Kids love this drink’s creamy, sweet taste.

Ingredients:

2 Cups lowfat milk
4 Tbsp. frozen mango juice (or 1 fresh mango, pitted)
1 small banana
2 ice cubes

Directions:

Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until foamy. Serve immediately.

Variations

Instead of mango juice, try orange, papaya, or strawberry juice.

Yield: 4 servings
Serving size: 3/4 cup
Each serving provides (with mango and banana):
Calories: 106
Total fat: 2 g
Saturated fat: 1 g
Cholesterol: 5 mg
Sodium: 63 mg
Total fiber: 2 g
Protein: 5 g
Carbohydrates: 20 g
Potassium: 361 mg

Here’s a perfect lowfat thirst quencher.

Ingredients:

1 Cup fat free, plain yogurt
6 medium strawberries
1 Cup pineapple, crushed, canned in juice
1 medium banana
1 tsp. vanilla extract
4 ice cubes

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients in blender and puree until smooth.
2. Serve in frosted glass.

Yield: 3 servings
Serving size: 1 cup
Each serving provides:
Calories: 121
Total fat: less than 1 g
Saturated fat: less than 1 g
Cholesterol: 1 mg
Sodium: 64 mg
Total fiber: 2 g
Protein: 6 g
Carbohydrates: 24 g
Potassium: 483 mg

Recipes Source: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. These recipes are from a collection that grew out of research and education projects supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The studies and projects dealt with ways to help Americans keep their hearts strong by reducing their intake of calories, fat, especially saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium. They include the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension —or "DASH"—clinical study and the popular Stay Young at Heart nutrition education program. Now, you can use the results of these efforts to improve your heart health.

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