Start your day with one of our delicious smoothie recipes

Get a refreshing boost of your five-a-day with our chef’s favourite smoothie recipes. Choose your favourite ingredients, place them in a blender, then whizz together until smooth for a fabulous, healthy drink.

Pineapple, blueberry and tofu smoothie

Serves 4

• 1 pineapple, peeled, cored and chopped
• 400g (14oz) blueberries
• 4 bananas
• 600ml (1 pint) orange juice
• 6 tbsp sunflower seeds, soaked in mineral water for 1 hour
• 500g 91lb 2oz) silken tofu, thoroughly rinsed and chopped
• 2 tbsp clear honey

Beetroot, avocado and mango smoothie

Serves 4

• 1 avocado, peeled, pitted & chopped
• 1 mango, peeled, pitted & chopped
• 1 beetroot (cooked fresh or vacuum packed, not in vinegar)
• 200g (7oz) low fat natural yoghurt
• 300ml (1/2 pint) orange juice

Fig, black grape and papaya energy shot

Serves 4

• 225g (8oz) ripe figs, roughly chopped
• 1 papaya, peeled, deseeded and chopped
• 600ml (1 pint) black grape juice
• 2 tsp grated fresh root ginger

Green karma

Serves 4

• 1 cucumber, peeled and chopped
• 4 green apples, peeled, cored and chopped
• 1 small pineapple, peeled, cored and chopped
• 3 tbsp chopped flat leaf parsley
• 125g (5oz) low fat natural yogurt
• 4 strawberries

Apple, cinnamon and peanut smoothie

Serves 2

• 2 apples, peeled, cored and chopped
• 1 pear, peeled, cored and chopped
• 2 bananas
• 300ml (1/2 pint) orange juice
• 1tbsp peanut butter
• 100g (4oz) low fat natural yogurt
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Tropical Fruit Boost

Serves 2

• 1 mango, peeled, putted and chopped
• 1 papaya, peeled, deseeded and chopped
• 1/2 pineapple, peeled, cored and chopped
• 2 kiwi fruit, peeled and chopped
• 1 heaped tsp whatgrass powder (available from a health food shop)