Homemade fruit smoothies

With all this credit crunch situation at the moment we all need to start watching our money, and we need to look at how and where we can save money when doing our weekly / daily shopping.

If you buy fruit smoothie drinks on a daily basis you are no doubt spending a rather lot of money over a one month period, work it out exactly how much you are paying for them, you will be surprised.

My advice is that if you are buying fruit drinks and smoothies ready made then don’t! Buy yourself a standard smoothie maker, you don’t have to spend a fortune on a huge hi-tech machine, something simple will work just as good. Browse through the hundreds of free smoothie recipes here on flowercarole and then go to your local market / shops / supermarket and buy yourself the fruit you require (I usually buy enough fruit to make around 4-5 different types of smoothies which will last a few days). Then basically just get blending and making your own fruit smoothies, you will be surprised as how good they actually taste and they taste much fresher than the pre-made ones you used to buy in the shop. You are also helping to reduce waste, because there are no plastic bottles or cardboard cartons to dispose of, you just pour your delicious drink into your glass, easy!

So what are you waiting for? Start saving money today and make your own homemade smoothies, you won’t be stuck for a free recipe because we have every combination on our site – and they are all free to use!

The unions have a joint stand and on Thursday at noon, both Welsh farming unions will go head to head in a smoothie-making competition.

NFU Cymru’s president Dai Davies will compete against Gareth Vaughan, the FUW’s president, to buy local produce on the Maes and make a smoothie with up to five Welsh fruit or vegetables.

Mr Davies said: “I am looking forward to going round the Maes to buy Welsh produce.”

Alun Elidir, farmer and Ffermio presenter will compere the event.

Source: Wales Online

What we advise is to start off with a simple smoothie at first, something like the strawberry and banana recipe or maybe the banana baby smoothie recipe.

The trend at the moment seems to be healthy vegetable/fruit smoothies, so if you are feeling adventurous and want to try a vegetable / fruit combination smoothie then why not start off with a cucumber and apple smoothie, this is a refreshing drink and is great served cold.

Let us know how you get on with your smoothies, we always enjoy receiving your emails and comments.

Do you enjoy cooking? trying out new recipes that are quick, free and easy to make? Then why don’t you have a browse at our new site called Quick Free Recipes as we are sure you will find something right up your street.

On this free recipe site you can submit your own favourite recipes, give them a name and we can credit the recipe with your name should you wish.

So if you have a free moment, go and take a look, the more recipes we receive, the more you can make!

So how are you doing? are you managing to keep to your strict regime or are you being tempted back to the fridge by those left-over chocolates or desserts?

If you are being tempted already, our advice is to have a fridge / cupboard clear-out and rid your kitchen of those evil goodies shouting “eat me, eat me” each time you go in there! If you don’t do it now, you will end up eating them all and saying to yourself “Oh well, I will start my diet again on Monday…”

If the above sounds too familiar, then why don’t you take a look at flowercarole’s free fruit smoothie recipes, because you will be sure to find something right up your street, something which tastes fantastic, easy to make and best of all they can help you with your weight loss.

If you’ve not actually got round to buying your smoothie maker, then why don’t you have a look at flowercarole’s Amazon shop. Here you will find some fantastic bargains at the moment on smoothie makers, health books, fitness equipment and lots of other great buys.

So remember if your trying to lose weight, then eat sensibly, get rid of all those chocolates and tempting nibbles in your cupboards right now and give yourself time. There is no point in trying to lose weight fast because you will only end up putting it back on (and maybe even gain a little more weight).

Good luck and keep us updated!