Orange Creamsicle Smoothie

Ingredients:

1 medium carrot, trimmed and cut into 3-inch long pieces
1 large seedless navel orange, peeled and quartered
1 cup cooked great northern white beans
1/2 teaspoon of alcohol free vanilla
1/3 of 1/4 teaspoon of powdered stevia extract (that's 0.083 teaspoons)



Method:

Place orange and carrot in Blendtec jar, run Whole Juice cycle. Add remaining ingredients. Of course, if you lack stevia you can use your sweetener of choice. Similarly, if you can't find alcohol-free vanilla, you could try a non-dairy vanilla-flavored milk or yogurt, keeping in mind this will add sweetness as well as change the consistency. Run on Smoothie cycle. Serve.



This is a thick smoothie. I liked it. My roommate tasted it and wasn't as pleased with the consistency. We agreed that another orange or an apple added at the Whole Juice cycle would probably improve it in both flavor and texture. Be careful with the stevia; you could even go less and you definitely don't want to go more.