When blueberries are in season, this is one wonderful refreshing smoothie filled with nutrients and vitamins!
Berry Orange Smoothie
Author: Catherine Katz
Serves: 1 smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh blueberries, rinsed
- ⅓ cup lowfat kefir (plain)
- ½ cup fresh orange juice (not from concentrate)
- 1 cup ice
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth
Brenda Raubenheimer says
November 9, 2015 at 2:13 amHi.
What is kefir? I’ve never seen it in South Africa so can you recommend any substitutes?
Thanks,
Brenda.
Catherine Katz says
November 10, 2015 at 6:55 amHi Brenda!
Kefir is a cultured milk product with a thinner consistency than yogurt and a slightly tart taste like buttermilk. It is made either with kefir grains or a powdered kefir starter — the grains aren’t an actual grain like wheat, but are made of bacteria and yeast. If you can’t find Kefir, I would use either a very thin plain yogurt or buttermilk to replace it. I hope this is helpful! Enjoy!
Syrfsity Syd says
August 7, 2015 at 2:14 amThe recipe calls for:
½ fresh orange juice
What exactly is that? A half cup of fresh orange juice? Or a half of an orange juiced? (The juice of half an orange.) Could be a significant difference depending on the size of the orange.
Catherine Katz says
August 10, 2015 at 10:38 amOh my goodness Syd, thank you for catching that mistake! I just fixed it– I meant 1/2 cup fresh orange juice, which, depending on how juicy the orange is, can be one large orange. Thank you again for bringing that to my attention!
R.A. says
July 18, 2015 at 6:08 pmI appreciate that you have made these smoothie recipes for one serving. Many other sites where I find smoothie recipes they are written for multiple servings and usually that is not what I need.
Catherine Katz says
July 19, 2015 at 8:13 amThat’s so nice of you to note that, R.A., thank you!