Today’s Healthy Drink: Carrot Smoothie

From: Diabetic Living Magazine

This type of drink tends to be pricey in the big city juice bars. Now you can make the recipe at home.

This recipe yields 3 servings

Prep: 10 m

Ready In: 35 m

 

Ingredients

1 cup sliced carrots

½ teaspoon finely shredded orange peel

1 cup orange juice

Tropicana Essentials Juice Orange with Vitamin C & Zinc, No Pulp

Tropicana Orange Juice Pure Premium, No pulp, with Calcium

1½ cups ice cubes

Orange peel curls (optional)

Preparation

In a covered small saucepan, cook carrots in a small amount of boiling water about 15 minutes or until very tender. Drain well. Cool. Place drained carrots in a blender. Add finely shredded orange peel and orange juice. Cover and blend until smooth. Add ice cubes; cover and blend until smooth. Pour into glasses. If desired, garnish with orange peel curls.

(Source: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/259625/carrot-smoothie/ )