Reviewed: Apr. 7, 2012

I thought this had a good flavor. I didn't realize until I started making it how much yogurt it had though. I am not normally a fan of smoothies with a lot of yogurt. I did make some changes, based on what I had in the house. I had unsweetened almond milk instead of soy vanilla, so I added a couple of drops of vanilla extract. I didn't have flax seed, and used an equal amount of quick oats. My banana wasn't frozen, so I added 2 ice cubes to make it cold. I realized I only had half the vanilla yogurt so I subbed the other half with plain non fat yogurt. I think that was a good subtitute, because I find vanilla yogurt to be too sweet anyway. ty

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Baker Bee

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Living In: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2012

perfect just the way it is.

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cclem

Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2012

Are you fed up with takeout foods and being hassled by ordering food out? Why not try homemade food. Though it is hard to cook at first but if you are interested enough to learn it is easy! www.gourmandia.com can teach you how to for they have videos that also features Michelin chefs doing their infamous cuisines. Watching them can give you tips about cooking and the recipes here are easy, you can even add some of your cooking twist!

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olivia288

Reviewed: Feb. 18, 2012

Pretty good with soy but I tried coconut soy milk & yum! Also don't use blueberries with tough skins or this is too pulpy and you get tough skins to chew on. One thing needs saying about flax seed. Per my medical nutritionist: all whole flax seed will not digest in a human gastrointestinal system & what goes in whole pretty much comes out the same whole...meaning you have to use ground flax to receive any nutritional benefit. Foods with whole flaxseed look healthy & are touted as such but as stated, don't do anything for you nutritionally.

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Joyfl

Reviewed: Feb. 18, 2012

Excellent smoothie. I used a ripe fresh banana, and had to add an extra 1/3 cup frozen blueberries to tone down the banana flavor a bit. I prefer milk-based smoothies (instead of juice), and this is one of my new favorites!

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Msadventure

Reviewed: Feb. 8, 2012

This is heavenly. I especially love the addition of flax seed and honey. I will even freeze these and enjoy as a frozen treat.

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DIZ♥

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jan. 26, 2012

Excellent smoothie with all sorts of good stuff in it. I used regular milk (don't keep soy milk in the house) and vanilla greek nonfat yogurt. I didn't freeze the banana and I don't think that detracted from the recipe. This smoothie has the perfect amount of sweetness for my tastes and is just so easy to put together. Thanks for sharing!

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collegechef08

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: College Park, Maryland, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2012

Very refreshing! I modified it in the following way: did not thaw banana, substituted agave nectar for honey, added 6 baby carrots, 3 cauliflower florets, 2 cherry tomatoes, 1 scoop vanilla protein powder (optional), and 2/3 C water. Ends up around 550 calories and is delicious! Can't taste the veggies at all :-)

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g8tor23

Reviewed: Sep. 18, 2011

This was pretty good. I used light plain soy milk and plain yogurt, so I added a teaspoon of vanilla extract.

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kellieann

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Home Town: Manson, Washington, USA

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 12, 2011

Yummy!! My dad and I had this for breakfast this morning and it was very filling. The changes I made were to use unsweetened soy milk, plain yogurt instead of vanilla, and mixed berries not just blueberries. Oh, and I also threw in some spinach. The only thing I would do different next time is to add a little bit extra honey because I couldn't tell it was there. This one will definitely become part of our breakfast routine:) Thanks for sharing!!

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