sugar (Optional)
Ground Cinnamon for sprinkling


METHOD

Boil 1 1/2 cups of water. When it boils put the almonds in it for about 10 secs and remove from water.
Now remove the skin of the almonds.
Powder it finely in a food processor
Add milk, banana and vanilla extract, sugar to this and blend until smooth and creamy.
Chill the glasses.
Pour the smoothie into glasses and sprinkle with cinnamon.

7 comments:

  1. It was kind of smoothie weather here today :-) But I heard that it's really hot in kerala these days and this is a perfect cooler :-)

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  2. Thanks Namitha!! I am a big fan of your blog. Amazing!!

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  3. Yummy,filling n refreshing smoothie..
    Sanyukta
    http://creativesanyukta.blogspot.com/

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  4. First time here..u hv a wonderful space with mouthwatering recipes n pics...
    Visit mine as time permits...
    Decadent smoothie
    Sanyukta
    http://creativesanyukta.blogspot.com/

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  5. very filling and mouthwatering smoothie.nice presentation. Thanks for visiting my space

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  6. Yummy smoothie and healthy combo,loved the glass served!

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  7. Thanks Jeyashri, Sanyukta and Raji.

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