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5-a-Day Fruit Smoothie

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5-a-Day Fruit Smoothie is packed full of blueberries, apple, banana, kiwi fruit and lime which are blended with coconut water for a refreshing burst of flavour and nutrients.

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Today I’m bringing you a 5-a-Day Fruit Smoothie which came about after a great start to the day!

I woke up extra early this morning (probably due to the lighter mornings) put my latest #flowertheday shot onto instagram and eventually the radio alarm came on.

We listen to Chris Evans on Radio 2 every morning, it’s always uplifting and cheery so a great way to start the day. So there I was listening from under the covers whilst checking all my social media on my phone, when a song I hadn’t heard for decades started to play.

It was 68 Guns by The Alarm which I really liked back in the 80’s and I was lucky enough to see them support Queen at Wembley Stadium in my youth. Hence I felt compelled to tell Radio 2 this via Twitter and mentioned that I’d even had a tasseled suede jacket (similar to the one the lead singer wore in their video, only mine was black).

So blow me down within a few minutes (and after the next song “Jet”) suddenly the words from my tweet were being repeated back to me. At this point I jumped out of bed to tell my kids and hubby about this surprise happening!

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Anyway, in the words of the sadly late Ronnie Corbett, I digress, so with an extra spring in my step this morning and the sun streaming in through the windows I decided I wanted to make a nice healthy smoothie for breakfast.

I’m not really into making smoothies as I don’t have the best equipment with which to make them. So after discovering that I’d broken my Braun Multipractic blender attachment (after attempting to make peanut butter in it), I decanted my smoothie to my soup maker/blender and after a bit of stopping and shaking eventually got a nice smooth blend.

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I knew I had some Kiwi fruits that I’d bought for 3p recently, I also had a glut of cheap bananas, a lime that was on its last legs, some neglected frozen blueberries and lots of apples. These therefore formed the base of my smoothie as well as a little coconut water I happened to have in the fridge.

If I’d had one of these super duper high speed blenders then I could have left the skins on my apples but I played safe and peeled mine! The smoothie was totally delicious with all the flavours complimenting each other wonderfully, a great way to get some of your 5-a-day.

As soon as my daughter came in from school she also wanted a glass so I made another batch which she drank with much enthusiasm, my son also had a glass but exclaimed that he didn’t like smoothies and after drinking most of it he still wasn’t convinced (you can’t win them all)!

This 5-a-Day Fruit Smoothie is packed full of vitamins (particularly Vitamin C), minerals and roughage but due to the high acidity content it’s not something you would want to drink every day for the sake of your teeth as fruit acid can be quite damaging. Using a straw is a good way to help protect your teeth from the acid.

5-a-Day Fruit Smoothie - Fab Food 4 AllFor more fruit smoothie inspiration you might like the following recipes from fellow bloggers:

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As this recipe was made with cheap ingredients and ones that needed using up I’m entering it into Credit Crunch Munch which I run with Fuss Free Flavours and hosted by From Plate to Pen this month plus No Waste Food Challenge which is run by Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary.

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5-a-Day Fruit Smoothie

5-a-Day Fruit Smoothie is packed full of blueberries, apple, banana, kiwi fruit and lime which are blended with coconut water for a refreshing burst of flavour and nutrients.
Course Drinks
Cuisine British
Keyword Apple, blueberry, kiwi
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 2 x 200mls
Author Camilla Hawkins

Ingredients

  • 60 g Blueberries frozen
  • 1 Banana medium, peeled & sliced
  • 2 Kiwi fruits peeled & roughly chopped
  • 1 Apple peeled, cored and chopped
  • Juice of half a lime
  • 100 mls Coconut water

Instructions

  • Put all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
  • Pour into 2 small glasses.

Notes

If you have a high speed power blender then you could leave the apple skins on.
Depending on the size of your banana you may want to water down the smoothie with a little more coconut water if necessary.

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  1. michael keogh

    14/05/2019 at 10:42 am

    i have a smoothie each morning

    1 banana
    1 apple ( every thing including core)
    20 grapes
    2 satsumas
    glass of orange juice
    ice

    works out about 35 pence

    Reply
  2. Richard Eldred Hawes

    07/02/2017 at 10:01 pm

    Great sounding smoothie, wish I could find Kiwi fruit at 3p

    Reply
    • Camilla

      07/02/2017 at 11:32 pm

      Thanks Richard:-)

      Reply
  3. Helen Moulden

    28/01/2017 at 11:28 am

    Love a good smoothie. Great recipe!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      30/01/2017 at 12:23 am

      Thanks Helen, it is lush:-)

      Reply
  4. A S,Edinburgh

    27/01/2017 at 7:53 pm

    That’s really cool, having your tweet read out! The flavours of this look great; really intense :).

    Reply
    • Camilla

      28/01/2017 at 12:09 am

      Thanks, a few days ago Chris Evans RT’d my Non Alcoholic Mojito recipe to his 2.3M followers as he’s having a #dryjanuary:-)

      Reply
  5. Sarah Cooper

    21/10/2016 at 2:24 pm

    This looks a great way to start the day!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      21/10/2016 at 8:35 pm

      Thanks Sarah:-)

      Reply
  6. Maya Russell

    16/06/2016 at 7:44 am

    Can’t have too many good smoothies. I love the colour of this one.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      16/06/2016 at 11:00 am

      Thanks Maya:-)

      Reply
  7. Sam McKean

    02/05/2016 at 7:56 pm

    This sounds delicious, I am definitely going to try it!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      02/05/2016 at 8:48 pm

      Thanks Sam, do let me know what you think:-)

      Reply
  8. Urvashi Roe

    27/04/2016 at 11:26 am

    Now then what I would really like to see is a picture of you in that tassled jacket. Kiwis are a staple in this house but I have never managed to find them for that price. Well done you!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      27/04/2016 at 11:56 am

      LOL Urvashi, I’ll have to take a look in an old photo album but no sure if I’ll find one as it’s no often one’s shot in outdoor clothes:-) Yes the bargains are coming thick and fast now with recent change in Tesco’s final reduction policy again!

      Reply
  9. Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy

    25/04/2016 at 11:02 am

    I am loving the colour of this! We are always throwing some blueberries in to our smoothies.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      25/04/2016 at 5:08 pm

      Thanks, yes they do add a wonderful colour:-)

      Reply
  10. Naz M

    23/04/2016 at 9:57 am

    Great smoothie recipe, love that you added lime. It gives it a bit of a kicks. I like pairing lime with fruit, it brings out a lot of the flavours.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      23/04/2016 at 11:50 am

      Thanks Naz, yes the lime makes this smoothie:-)

      Reply
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