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Thank you for sending me your smoothie combinations during my last smoothie post!  They all sound delicious, and my children are drowning in orange juice smoothies as we've tested and tried them.

Every recipe here we tried, we used Tropicana 100% Pure Florida Orange Juice.  Last time I posted about Tropicana, I had some questions on Facebook questioning the purity of the OJ.  Here is the truth, according to Tropicana:

What's in the juice comes from the orange and nothing more. It's a few steps from orange to OJ and the main ones are: the fruit is picked at the height of readiness; we extract the essential oils from the peel and squeeze the juice; it's gently pasteurized and chilled; it's blended for consistent quality and taste, and then it's packaged in cartons or safe-stored for packaging at a later date. We ensure the most consistent, high-quality product by blending 100% juice and the oils and essences found in the orange -- similar to when you use orange zest in recipes. We simply extract the best flavor.

It's the real thing!  It tastes great, and it's all grown in Florida.   Tropicana has openly shared information about their oranges as well as their orange groves, the farmers, and the natural environment they are grown in.  Mitch Willis, an orange buyer who visited the grove shared this story:

"We were in a grove and we saw alligators, we saw deer, and then we drove to another part and we saw wild pigs," he recalls. "There was a point when they just leaned over to me and said, 'We're not on a grove tour, we're on a safari.'"

"Tropicana's Florida groves are remarkably vital natural habitats for a wide range of creatures. It's not the least bit uncommon to encounter wild turkeys, coyotes, bobcats, panthers, turtles, ducks, deer, eagles, hogs, raccoons and countless other animals roaming the grove, often completely unfazed by humans nearby."

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So, here are our Top 10 Healthy Smoothies that you shared!!

Marcie's Double Green Smoothie

 

  • 1 cup spinach
  • 1 cup chard
  • 1 large banana
  • 1 apple
  • 1 peach and/or 1 mango
  • 5-6 strawberries
  • 1 -2 cups orange juice or even just water
Gidget's Hemp Smoothie (amounts I added)

 

  • 1 cup Orange Juice
  • 1 cup raw spinach leaves
  • 1 cup chopped pineapple
  • 1 banana
  • 1 TBL hemp seed
  • 1 TBL coconut oil
Lindsay's Creamy SmoothieBanana Orange Smoothie

 

  • 1 Cup orange juice
  • 1 cup plain yogurt
  • 4-5 ice cubes
  • 1 mango pureed,
  • 1 banana (or strawberries, apples, pineapple etc)
Kari's Kale Combo

 

  • 2 Kale Leaves
  • 4 carrots
  • 1 apple, cored and peeled
  • 1 banana
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 1 cup water
Erica's Vitamin C Explosion

 

  • 1 cup watercress
  • 1/2 pineapple, chopped or diced
  • 1 orange
  • 1 lemon, peeled
  • 1 cup strawberries
  • 1 cup orange juice
Tammy's Blue SmoothieBlueberry Smoothie

 

  • 1 cup spinach
  • 2 pints blueberries
  • 2 bananas
  • 1 cup blueberry yogurt
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 1 cup ice
Julie's Green Juice  image

 

  • 1 cup apple juice1 cup orange juice
  • 2 cups spinach
  • 1 cup broccoli
  • 1 cup chopped strawberries
  • 4-5 ice cubes
  • 1 TBL Flax seeds
Grape Smoothie Ice Cream!grape smoothie

 

  • 1 cup frozen grapes
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 1 cup vanilla yogurt
Berry Berry Smoothiestrawberry smoothie (2)

 

  • 1 cup frozen strawberries
  • 1 cup frozen raspberries
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 1 cup ice
  • 1 TBL Flax seeds
Nutty Orange Freeze

 

  • 1 cup almond milk
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 1/4 cup almonds
  • 1 TBL Flaxseeds
  • 1 cup spinach
  • 2 cups strawberries
  • 3 Rhubarb stalks

If you would love to take your kids to Florida and see the orange groves in person, now is your chance! Tropicana is giving away a trip, and 100 other prizes!

  • Visit Tropicana's Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/Tropicana to get an up close and personal look at some of the Florida groves where many of Tropicana Pure Premium's oranges come from, with photos, stories, grower profiles and fun grove facts.
  • From March 19 through April 20, 2012, fans can visit Tropicana's Facebook page to enter to win one of 100 prizes. Prizes include:
  • 99 one-year supplies of orange juice in the form of twelve (12) 59oz Tropicana Pure Premium containers
  • One trip to a Florida orange grove for a grand-prize winner and three (3) guests, which includes:,  Round-trip airfare for four (4) to Florid,  Three (3) night stay at a hotel in Sarasota ,  Behind-the-scenes experience at one of the Florida orange groves with the opportunity to meet growers, tour groves and discover the origins of their favorite OJ
  • For official rules and regulations, fans can visit the "sweeps" tab on Tropicana's Facebook page.

Disclosure: I have a formal relationship with Tropicana Pure Premium as a "TropiMomma" blogger. I was compensated for this post. All opinions remain 100% my own.

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Comments

04/11/2012 7:05am
Thanks for the great post Amy!
Netty
04/11/2012 9:42am
We started the healthy smoothies with our family about 4 months ago. My kids will now even drink it with spinach ( this is HUGE for our family). We have a very inexpensive little blender which I don't think wil be lasting much longer. I was wondering if you guys have a recommendation for a couple of good blenders. :) THANKS so much. LOVE YOU site
sallyjrw
04/15/2012 11:50am
@Netty If you want to invest some money, Vitamix makes a great blender. My parents have one and I love it. It's pricey though. I love the Magic Bullet except the motor doesn't seem to last very long. I've actually wound up buying three Magic Bullets over 5 years because I love it so much. If anyone else has a recommendation for something similar (single serve, doubles as the cup, blends very well)), I'd love to try it.
04/16/2012 3:33am
Every single smoothie looks mouth watering, but I particularly look forward to trying 'Tammy's Blue Smoothie' - think the kids will love it! Thanks!
04/16/2012 12:50pm
I'm with you!! I've had a few magic bullets, and love them for small stuff, but they don't last long!
Gina
05/10/2012 1:16pm
I tried Tammys Blue Smoothie but I dont think you need to add Blueberry flavored yogurt when you already have fresh blueberrie. There is too much sugar in flavored yogurts. Thats the only change I would make. Substitute real fruit for the flavored yogurt.
05/19/2012 3:34am
Thanks Amy, I have to try these. I particularly like the look of Marcie's Double Green Smoothie. What blender do you recommend? I like the <a href="http://www.veganbodybuildingdiet.com/blendtech-icb3/" rel="nofollow">Blendtech ICB3</a> and I have done a review of it on my site.
05/24/2012 4:48pm
Hi Dan. I have no preference in blenders. I use a vitamix because I'm borrowing my sisters, but I would be SUPER SUPER SUPER happy to have my own vitamix or blendtec. Blendtec is actually a local company here, so I'm leaning towards that.

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