Healthy Apple Pie Fall Smoothie
Yield: 2 ½ cups
Ingredients
- 2 (360 g) Honeycrisp apples, cubed
- 1 tbsp (14 g) brown sugar
- 2 tsp (8 g) vanilla extract
- 1 tsp (2 g) cinnamon
- ¼ tsp (1 g) nutmeg
- ⅛ tsp (0.5 g) cardamom
- 1 cup (260 g) Olympic 3.5% Plain Yogurt
- ½ cup (113 g) Beatrice 2% Cottage Cheese
- ½ cup Lactantia 2% milk
- 1 cup (160 g) ice
Garnish:
- ¼ cup (70 g) Lactantia 35% Whipping Cream
- A pinch of ground cinnamon
Directions
- Preheat the oven: Set your oven to 350°F (180°C.)
- Prepare the apples: In a bowl, toss the cubed apples with brown sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom until evenly coated.
- Bake the apples: Spread the coated apples on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes, or until the apples are fork-tender. Remove from the oven and let them cool.
- Blend the smoothie: Once the apples have cooled, add them to a high-speed blender along with the yogurt, cottage cheese, milk, and ice. Blend until smooth.
- Serve and garnish: Pour the smoothie into glasses. Garnish with a dollop of whipping cream and ground cinnamon.