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Expand1 cucmber, preferably thin-skinned and not very seedy, peeled and chopped Ask a question about this ingredient
3/4 cups frozen blueberries Ask a question about this ingredient
1 cup plain, whole milk yogurt Ask a question about this ingredient
1/8 cup mint leaves, packed Ask a question about this ingredient
1.5 tablespoons maple syrup, or more to taste Ask a question about this ingredient
1/4 cup milk or buttermilk, or more as needed Ask a question about this ingredient
Combine cucumber, blueberries, mint, yogurt, maple syrup, salt, and milk or buttermilk in a blender and process until well-combined. Depending on the thickness of your yogurt, you may need much more or much less milk/buttermilk. Proceed accordingly. Taste, and add another pinch of salt or drizzle maple syrup if needed.
Ask a question about this stepGarnish with a mint sprig, a single frozen blueberry, and a thin slice of cucumber.
Ask a question about this stepSo glad you like it! But yet, perhaps it is an acquired taste. But I bet if you added more maple syrup they'd eat it.
I made blueberry-mint frozen yogurt tonight--really good...thanks for the inspiration!
drbabs -- thanks for reviewing, and so glad you liked it!
This smoothie got me inspired to do more cucumber drink recipes, and here's another interesting one: save the seeds you scrape out of cucumbers for some other recipe, throw them in the blender with a few spoon fulls of whole-milk yogurt, a tiny pinch of salt, a few big pinches of sugar, and some lemon or lime. YUM.
sounds great! i really loved the smoothie--i hope other people try it, too.
Dorie is a food writer and award-winning author of ten cookbooks, her most recent being Around My French Table: More Than 300 Recipes from My Home to Yours.
Loved it! My kids did not love it at all but I think it's definitely for a more *sophisticated* smoothie drinker ;> Everything just blends together well and offers a unique flavor. I will be making this one again. Thanks for the recipe.