Monday, January 19, 2009

Candy Corn Smoothies

I can't remember now where I found this but I found it on line. Sorry....


Ingredients: 3 red apples, peeled and cored
1 tablespoon lemon juice
6 cups low-fat plain soy yogurt
3 tablespoons sugar substitute
2 cups frozen peaches or mango
2 cups frozen pineapple
Red and yellow food coloring
(or you could add a touch of carrot juice for the orange, I can't come up with something with intense yellow at the moment but you get the idea) I know that many people on the Gluten/Dairy free diet also avoid artificial food colorings (especially red). For some reason red is one of those food colorings that more people are likely not to be able to tolerate than other colors.

Directions: Chop apples into chunks and toss with lemon juice. Place in a shallow dish in the freezer until frozen, about 45 minutes. In the work bowl of a food processor or blender, place 2 cups of yogurt along with the frozen apples and sugar substitute and blend until smooth. In the work bowl of a food processor or blender, place frozen peaches or mango and 2 cups of yogurt and process until smooth. Add 4 drops of red food coloring and 8 drops of yellow food coloring for a strong orange color. In the work bowl of a food processor or blender, place frozen pineapple and remaining 2 cups of yogurt and process until smooth. Add 6 drops of yellow food coloring for a bright yellow color. If not serving smoothies right away, store all three layers separately in three separate airtight containers in the freezer. Thaw slightly before serving. Spoon a layer of the apple yogurt mixture into bottom of glasses. Carefully spoon a layer of peach or mango mixture on top. Top with a layer of pineapple mixture. Makes 6-12 servings, depending upon size.

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