EgglessCooking.com | Eggless Recipes | Eggless Baking » blueberry yogurt smoothie http://www.egglesscooking.com Great collection of Eggless Recipes under one roof. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:21:55 +0000 en hourly 1 Blueberry Yogurt Smoothie & Pops http://www.egglesscooking.com/2008/07/01/blueberry-yogurt-smoothie-pops/ http://www.egglesscooking.com/2008/07/01/blueberry-yogurt-smoothie-pops/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:02:59 +0000 Madhuram http://www.egglesscooking.com/?p=116 A very easy and healthy recipe to prepare blueberry yogurt smoothie and ice pops.]]>
Blueberries

Last weekend we went blueberry picking in Highland Orchards, PA.  I think mid July would have been the right time, because a lot of berries were not ripe yet.  We managed to pick around 3 cups of berries.  Was it worth the drive, when blueberries are available in the local supermarket right at your doorstep, with buy one get one free offer?

Yes, it was totally worth every penny, when I saw my son having fun trying to carry the box (or rather dragging it) all by himself, picking the berries and correctly putting it in the carton, with a sense of pride! 

Blueberry Picking

Picked Blueberries

As always I found this amazingly simple and healthy recipe in the July 08 issue of Parents magazine.  I reduced the quantity of ingredients because it was my first try.  But the end product was so good, I wish I had followed the original recipe!

Ingredients
Blueberries – 1/2 cup
Pear halves in heavy syrup – 1/2 can (An 8.5 ounce can has 4 halves, so I used 2 halves)
Plain Yogurt, Non fat  – 1 cup (I did not have low fat vanilla yogurt in hand, which was specified in the original recipe)
Vanilla essence – 1 teaspoon (if using plain yogurt)
Maple Syrup or any other sweetner – optional

Ingredients

Step-By-Step Procedure with Images
1.  Place 2 pear halves (with the syrup) and blueberries in a blender. (↓↑ Image)
My Notes
1.  I tasted the smoothie and found that it was not sweet enough, so I added some maple syrup (which I bought in the orchard) before pouring the mixture in the mold.

2.  Since I used only half the quantity of blueberries, I think I did not get the vibrant purple color pops as featured in the magazine.

3.  For the above measurement I got 4 pops and the remaining half a cup of smoothie was devoured by me.  My son did not like the smoothie, but he was all excited when I gave him the ice pops.  The same thing happened when I prepared Raspberry Lemonade also.  He did not like the lemonade but he enjoyed the raspberry pops very much.

This goes to Siri’s Frozen Yogurt event.

I’m also sending this to Mike’s “You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream for Frozen Desserts!” event.

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