PERK me up SMOOTHIE

Name: PERK me up SMOOTHIE Recipe
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 cup brewed cold coffee (Fair Trade); 1 small banana (preferably frozen); 1 cup low fat plain yogurt; 1/4 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa; 1/2 cup frozen blueberries unsweetened; OPTIONAL: sweetener of choice; not in the nutrtional info.

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Minutes to Prepare: 2

Number of Servings: 1

Ingredients

1 cup brewed, cold coffee (Fair Trade)1 small banana (preferably frozen)1 cup low fat, plain yogurt1/4 tsp cinnamon1/2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa1/2 cup frozen blueberries, unsweetenedOPTIONAL: sweetener of choice; not in the nutrtional info.

Directions

Blend everything in a blender and serve in a glass. That's it!

Makes 1 LARGE smoothie!

Number of Servings: 1

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user HAWGWILD1.

Servings Per Recipe: 1

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 266.3
Total Fat: 1.5 g
Cholesterol: 10.0 mg
Sodium: 156.6 mg
Total Carbs: 55.1 g
Dietary Fiber: 5.3 g
Protein: 14.1 g

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Member Reviews

SIMPLELIFE4REAL
This was surprisingly good! I did add a little agave to it after tasting it. It was okay without it, but I'm used to very sweet smoothies. It was more of a taste preference to add the sweetener. - 10/21/09
KAITYRUBY
Coffee with fruit????? ahhhhh ewwwwwwwwww???!!!:) :) :) :P - 11/3/09

Reply from FIT_ARTIST (11/3/09)
That's your opinion, I guess... Did you actually try it? Or you just EWWW-ing for the heck of it?
CHANGES4KAREN
I'm looking forward to trying this as soon as I get some blueberries. Yum. I love the looks of this! - 10/26/09