4 LOW SUGAR SMOOTHIES | easy, healthy, and delicious

Momma's Refreshments
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Hello everyone out there, how's it going?
Welcome back to my channel.
Today, I'm gonna be sharing with you
four low sugar smoothie recipes.
I love smoothies, I make them all the time,
and I do also love a really good, sweet, fruity smoothie,
but sometimes we don't want something too, too sweet.
Sugar in smoothies can definitely add up really quickly
from the natural sugars found in fruits.
You can easily have smoothies contain, you know,
upwards of 30, 40, 50 grams of sugar in a glass.
So each of these smoothies contain
around 12 grams of sugar or so, and they're delicious.
They're also incredibly nutritious, plenty of fiber.
I've also got a couple of sneaky veggies in there as well
that don't affect the flavor.
Full recipe details can be found over on my blog,
so I will leave links below, and let's get started.
So we are starting off with this peanut butter
and jelly smoothie.
For this recipe, you're gonna need
three quarters of a cup of almond milk
or your favorite type of milk.
You're also gonna need two tablespoons of peanut butter.
You could also use almond butter if you'd like.
You'll need a tablespoon of hemp seeds,
half a banana, half a cup of frozen strawberries,
and half a cup of frozen raspberries.
So add all of your ingredients to your blender
and blend it up until smooth.
This smoothie really does taste
just like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
It has a great boost of some plant-based protein
from the peanut butter and the hemp seeds.
And I will just say that when you are buying peanut butter
or if you're using another kind of nut butter
for the smoothie, to make sure that you buy unsweetened.
Alrighty, and next up, we are making this key lime smoothie.
So for this smoothie, you're gonna need half a banana,
a quarter of an avocado.
You'll need two limes that you will juice.
You could use a little bit less
if you don't want it quite as sour.
You'll also need a teaspoon of lime zest,
so from the skin of the lime.
And you'll also need half a can of coconut milk
and a quarter to half a cup of water.
And also a very small handful of some baby spinach.
Now, I don't have a citrus zester.
So what I do is I just honestly
take some of the peel of the lime
and you can just toss that in your blender.
Or if you want to, little kitchen hack here
is you can actually just finely chop up the rind
and that'll kind of act like a zest
if you don't have a zester on hand.
This smoothie is perfectly rich and creamy,
some great fats in there from the avocado
and full fat coconut milk.
It has such a delicious, rich key lime pie taste
without being too sweet.
Next up, we have this ginger peach smoothie.
It kind of tastes like a peach pie, so really, really good.
So you're gonna need a cup of fresh or frozen peach slices.
You'll also need half a cup of full fat coconut milk
and a quarter cup of water.
You'll need some cinnamon,
about a quarter cup of frozen cauliflower,
which adds a really great veggie boost
without affecting the flavor.
You'll also need about a two inch chunk of fresh ginger
and about half of a small carrot,
a tablespoon of almond butter and a teaspoon of chia seeds
and half a teaspoon of vanilla extract as well.
The cinnamon and vanilla and ginger in this smoothie
really helps to add this sweetness to the smoothie,
but without actually using a ton of fruit.
And lastly, we have the perfect berry smoothie.
So this is a smoothie that I've been enjoying
for a few weeks now.
All you need is half of a banana,
about three quarter cup of almond milk
or your favorite milk.
You'll also need half to three quarters of a cup
of frozen mixed berries.
You'll need a small handful of some baby spinach.
Again, you're gonna use a few chunks of frozen cauliflower,
quarter of a cup of unsweetened yogurt,
like Greek yogurt or a plant-based yogurt,
a tablespoon of chia seeds and a splash of vanilla extract.
I love that this smoothie is really nice and creamy.
Yogurt is a great addition to smoothies
for helping to add that creaminess factor,
but it's again, not too sweet.
This makes a really nice breakfast smoothie,
so really good in the morning.
And if you wanted it even less sweet,
you could even omit the banana
and just have the berries in this smoothie.
So that's it for today's video.
Thanks so much for watching.
I would love to hear from you.
If you give one of these recipes a try or all of them,
let me know which one's your favorite.
Leave me a comment below.
Again, you can check out the full recipes
if you wanna read through them over on my blog.
Links are in the description box
and I'll see you all in the next one.
Bye.
