This smoothie takes it’s inspiration from a friend’s recipe which he uses to keep him fueled full of energy for his long days at work and time in the gym!

What you will need

• 3 tablespoons of Fairtrade peanut butter (smooth not chunky!)
• 1 Fairtrade banana
• 2 scoops of frozen yoghurt
• 200ml skimmed milk

Instructions

All in the smoothie maker and hit go!

Optional Extras

If you want you can add some banana flavour whey protein or even some oats to this just like Barmy Varney does to keep your body in shape and keep you fuller for longer!

Ingredients

• 1/2 can Creamed Coconut
• 1/2 can Coconut Water
• 1 Fairtrade Lime
• 1 Fairtrade Banana
• Cinnamon powder to taste
• Chilli powder to taste

Instructions

1. Add coconut products to smoothie maker along with the banana.
2. Squeeze the lime juice into the smoothie maker (watch out for the pips).
3. SMOOTH!!!
4. Add chilli and cinnamon to taste (take it easy at first)
5. SMOOTH!!!
6. Pour into a short glass
7. Add decorative chilli or cinnamon – or why not shave some lemongrass onto the top?

This smoothie is a good compliment to a desert after a Thai meal or to go with anything spicy as it will cool your taste buds despite the chilli!

Over 18?

Try adding some Fairtrade Spiced Rum

You will need

• Half a small pineapple
• 1 Large orange or 200ml orange juice
• 2 teaspoons of fresh grated ginger (or paste or powder – fresh is best!)
• 12 or so ice cubes

What do I do with said ingredients?

Place ice in the smoothie maker followed by the ginger and then the pineapple and orange (take a moment to reflect on how sluggish you feel). Hit smooth, wait 20 seconds, press stop, pour, garnish with mint, drink (take a moment to reflect on how awake, fresh and full of life you feel!).

What you will need

• 1 Fairtrade Banana
• 1 Punnet of Strawberries
• 350ml milk

Instructions

Really? You need instructions? Chop banana, top strawberries – all in the smoothie maker hit go and smooth away!

Nutrition

Full of fibre, quality carbs, vitamin A, C and B6 as well as well rounded on the mineral front with notable appearances made by potassium and calcium both playing… themselves!

Want so see our attempt at making this smoothie in under 30 seconds? CheckThe 49.8 Second Smoothie Video Episode

Ingredients

2 Peaches

4 handfuls of raspberries

2 scoops Fairtrade Frozen Yoghurt (or natural Greek Yoghurt and 2 handfuls of ice)

Recipe

This one isn’t rocket science – all ingredients into the smoothie maker and hit go!

Possibilities

You may want to use a flavored yoghurt instead of straight forward unflavored Greek!

Want to be even more fair? Use Fairtrade Apple and Raspberry Juice instead of (or as well as!) the fruit.

Clegg to the left of me, Cameron to the right, here I am - stuck in the middle with brown!

A smoothie to get you through the anguish, uncertainty and excitement of this period as we enter a hung parliament which will probably lead to a coalition government!

For this smoothie you will need:

• 306  Blueberries (with right wing views)
• 258 Strawberries (with mid-line views)
• 57 Fairtrade honey mangos (with liberal views)

You may want to add some other random fruits, in small numbers just for effect – maybe as glass decor?! (Ingredient numbers are approximate… as are their political views).

Smoothiecast in no way advocates the use of fruits for political ends… unless it is to fight for fairtrade!

Ingredients

• 4 small or 2 large Sharon (AKA Kaki) Fruit
• 1 sweet potato
• 1 large Fairtrade mango
• 25 grams oats
• 40 grams protein powder (preferably whey or soy)
• 8 pinches cinnamon
• 4 pinches cayenne pepper

The Recipe

1. Skin and Juice the sweet potato
2. Peel and slice the mango
3. Place chopped Sharon fruits and oats in a pan, cover with water and cook until the oats are nice and plump but not stodgy! (Like King Henry VIII… ok so he was just plump and probably stodgy)
4. Shake protein powder with 200ml water (don’t worry about it being thick).
5. Add all these goodies into your smoothie maker, add the spices and smooth away.
6. Watch your body turn into a muscle machine (ok, it may take a little longer but you get the point!).

The oats and fruit replenish your glycogen stores with medium GI carbohydrates, the Sharon fruits, mango and sweet potato provide a powerful punch of antioxidants to reduce oxidative stress and eliminate free radicals; this is aided by the cayenne which opens up blood vessels to allow more blood to your recovering muscles and faster removal of waste products! The protein powder will provide the protein needed to rebuild your muscles and prevent their breakdown. The cinnamon reduces post meal insulin spikes and cayenne stokes your metabolism, these little additions along with the fibre content make this smoothie a winner for fat loss as well as building muscle; what more could you want?

