The Cool Britannia Power Smoothie is a thick and fruity blended smoothie that’s a great way to start your day, or power up your workout.
The trend for smoothies had somewhat passed me by until Becca at Amuse Your Bouche pointed out that they were a great way of using fruit and veg that are slightly past their best. As a keen ‘no waste’ advocate that made perfect sense to me, particularly when I get a bit over enthusiastic with the ‘buy one get one free’ offers!
This particular smoothie comes from a real treasure trove of a book Crussh: Juices Smoothies and Boosters. In the book you will find recipes for many of the drinks that you can buy in the Crussh juice bars. I don’t have a juicer or a super-fast power blender, but I was pleasantly surprised by how many of the recipes could be made in an ordinary blender or food processor.
Here are a few of the recipes that particularly appealed to me:
Rise and Shine – pineapple, blood orange, mango, passionfruit
Veggie Invigorator – carrots, tomatoes, celery, root ginger, lemon
Hot Apple and Cardamom Prune – apples, bananas, yogurt, prunes, cardamom seeds
Pecan Carmello Smoothie – Soya milk, bananas, yogurt, pecans, caramel sysrup, clear honey
Winter Cold Buster – root ginger, oranges, lime, echinaea, manuka honey
Who is it for? Anyone who wants to up their intake of fruit and veg. People who like juices and smoothies, people who love Crussh Juice Bars and, of course, kitchen gadget freaks!
Pros: Full of lots of great ideas for healthy drinks. Easy to follow recipes using mainly everyday ingredients.
Cons: To get maximum benefit from this book you really do need a juicer and/or a high powered blender that will pulverise root vegetables.
The Verdict: I was pleasantly surprised by the number of recipes I could make with my kitchen blender and also by the great flavour of the Cool Britannia Power Smoothie. I’m not saying I would swap my usual bircher muesli breakfast for a smoothie, but for a change or a vitamin boost, I’d certainly make a smoothie again.
Cool Britannia Power Smoothie
Ingredients
- 150 ml soya milk
- 1/2 banana
- 125 ml low fat yogurt or soy yogurt frozen overnight or yogurt plus 4 ice cubes
- 75 g blueberries frozen
- 150 g raspberries frozen
- 85 g silken tofu cut into chunks
- 1 tsp chia seeds
Instructions
- Put all the ingredients, including the chia seeds booster, in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth and creamy.
- Serve immediately
Notes
Packed with vitamins B1, B5, B6, B7, C, folic acid calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphate, potassium, zinc, fibre, iodine.
Plenty of: vitamins B12, E, beta-carotene, selenium
Also contains: vitamin B3, ellagic acid, favonoids, isofavones
*I used soy yogurt and did not freeze it so it works fine without freezing. I also used a pack of frozen summer berries, easy to add straight from the freezer.
Nutrition
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Crussh
Juices, Smoothies and Boosters
By Crussh Food & Juice Bars
Paperback -RRP £12.99
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says
This sounds yummy, I’ve never tried putting silken tofu in a smoothie but it makes perfect sense!
Emily Leary says
Ah, a great way to use up silken tofu – I always seem to end up with half a pack spare after cooking so this will work a treat.
Janice Pattie says
The tofu was given to me by my son, who wasn’t sure what to do with it and you are right, there is always half a pack left!
Helen at Casa Costello says
I;d be really interested to see how many of these smoothies do not contain bananas. As a lifelong banana hater, the smoothie craze has passed me by too. I rather fancy trying the Rise & Shine!
Jemma Andrew-Adiamah says
This love really lovely and I love the protein boost from the silken tofu too.
Marga says
This sounds lovely, just got a new high speed blender and looking for interesting smoothie ideas
Marga says
Forgot to say, I’ve just subscribed, please enter me in the giveaway!
Sarah, Maison Cupcake says
Wow that looks fabulous! It’s never occurred to me to put leftover tofu in smoothies before but I’m definitely going to try this!
Janice Pattie says
Thanks Sarah, it certainly worked well and was very creamy
Janie says
I’ve never used tofu in a smoothie either, but along with the soya milk and yogurt I bet it makes this smoothie a real filling meal in a glass!
Janie x
Glamorous Glutton says
It seems the tofu is the revelation. It has never occurred to me to use it this way either! Great recipe and tip. GG
Janice Pattie says
Yes, the tofu is getting a lot of attention. Thanks for your kind comments.
Choclette says
Ooh not tried tofu in a smoothie yet. Nice idea. It’s a beautiful colour.
laura banks says
sounds fab have subscribed
Janice Pattie says
Good luck, you shouldn’t miss any of my posts now 🙂
Kim Neville says
I have subscribed and would love to enter. Have been looking for a good smoothie book to get my family more nutrients in their bodies. Hard with a fussy son 🙂
Tracy Nixon says
hopefully I have subscrubed – I got an error message when trying?
Janice Pattie says
Should be sorted now Tracy
Maxine G says
Thanks for the reminder! Am subscribed and would love to try out some of the recipes from this book!
Kirsti Peters says
I have subscribed and these smoothie ideas and recipes are scrumptious
Kellyjo walters says
Ohh nearly missed this!! Bet there is some fab recipes in this! I do love a smoothie for breakfast and the cold buster sounds fab! Esp with the manuka honey yum