Chocolate Raspberry Smoothie

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Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup frozen raspberries
  • 4 ounces fat free, artificially sweetened raspberry yogurt
  • 1/4 cup vanilla soy milk
  • 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 4 ice cubes
  • 2-1/2 tablespoons almonds (optional)
  • Splenda or honey to taste (optional

Preparation

Step 1

Add the raspberries, yogurt, milk, cocoa powder, ice cubes and almonds, if using, to the jar of a blender with ice-crushing ability. Make sure the lid is tight.

Using a "pur� or "ice crush" setting, blend the ingredients until they are relatively smooth. Then blend on "liquidify" or "high speed" setting for a few seconds until completely smooth.

Add Splenda or honey to taste, if desired. Pour the smoothie into a glass and serve immediately. Makes 1 serving.

Each serving has: 156 calories, 7 g protein, 31 g carbohydrates, 2 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 3 mg cholesterol, 6 g fiber, 107 mg sodium

Traditional smoothie has: 287 calories, 8 g protein, 49 g carbohydrates, 8 g fat, 5g saturated fat, 26 mg cholesterol, 6 g fiber, 128 mg sodium