Blackberry smoothie is easy for antioxidants

by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Oct 2nd 2006 @ 8:43PM

Earlier this month, we heard about the findings of a study that showed blackberries as having the highest concentrations of antioxidants per one cup serving of any food. Granted, we don't necessarily think anyone would want to eat a cup of blackberries every single day for the rest of his or her life. You might be leaving out other important foods by doing so, and besides, eating the same thing every day is boring.

Since we're going into fall, fresh blackberries won't be locally available to many of us. However, frozen blackberries are a perfectly suitable substitution for a lot of different types of things. If you were industrious during summer, you might have frozen some yourself, but if you didn't, not to worry! Frozen berries are readily available in the grocer's freezer section. I love using frozen blackberries to make smoothies.

Obviously, smoothies don't really need recipes (even though there are many!), since all you have to do is throw whatever you like into a blender. However, I will share with you what I drank for almost five days in a row because I liked it so much: equal parts frozen blackberries, pomegranate juice, and nonfat plain yogurt. That's it. The smoothie is extremely tart because of the pomegranate juice, so you may want to add either sugar or honey to sweeten it to your taste (blackberries did not seem to be naturally super sweet)

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