Fruit and Vegetable Month

June is fruit and vegetable month. It’s perfect timing, considering the great produce coming into season. And, with the rising temperatures, June is a perfect month to take those fruits and veggies and make yourself a delicious smoothie or other sweet sip. Yum!

Here are some great drink recipes to make in your blender. Let’s get blending!

PB&J Smoothie Both you and your kids will enjoy this smoothie. For variety, consider using raspberries instead of strawberries.  

Tomato-Vegetable Juice Try this great-tasting whole juice that is refreshing whether morning, noon, or night.  

Jolly Green Smoothie

This green smoothie is jam-packed with lots of delicious fruit and spinach. One serving provides half of the RDA for vitamin C, a third of the RDA for vitamin A, and all of the RDA for vitamin K. Though this recipe is packed full of nutrients, it’s low in calories.

Total Juice This total juice is healthy, tastes great, and is loaded with fruits like grapes, oranges, cantaloupe, and kiwi.    

Garden Green Giant Juice

This fresh green drink is made with only green veggies. It’s a refreshing beverage that any green smoothie lover will like.  

Orange Julicious

This timeless, frothy, and creamy classic has a fresh citrus taste and the added nutrition of yellow crookneck squash.

What fruits and veggies do you include in your blended drinks?

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