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Cranberry Ginger Smoothie

November 21, 2014 by gail 5 Comments

cranberry ginger smoothie (2)

I have a freezer full of fruit, ready to go for smoothies. It’s the usual — blueberries, strawberries, acai pulp, mango — but there’s another fruit that lives year round in my freezer that I hadn’t yet used in a smoothie. And I was determined to use cranberries in a smoothie because I love them so much.

I buy a bunch of bags this time of year and toss ‘em in the back of the freezer to use throughout the year in muffins, quick breads, salsas and now smoothies.

Usually I add frozen fruit to smoothies to thicken them and sweeten them, but cranberries aren’t sweet, so the challenge was on!

I wanted to replicate one of my favorite cranberry relish recipes, so I added some crystallized ginger chunks and orange zest.. And to play up the tartness I used pomegranate kefir as the base. And the amazing Cranberry Ginger Smoothie was born. So delicious!

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Cranberry Ginger Smoothie

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes

Gather

½ cup frozen cranberries
1 cup pomegranate (or other berry-flavored) lowfat kefir
20g crystallized ginger
½ teaspoon orange zest
½ frozen banana
Handful of ice

Step by Step

  1. Put everything into a blender, process and enjoy.

Nutrition

WW PP 7; Calories 268; Total Fat 2.2g; Saturated Fat 1.6g; Trans Fat 0.0g; Cholesterol 10mg; Sodium 127mg; Potassium 265mg; Total Carbohydrates 47.8g; Dietary Fiber 7.4g; Sugars 30.6g; Protein 14.8g

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