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Frosty Apple Pear Cardamom Honey Smoothie

A bright, frosty apple and pear smoothie blended with whole milk, tangy kefir, warm cardamom and a squeeze of lemon, finished thick and creamy with frozen banana.

Frosty Apple Pear Cardamom Honey Smoothie

Ingredients

  • 1¼ cups (300 ml)300 gWhole milkcold
  • 1¼ cups chopped150 gApplechopped, skin on
  • 1 cup sliced150 gPearschopped, skin on
  • ½ cup (120 ml)120 gPlain kefir, low-fatcold
  • ½ medium60 gBananasliced and frozen
  • 2 tbsp chopped15 gWalnuts
  • 1½ tsp10 gHoney
  • 1½ tsp8 gLemon juice
  • ½ tsp1 gGround cardamom

Steps

  1. Chop the apple and pear into small pieces, keeping the skins on; slice the banana and freeze it until firm, or use banana already frozen.
  2. Pour the whole milk and the kefir into the blender first so the blades turn easily.
  3. Add the walnuts, honey, lemon juice and cardamom to the blender.
  4. Add the apple, pear and frozen banana on top.
  5. Blend on high for 60 to 90 seconds, until completely smooth and frothy, scraping down the sides once if needed.
  6. Divide the smoothie evenly between two glasses, pouring over ice if you like, and serve right away.

Contains: Milk, Tree nuts.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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