• 1 Fairtrade Mango
• 1 Fairtrade Banana
• 40g Cooked Oats
• 1 Scoop Unflavored Protein Powder

Chop fruit and throw into smoothie maker (you can place them if your aim is a little shabby!) followed by your cooked oats and then the protein powder!

This will keep you full up for a good 3 hours when your next meal is due! A winner every time!

Protein powder-oats ratio can be changed according to your macro-nutrient needs!

• Half a honeydew or gala melon
• Half a small watermelon, without seeds (can be bought seedless, or you can spend hours getting rid of the seeds- not as boring as it sounds, you can play games with them at the same time! (Just smile and nod!)
• 250ml guava juice
• Juice of half a Fairtrade lemon
• 2 tablespoons of Fairtrade honey
• 10ml mint extract (fresh mint or mint extract can be used, fairtrade mint available in some health-food stores)
• 2 handfuls of ice cubes

Dice melons and squeeze the lemon (half), add guava juice, honey and mint and get ready for some “Tally Ho, What What! Oh Jeeves!”

• 2 Handfuls of Fairtrade green grapes
• 2 Handfuls of Fairtrade red grapes
• 250ml Grape juice
• Juice of half a small Fairtrade lemon
• 3 Handfulls of ice cubes

Add all ingredients to your smoothie maker and you’ve got one ready to drink sugar rush!!!

• 1 Fairtrade Banana
• 1 Fairtrade Coconut
• 1 Fairtrade Vanilla Pod
• Half a pot of Fairtrade Greek Style Yoghurt (available in Co-Op stores)
• 2 Handfuls of ice

You may want to use frozen yoghurt and scrap the ice cubes???

Peel the banana, carve the flesh of the coconut out (keep the milk). Slit vanilla pod length-ways and scrape out the seeds. Put all ingredients into smoothie maker (including flesh and milk of coconut), put ice in last- and guess what, your on a lovely tropical beach- nice!

Ingredients

• A whole jar of Co-Op’s Cranberry Sauce with Port
• 4 peeled, cored, stewed and then frozen Fairtrade Pears
• 250ml Fairtrade Apple Juice

Looting Strategy

Add all ingredients to smoothie maker, hit go and your halfway to being a Fair-Pirate (if such a thing can exist). If you are of legal age and want to become a fully fledged pirate you can add a shot of Fairtrade Papagayo Spiced Rum!!!

Remember to lobby your suppliers and grocers for more fairly traded products, then hopefully we will be able to add a shot of Fairtrade port in the not to distant future!

Drink up me hearties yo ho !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• 1 Jar of M&S Fairtrade Rhubarb and Ginger Conserve
• 250ml Fairtrade Apple Juice

You can add ice to make this into a true smoothie, but I like to use it as a dip for Fairtrade Organic Brazil Nut Cookies, give it a go, you may discover your taste buds leaping for joy!!!

• A whole jar of M&S Fairtrade Hedgerow Conserve
• 500ml of Fairtrade Apple Juice
• 2 handfuls of ice

All ingredients in head first (unless they are scared, go easy) Ice last! Hit smooth and sit back with a lovely calming and de-hedging smoothie!

• 1 Fairtrade Vanilla Pod
• 3 Fairtrade Bananas
• 2 or 3 handfuls of ice
• 2 pots of Fairtrade greek style yoghurt, from co-op
• 4 teaspoons of fairtrade sugar dissolved in a small amount of water

Slit vanilla pod lengthways and scrape out seeds, add bananas to smoothie maker follwed by yoghurt, sugar/water, vanilla seeds and then the ice. This is far better than any milkshke made with vanilla extract or essence etc. Fairtrade bananas and vanilla pods are top quality.

For more details on where to buy fairtrade vanilla pods see:

http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/products_spices_buy.htm

• 200ml Fruit passion apple juice from Co-Op
• Half a jar of blackcurrant conserve from M&S
• 6 Fairtrade Grapes
• Handful of ice cubes

Dead simple, all ingredients into the smoothiemaker, hit start and you’ve got yourself a totally fair Apple and Blackcurrant smoothie. Good thought old chap!

This recipe is only enough for one person so up the ingrediants if your smoothing for more than your self!

