I’ve been eating way too many sweets these past few weeks! So I just had to have something healthy for breakfast  a few days ago. You know, to sort of balance things out. 😉  The weather had warmed up to an unseasonably balmy 50 degrees, so I thought a smoothie sounded good.

I wanted to make one with cranberries, since this is cranberry season, so I came up with this healthy little recipe. It’s a thick, creamy smoothie that also has frozen raspberries, yogurt, honey and a banana in it to help make it nice and thick. It’s not super-sweet, just sweet enough. Drinking this honey-sweetened smoothie helped me from overdoing it on sweets later that day. Now today was a different story. I probably should have made this smoothie for breakfast again! 🙂

This recipe makes 1 large serving (12 to 14 ounces) or 2 smaller servings.

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CRANBERRY-RASPBERRY SMOOTHIE by NancyC

Makes 12 to 14 ounces, or 1 to 2 servings

• 1 ripe banana
• 1 cup fresh cranberries
• 1/2 cup frozen raspberries
• 1/2 cup nonfat milk or soymilk
• 1/2 cup plain, vanilla, or raspberry yogurt (I like to use plain Greek yogurt)
• 1 Tablespoon honey
• Optional: 1/2 Tablespoon flax seed

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Makes 1 large or 2 small servings.

f you want to make this smoothie extra healthy, sprinkle in some flax seed—about 1/2 Tablespoon—before blending mixture. You won’t even be able to taste it, and you’ll get some extra fiber!

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Are you a fan of smoothies and do you have a favorite winter smoothie?