Blueberry cucumber smoothie

Blueberry-Cucumber Smoothie

2 large garden cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and cut into chunks (2 cups)

1 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt

1 cup frozen blueberries

1-2 TBS honey or agave nectar

1 TBS. Lemon juice

Place all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth

Behold the power of the smoothie…I have been making smoothies since Tori was a baby. I found it was a great way to sneak stuff to her. She fell for it for a while…but she’s not a big smoothie drinker now. Most of her smoothies get left with a lot in them still. Merrick, however, is my smoothie drinker. He lives for them…he’ll drink a whole blender full if I let him. This is fine by me because I put good stuff in them.

I found this recipe in my vegetarian times and I was making this once for myself and it ended up being breakfast for the family. Everyone was interested in what I was doing with the cucumbers and even Kevin wanted to try it. It turned out to make a nice, refreshing smoothie. What’s great is we not only got a serving of fruit, but veggies too! I honestly didn’t do the ‘seeding’ thing the recipe called for…but the cukes I got didn’t have terribly big seeds and the blender chopped it up all just fine. No one noticed anything…like I said, they were gone very quickly! Add some banana or replace with strawberries to change it up a bit.