• 1/2 Fairtrade Pineapple
• 1 Fairtrade Lemon
• 2 Fairtrade Clementines
• Handful of Fairtrade grapes
• 150ml Fair Trade tropical juice
• Handful of ice cubes

Peel lemon, clementines and remove the outer nasty bits of pineapple, chop big fruits into peices and add all content to the smoothie maker (ice last)

This recipe is totally fairtrade (apart from the ice), Wohoooo!!!

• Handful of frozen Strawberries
• 1 Fairtrade Banana
• 150ml Bio Yoghurt (Mango papaya and passionfruit is best)
• 200ml Fairtrade Passionfruit Juice

Mix in the smoothie maker until smooth, Serves 1-2

• 2 handfuls of strawberries
• 3 scoops of vanilla ice cream
• 3 tablespoons of double cream
• Handful of ice cubes

Wash and remove stalks on strawberries, then add all the lovely ingredients to the smoothiemaker.

This smoothie isn’t the one that springs to mind when you mention healthy, but remember we all need fat in moderation!

• 1 large papaya
• 2 tablespoons fairtrade mexican honey
• Cinnamon to taste
• 1 Passionfruit (or juice if your smoothie maker isn’t top notch)
• 200ml fairtrade greek style yoghurt from Co-op
• Handful of ice

De-stone and de-skin papaya, chop into chunks and add all ingredients to smoothiemaker!

The passionfruit will help relax you and the cinnomon provide some vaso-dilation to relieve stress and blood pressure. The Perfect nap-aid!

• Handful of cranberries
• 250ml cranberry juice
• Handful of grapes
• 400ml of natural yoghurt
• Handful of ice

Prepare cranberries (remove stalks and wash), add all ingredients to smoothiemaker- smooth, pour, drink, wake up!

This smoothie can be made without the cranberries, just add more juice to taste.
Grapes sweeten the smoothie but are not essential.

• 2 large Peaches
• Large handful of raspberries
• 250ml Fairtrade Tropical Juice
• Handful of ice

Half and destone peaches, chop into pieces (remove skin for a smoother texture). Add all ingredients to smoothie maker and Bob’s your uncle (He’s actually my Dad… because you all really needed to know that!)

• Half a small gala melon
• Half a small cucumber
• 250ml apple juice
• Handful of ice cubes

Remove outer skins from melon and cucumber, remove any seeds from melon, chop into small pieces and add all ingredients to smoothie maker! Press smooth! Enjoy!

• 50gms of Fairtrade white Chocolate
• 250ml semi-skimmed milk
• 7 large strawberries

Melt chocolate either in microwave or on the hob with half of the milk. When melted add the other half of the milk (already warmed), add milk/chocolate and strawberries to smoothie maker and your away. Serve this smoothie warm!

Please ensure your smoothie maker is designed for warm smoothie making!!!

For this Summery Smoothie you will need:

• 500ml Guanabana Juice
• 1/2 Banana
• 10 Black Cherries
• Handful of Ice

Mix all the ingredients in the smoothie maker until smooth

Enjoy!

To make this tangy smoothie you will need:

• 1 Large peach
• 1 Large apricot
• 2 Tangerines
• Handful of ice

De-stone and peel the fruits. Chop into chunks and throw all ingredients into smoothie maker!

For this delicious smoothie full of fairtrade goodness you will need:

• 4 fair trade plums
• 1 fair trade avocado
• Handful of fair trade white grapes
• 250ml fairtrade orange juice
• Handful of ice

Peel and de-stone the plums, slice the avocado in half, remove the pit, and scoop out the flesh. Add all ingredients to smoothie maker and mix until smooth

Serves 2-3

For this zingy and aromatic smoothie you will need:

• 1 fairtrade mango
• 2 guavas
• 300ml passion fruit juice
• 2 handfuls of ice

Chop guava into chunks, cut mango flesh away from stone and add all ingredients to smoothie maker and hit smooth! Serves 3-4

For the limey melon smoothie, you will need:

• 1 1/2 cups watermelon
• 1 1/2 cups honeydew melon
• 1 lime
• 1 cup ice cubes

1 cup = about a quarter of the final amount of smoothie

Slice the melons and remove the skin. Squeeze the limes to get the juice out of them. Pour in the yoghurt and ice cubes. Blend until smooth. Serves 4!

Ingredients for the papaya and raspberry smoothie:

• 1 frozen banana, peeled
• 1/2 fresh papaya
• 10-12 raspberries (fresh or frozen)
• 300ml Orange Juice

Pour all ingredients into smoothie maker, then whizz until smoothie consistency is reached