I have not been one to shy away from fruits and vegetables and thankfully, neither are my kiddos, but my husband has never been one to reach for nature’s laxative without good reason. It’s not that he doesn’t like the taste of fruits, he just has his preferences and they are usually the more expensive items like cherries.
While my children have no problem including fruits and veggies in their diet, with school back in session it tends to be the last thing they eat from their lunch box. So we decided to try a different approach to getting the recommended number of servings per day, as supported by Canada’s Food Guide. You can see the daily suggestions below.
The thought was to turn some of those less than desirable fruits and veggies into smoothies. Not a new idea by any stretch, but new for us. We started by purchasing one of those blender type machines that will crush ice, which I highly encourage you to do if you plan on making smoothies. My husband then went a little overboard buying frozen fruit, like cherries (big surprise), blueberries and strawberries. You might want to watch for sales before going crazy. And fresh fruits work well too. We had some canned peaches on hand already (store brand, bought on sale) so that was the first type of smoothie to be experimented with, or should I say on. 🙂
Just Peachy Fruit Smoothie
Ingredients:
- 1/2 can of halved peaches in light juice (approx 400ml)
- 1 cup of ice, crushed (about two handfuls of large ice cubes)
- 1 tbsp of lime juice
Directions:
- Put your ice cubes in the blender and crush to nice larger chunks.
- Add your peaches, juice and all.
- Add the lime juice.
- Press the blend/crush directive for ten seconds and check the consistency of the mixture. You may find you want the ice to be thicker or smaller. I prefer the larger chunks of ice, so everyone will be different.
- Serve in a tall glass with a straw. 🙂
This recipe will make about 1 & 1/2 cups or 12 ounces.
Super easy to make and it tastes great! I found this concoction to be very pleasant, but my hubby felt it lacked something. Probably those darn cherries, so you can guess which one we are going to try next!
Do you like smoothies? What is your favourite recipe that we could try?
FT&PD
Suz
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This sounds very tasty, a great way to use those peaches up!!
I`m a huge fan of Peaches,can`t wait to try this !!
I love smoothies…I recently changed my diet habit from dairy milk to soy milk and I have to say I like smothies even more! My favourite recipe is very simple: blackberries, blueberries and soy milk. Nothing fancy, but it’s so yummy!
Great recipe, for the peach lovers!
Peaches are one of my favorite fruits of all time. This smoothie sounds both healthy and delicious!
Sounds delicious, but I was wondering how you would make that a meal? You know by using a protein powder. But can you use
a tablespoon of powder just added to this smoothie for example? I don’t know, but maybe one of your readers does? Otherwise
it would just be a nice cool drink.
Thanks for sharing Suz!
This looks so delicious!
awesome , thanks for sharing the recipe , i will be trying it out , sounds delish 🙂
I always buy to much fruit and always goes bad great way to use them
Oh this looks tasty! My husband and I love our smoothies. I’ll have to add this one on Pinterest. Thank you for sharing the recipe!
Your smoothie looks and sounds super yummy, can’t wait to try it, thanks!
This looks really delicious – can’t wait to try it!
This peach smoothies sounds great! My favorite is blackberries. Thanks!
Mmmm… yummy summer fruits!
I’ve been trying to branch out and try new smoothies. This one looks super tasty. Hopefully my hubby will love it too!
Oh this recipe looks yummy! Love peach smoothies! I make all kinds of smoothies. I really like throwing things together to make new flavors.
It sounds easy, looks pretty, and I bet tastes good. Perfect combo.
Peaches I love. Pretty well anything with peaches has to be greatv .This sounds like a really good recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Looks like it is easy to make and now it is peach season!
My hubby is the same way. I like this recipe alot. It is so so simple! Going to try it out tomorrow.
Thanks for sharing your delicious and healthy smoothie recipe. I can’t wait to try it!
I love smoothies, but never tried one with peaches so I’m going to give your recipe a try soon. I usually make mine with strawberries and bananas and crushed ice. Sometimes I make it with almond milk and that’s good also.
This looks delicious!
Ohhh this sounds great!! Can’t wait to try!
This looks and sounds so good. Smoothies are one of my favorites in which I have about 4 times or more weekly!
I’m going to try making this tonight with dinner, thanks for the nice recipe.
Looks so tasty!
Strawberry/Mango is my favourite combo in a smoothie. I sometimes add a bit of sweetened condensed milk to mine. Yummy. 🙂
I tried your recipe last night. Kids loved it! Thank you !
We are going to try this recipe. So simple and I’ll bet it tastes good.
This looks so yummy! Thank you for posting this. I’ve got to give it a try.
YUM! Thank you for this recipe. Just my style: simple and without added extra sugars!
Oh, yum! I need to try this! I love peaches!
MMM good. I love anything that looks, smells or has the word peach in it. I just love peaches and this recipe sounds great.
I can’t wait to try this. Especially since there will be temps in the 90’s most of this week!
This looks so good peaches are a favorite fruit
I think I get most of my fruits and vegetables through smoothies these days.
This looks so tasty and not bad for my diet, which is even better