Delicious Blueberry raspberry pomegranate smoothie sugar free and rich in flavanoids known to improve the brain power.
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Sometimes we eat junk food even though we are health freak on other times. I do that too and at if and occasionally eat Mac Donald’s French fries and cappuccino but always try to include healthy ingredients while cooking and baking. While pregnant with both my kids my carving was French fries. And maybe that is the reason my kids are a big fan of Mac Donald. I look at the ads for McCafe’ blueberry pomegranate smoothie at the entrance, every time I shop at the Wal-Mart. if possible then occasionally east Mac Donald’s French fries and cappuccino. I never overcame by fear of the sugar dose to buy them, finally to satisfy my craving I made blueberry raspberry pomegranate smoothie in my kitchen.
McCafe’ blueberry pomegranate smoothie ads say that it made with combination of blueberries and raspberries and a splash of pomegranate juice blended with ice and creamy low-fat yogurt. Inspired by this ad I created my own blueberry raspberry pomegranate smoothie with 2 % low fat yogurt. While reading the sugar amount of McCafe’ blueberry pomegranate smoothie, it about 44g sugars in 12 fl oz (small) which is little less than ¼ cup of sugar. I am not going to buy it for sure.
I get fresh sweet blueberries from Sam’s club and a packet of raspberry at a relative cheap price of $1.98. And for pomegranate juice, I got the POM pomegranate juice. I made the juice by blending all the 3 ingredients together in my blender and didn’t add any sugar. The juice was incredibly tasty and everybody at home liked it. As my blood sugars numbers + also creeping nowadays, for my princess added little sugar. It is really delicious.
All berries like blueberries, raspberries are known to improve the brain health because of their phenolic compounds including anthocyanins, a specific class of flavanoids. The flavonoids in berries activate an enzyme in the body called Enos which increases the flow of blood and oxygen to the brain. It helps keep the brain active in the later part of the day, if you had a bowl of berries in morning. Read from here. Then the pomegranate which is also rich in antioxidants is known to improve the brain function read from here. Thus I made a brain power enhancing smoothie. Try it for yourself without adding sugar; if you want you can add sugar supplements, I am not a fan of it.
Here comes the recipe.
Blueberry Raspberry Pomegranate Smoothie: Improves Brain Power
Ingredients
- 1 cup of fresh or frozen blueberries
- ¾ cup fresh or frozen Raspberries
- ¾ cup yogurt homemade with 2% fat milk
- ½ cup pomegranate juice I used POM
- Ice
Instructions
- In blender process everything until it become smooth consistency.
- I didn't add any sugar or sugar supplements if you want add the while you processing the smoothie.
Nutrition
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Healing Tomato says
I love blueberries, especially as a night snack. This is a great recipe and Pomegranates are the best part.
Reeni says
This is a great combo Swathi! Delicious and healthy! Much better and fresher than McDonalds!
Nalini Somayaji says
delicious and healthiest blue berry , raspberry, pomogranate smoothi….mouth watering ..
mjskit says
This is the second blueberry recipe I’ve seen this morning. I think I’m being told to go use up the rest of those blueberries in the fridge! 🙂 Your smoothie is going to be a great way to do that. Thanks for sharing!
shama says
yummy preparation
Priya NM says
Luvly color on smoothie..I never tried POM.Even i dont use sugar in smoothies.
julie says
wow..too tempting & delicious smoothie 🙂
Choc Chip Uru says
This smoothie looks delicious, definitely tempted to try it soon 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
sona says
wow..loved this combo goodness..lit looks soo soo soo tempting !
Reni says
Yummy and healthy ! I had no idea that Blueberries had so many health benefits !thanks for sharing !
beena stephy says
Delicious healthy drink
Preetha says
that is truly a big booster…loved the colour…
ramya says
wow delicious smoothie and there is a wonderful combination of fruits
torviewtoronto says
colourful drink looks wonderful
GiGi Eats says
WHAT A BEAUTY! Seriously – healthy foods are so stunningly beautiful! 🙂
sona says
Loved the combo.. healthy smoothie..
Uma says
Should try this soon
Gloria says
Just loved the color of this super delish smoothie..
traditionallymodernfood says
Love the color of the smoothie:-)filling and yummy drink
Gayathri says
Yummy and healthy milkshake.
Manjula Bharath says
I love both blue and ras berries a lot , and this combo is just tempting me .. addition of POM juice is excellent 🙂 refreshing drink !!