The Irish Mail on Sunday

BREAKFAST SMOOTHIES

You can’t say us Bikers don’t move with the times – we’re well up with smoothies. These make a proper get-up-and-go breakfast.

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APPLE AND OAT SMOOTHIE

Serves 2 275 calories l per serving l 2 eating apples, cored

and roughly chopped l A squeeze of lemon juice l 2tbsp porridge oats l 200ml (7fl oz) fat-free

yoghurt l 300ml (10fl oz) semiskimme­d milk l ¼tsp cinnamon l 1tsp honey

Put the apples and lemon juice in a blender. Add the remaining ingredient­s and blitz until smooth. Divide between 2 glasses and serve.

GREEN SMOOTHIE

Serves 2 70 calories l per serving l 50g (1¾oz) spinach l 1 celery stick, roughly

chopped l 1 apple, roughly

chopped l Juice of 1 orange l Juice of 1 lime l ¼tsp grated fresh

root ginger l A handful of ice cubes

Wash the spinach leaves and place in a blender with the rest of the ingredient­s. Blitz until smooth, then divide between 2 glasses and serve at once.

BANANA, STRAWBERRY AND BLUEBERRY SMOOTHIE

Serves 2 103 calories l per serving l 1 banana, peeled l 100g (3½oz)

strawberri­es, hulled l 100g (3½oz) blueberrie­s l 50ml (2fl oz) low-fat

natural yoghurt l A handful of ice

cubes

Put all the ingredient­s together in a blender. Blitz until smooth, then pour the mixture evenly between 2 glasses and serve at once.

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