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Ingredients
Coconut-Banana Smoothie
- Ingredients
- 1 small Banana
- ½ Lime
- 1 Tbsp dried Cranberry
- ¾ cup Coconut milk (1.9% fat)
- 2 Tbsps Yogurt (low-fat)
- Ice cubes
Rinse banana well, pat dry and remove the lower end. Then cut 3 slices and reserve for garnish. on a small plate.
Peel the rest of the banana and mash slightly on a plate with a fork. Place in a tall vessel and puree with an immersion blender.
Rinse lime in hot water, wipe dry and remove a narrow strip of zest with a peeler. Squeeze out lime juice and mix with banana puree.
Add dried cranberries, coconut milk, yogurt and ice to the banana mixture and puree until smooth. Pour into a serving glass, garnish with banana slices and lime zest and serve immediately.
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 446 cal. | (21 %) | ||
| Protein | 6 g | (6 %) | ||
| Fat | 25 g | (22 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 47 g | (31 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 3 g | (12 %) | ||
| Roughage | 4.9 g | (16 %) |
Healthy, because
This smoothie contains about 70 percent of your daily calcium requirement.
Even smarter
Bananas are rich in tryptophane and fruit sugar, which stimulates the body's own production of the happiness hormone, serotonin.