Creamy Blood Orange Smoothie

Creamy Blood Orange Smoothie . . . oh yum!

Thank you Mediterranean for these delicious, sweet, ruby red orbs in the midst of winter’s freeze!

I just had to buy more blood oranges this week while they are still in season.  Yesterday a repair guy was here and saw them in a bowl sitting on my counter.  He asked, “Are those blood oranges?”  And I said yes.  Then he told me about the first time he had his first taste of a blood orange . . . while in Italy during a military assignment.  He said that he was going straight to the store to pick some up.

But not after giving him a bite of this week’s blood orange cheesecake that I baked.  He loved it!

Skinny, Creamy Blood Orange Smoothie
The red pebbled skin of blood oranges is just so pretty!

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Creamy, Skinny Blood Orange Smoothie

each blood orange has a different hue of red!

 

Skinny Creamy Blood Orange Smoothie

and just look at the color of the fresh-squeezed juice!  WOW!

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Here’s the recipe for you for this delicious smoothie . . . it’s super easy and quick to prepare!

Skinny, Creamy Blood Orange Smoothie

Skinny, Creamy Blood Orange Smoothie

Ingredients

  • 1 cup fresh-squeezed blood orange juice
  • 1 cup vanilla flavored almond juice
  • ½ banana
  • 6 - 10 raspberries or 2 Tbsp. raspberry sauce
  • 1 Tbsp. honey
  • 6 ice cubes

Instructions

  1. Using a blender or a handheld immersion blender, thoroughly mix all ingredients together.
  2. Add more or less of any ingredient to reach the taste preference desired.

 

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Skinny, Creamy Blood Orange Smoothie

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