Brandi, of The Healthy Flavor, inspired me again. With an ample bag of frozen dark cherries from Costco in the freezer and a lot of leftover lemon juice from my Lemon Coconut Breakfast Bars, I decided a frosty one would go well with breakfast earlier this week…..
Cherry and Lemon Smoothie
Ingredients:
- 1½ cups frozen pitted dark cherries
- 3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice (about 1 large)
- 2 Tbsp natural nut or seed butter
- 3 Medjool dates, pitted
- 1 Tbsp ground flaxseed
- ½ to 1 cup water
- 1 cup ice cubes
Directions:
Add ingredients to a high-speed blender. Process on high, tamping, until smooth and creamy, adding more water as needed. Serve immediately with a wide straw.
Serves 1 very large or 2 normal servings.
~Sarah
this looks ridiculously good!!!
Aww thanks sweet lady for featuring another one of my recipes!! I’m so thrilled you loved it as much as I did! I’m going to make the lemon bars this week, yay! 🙂
I love getting inspired! 🙂
My mouth is watering! I have everything on hand except the cherries! Darn! Well and I don’t exactly have a high speed blender either come to think of it. 🙁 Wonder how it would turn out if I just blended the heck out of it in my regular blender? Thanks for the recipe, maybe with a couple of modifications I can make it work with my blender. But now I know what I’m asking Santa for next year! 🙂
If you can, pre crush the ice – and you could thaw the cherries a bit as well. Also, stop often and scrape the sides, pushing down. That is how I used to make frappes before I got a Vitamix 🙂
Thank you, I’ll definitely give it a try! 🙂
I don’t have a fancy blender either. I use crushed ice and let the cherries sit in the blender for just a few minutes before blending everything together. It works perfectly 🙂
Good to hear!
Sounds fantastically refreshing – a great one in the heat of summer!
Besides chilly days, it hasn’t felt like winter here so far. No snow at all 🙁 But as usual it is grey and gloomy most days..lol. So a sunny drink keeps me going!