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The Food Factor: Creamy Blueberry Shake

Video by Jonathan Parrish

This shake is creamy and bursting with blueberry flavor. It’s the perfect on-the-go breakfast or snack. With only a few ingredients, you can throw it together in less than 5 minutes.

Blueberries are a great choice to get some necessary nutrition first thing in the morning or on the run. These berries are low in calories and fat and have a decent amount of fiber.

Creamy Blueberry Shake

Makes 4 servings

Serving size: 8 ounces

Ingredients

2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries, washed and sorted

2 small ripe bananas

¼ cup honey (or sweetener to taste)

2 Tablespoons lemon juice

1 ½ cups vanilla yogurt, nonfat

1 cup vanilla frozen yogurt

Directions

1. Combine blueberries, bananas, honey, and lemon juice. Puree on high speed in a blender. Add yogurt and frozen yogurt and blend until thick and smooth.
2. Serve immediately in a cold glass.

Tip: To decrease sweetness, use plain, nonfat yogurt instead of vanilla nonfat yogurt.

Blueberries are a popular fruit, and we’ve featured them a lot on the Food Factor. Here are a few of those recipes:

Red, White, and Blue Salad

Slow Cooker Berry Cobbler

Blueberry Baked Oatmeal

Blueberries are great in this seasonal berry parfait.

Thanks to University of Maine Cooperative Extension for this recipe!

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