Cherry Vanilla Flax Smoothie

Start your day off with a delicious bang. In just five minutes, you can get a healthy helping of fresh fruit, ground flax, sumptuous vanilla flavor, and protein.

Makes 2 servings.
Cooking time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons organic flax seeds
• 1 cup organic low-fat vanilla soymilk
• ¼ cup frozen organic dark tart cherries, defrosted (use fresh when available)
• ½ medium organic banana
• 3 ice cubes

Directions

Using a coffee grinder, grind flax seeds to a fine powder. Pour the flax powder into a blender and add the remaining ingredients. Blend until smooth.

Nutrition Facts

Number of servings: 2 servings. Serving size: 1 cup, Calories 139, Calories from Fat 47, Total Fat 5.2g, Saturated Fat 0.5g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 65mg, Total Carbohydrate 18.8g, Dietary Fiber 3.7g, Sugars 10.5g, Protein 5.8g, Vitamin A 1%, Vitamin C 6%, Calcium 5%, Iron 7%