Tag: Lime

End of Summer Smoothie

“Put the lime in the cucumber…”.  Okay, not quite, but close.  And delicious.

I recently read a recipe for a cucumber lime smoothie and it took the top spot on my “must try” list.  And then, AMAZING!  We got both cucumbers and limes in our basket today!  I came home and immediately threw the ingredients into my blender.  I changed the recipe a little bit (it’s a compulsion) and I’m sure you could adapt this pretty easily to your preferences.  I love the simplicity of the ingredients, and it tastes light, refreshing, and happy.  Today might be the first day of fall, but it still feels like summer and I’m soaking in every minute of sunshine, in the sky or in a smoothie.
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Strawberry Lime-aide

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Strawberry Lime-aide

Ingredients

  • 5 limes
  • 6 cups water
  • Honey to taste start with 3 - 4 TBSP
  • 5 or 6 strawberries blended

Instructions

  1. heat 3 to 4 TBSP honey in 1/2 cup water until thin to spread evenly throughout the mix
  2. put 6 cups water in the pitcher
  3. Add juice of 5 limes (no seeds please!)
  4. Add blended strawberries.
  5. Put 1/2 your honey mixture.
  6. Test
  7. Add more to taste.
  8. Store the rest of the honey mixture to sweeten other things!

Lime Mango Smoothie

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Lime Mango Smoothie

Ingredients

  • Ice
  • Lime
  • Mango
  • 1/4 cup or so of water

Instructions

  1. remove fruit from 2 mangoes put in blender
  2. peel 1 lime and remove seeds put in blender
  3. A few cubes of ice
  4. Add 1/4 cup of water so it isn't too thick
  5. Blend until smooth (preferably with a high powered blender like a Blendtec or Vitamix)