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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Raspberry-Beetroot Smoothie

Not only does food appeal to us humans by means of taste but as well as our eyes. We love to "taste with our eyes." The vibrant colour and lush texture of this vitamin C enriched drink should make it irresistible.

Serves: 4
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Per Serving: 383 kilojoules; 4g protein; 15g carbohydrates; 1g fat; 1g saturated fat; 5mg cholesterol; 2g fibre; 61mg Sodium

Ingredients:
2 cooked beetroots cooled, peeled and roughly chopped
60g fresh or frozen raspberries
250ml of chilled cranberry juice
250ml of double cream yoghurt (OK...OK if you want to be healthy then you can use Low Fat Yoghurt)
Fresh Raspberries for garnish

Method:
In a blender puree the beetroot, raspberries and cranberry juice until smooth.

Pour the puree through a strainer into a large jug. Whisk in the yoghurt, but keeping some for garnish.

Pour the juice into 4 glasses and top with the remaining yoghurt. Garnish with extra raspberries.

Serve Immediately.

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