Granola - Strawberry Smoothie & Blueberry Yogurt
Finally , the summer seems to be here and suddenly we are craving for cooler things. The two ideas, a smoothie and a yogurt posted today were prepared to beat yesterday's heat. They use the store bought granola bars and yogurt and suit my BM theme of "Food prepared using ready made stuff".
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Ingredients: (2 - 3 servings)
1 cup or 6 oz strawberry yogurt / Plain yogurt
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup strawberries, halved
1 small banana
2 granola bars (I used Nature Valley' Oats n Honey bars.)
Sugar or any sweetener if using plain yogurt
Method:
* Place yogurt, milk, fruits, 3/4th of the granola bars and sweetener if using in a blender. Blend until smooth.
* Pour into glasses. Crumble the remaining bars and sprinkle in each glass. Garnish with strawberry slices if desired. Serve immediately.
Blueberry Yogurt
Another cool snack idea for these sultry days. Though I am not a yogurt - granola parfait eating person, a fruity yogurt sprinkled with a small quantity of nuts and crumbled granola bar is appealing to me. Here is blueberry Greek yogurt sprinkled with almond and crumbled granola.
Either get blueberry yogurt from the store or prepare your own. Using Greek yogurt is the shortcut version but straining the yogurt in the refrigerator for a few hours will also give the same results. For each cup of Greek yogurt, pulse about 2 Tbsp of blueberries coarsely. Add crushed berries and sweetener to the yogurt and stir. 4 - 6 fresh berries can be added as well. Sprinkle with nuts and granola bar pieces if desired and serve immediately.
This goes to Priya's "Veggie / Fruit A Month" event hosted this month by Harini-Jaya with the theme Blue berries.
Comments
22 comments:
Very very healthy Version..
a great idea!
smoothie looks very healthy and refreshing..
Very delicious
Wow, very tempting!!!! A Filling Smoothie!!!!
wow very yummy ones..
Pictures are very tempting Suma..very healthy options..
wonderful refreshing nutritious and rich smoothie.
Am loving both smoothie and yogurt,well done Suma.
Healthy and tempting smoothie!!!!
Granola smoothie & blueberry yogurt looks inviting and perfect for beating the summer heat!
Really refreshing ideas.....love it...
Wonderful idea...smoothie looks so tempting..
very refreshing and healthy one. love it
Wow! a smoothie with granola bars, that is something I must try.
The blueberry yogurt is too good to pass. Though I would prepare it with homemade yogurt. Somehow didn't like Greek yogurt. I guess it is an acquired taste !
Thanks for sending it to the event.
Awesome ideas to beat the heat in summer.
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adding granola to a smoothie would make it so much more healthy!
NIce and delicious
I love oats n honey granola bar, will definitely be trying this out. Looks so delicious.
yummy and healthy!
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Power packed and delicious smoothie..
Smoothie looks very tempting!!!!
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