At the halfway mark in my SmoothieJune experiment, I reassessed the remaining smoothies I’d initially selected and turfed a lot of them for various reasons. I have decided no more cherry or pomegranate as I find they are too prominent and drown out any other flavours, no more dried fruit (what was I thinking with the cherries?), and minimal new ingredients. I went searching for a new batch of recipes, mindful that Pinterest has been overwhelmed with spam-linking, especially in the food and drink category, and found a half dozen more so that I could at least plan this week through.
Today’s recipe is from Prevention Magazine. I liked the simplicity of it but can you guess what’s missing? Yup. Chia seeds, or a banana, or flax seeds. It calls for flaxseed oil but I really didn’t want to buy yet another ingredient that I might never use so I took a chance with the ground flaxseed. I also swapped out the skim/soy milk for one of the other milks I had in the fridge — I chose almond milk. Finally, I skipped the ice.
The resulting smoothie was one of the thinnest so far but it tasted great — very much like an Orange Julius. The ground flax seeds give the drink a freckled look but I didn’t find the texture to be problematic. If I were to do this again, I’d use two oranges but otherwise, it was perfect.