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SUMMER BREEZES SMOOTHIE

A perfect low fat thirst quencher.
Makes 3 servings


1 cup yogurt, plain nonfat
6 medium strawberries
1 cup pineapple, crushed, canned in juice
1 medium banana
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 ice cubes


1. Place all ingredients in a blender and purée until smooth.

2. Serve in a frosted glass.


Serving size: 1 cup
Calories 121
Fat less than 1 g
Saturated fat less than 1 g
Cholesterol 1 mg
Sodium 64 mg


National Institutes of Health
Special thanks to Goulda A. Downer, Ph.D., R.D., for sharing her collection of African American recipes, and the General Clinical Research Center in the Irving Center for Clinical Research, Columbia University, New York, for testing the recipes.