Fruits and Veggies Monday | My Sunday Smoothie

Inspired by #fruitsandveggiesMonday by Hive account@lenasveganliving

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All photos featured are from my personal collection.

Disclaimer: I am not sure if this qualifies, as I used Greek style yoghurt as one of the ingredients.

I called this my Sunday Smoothie, as I obviously made this experiment on a Sunday. We are getting ready for the New Year's celebration, so we did buy some round fruits for the welcoming of 2020. It's a local tradition to prepare a basket full of round fruits as this would mean prosperity in the coming year.

As I believe that we would have enough left for New Year's eve, I started this experiment with the following ingredients.

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I was really glad when I saw some mint leaves at the supermarket. I have been meaning to add some to my smoothies.

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Then, last came the Greek-style yoghurt.

Let me walk you through the process of creating my Sunday smoothie.

First off, I started with slicing the oranges in half. I needed the juice from the oranges. I squeezed these out using a strainer. Then, I set aside the juice with the leftover pulp on a bowl.

I used only half of the cucumber. I removed the seeds and sliced it into bite size pieces. I also used a few of the mint leaves and chopped them a bit to add to the other ingredients.

I sliced the apples last, so they won't get the brown color. These are to be placed directly on the blender. I added around a small cup of water.

The ingredients are now in the blender waiting. I blended till all the ingredients were smooth. Then it was time to add the yoghurt.

I blended further till the yoghurt is well mixed into the smoothie.

It's now ready for serving. I was actually able to make 4 servings. My daughter and I really enjoyed this new experiment. I still have a few more fruits waiting to be made into a smoothie. That's it for this week's edition. I hope to be able to share more in the new year.