Healthy Frozen Coconut Limeade

For New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, we enjoyed a new smoothie recipe which we adapted to our culinary standards. (I admit I lowered them a bit over the holidays.) Here is our recipe for Frozen Coconut Limeade.

In a high-powered blender (we have a VitaMix TurboBlend 4500), combine these ingredients.

• 5 cups of ice
• 3/4 cup of canned organic coconut milk
• The fresh-squeezed juice of two limes
• 1/4 cup of a low glycemic sweetener (we used xylitol yesterday) 
• 1/2 cup of water (you may want to add more if you want your smoothie a little smoother)

Blend on high until the ice is thoroughly crushed. This only takes a few seconds with a good blender. (We have a good one but we are nearing the time when we need to replace it.)

Give it a taste to see if it is sweet enough. The original recipe calls for canned limeade, but when you eat less and less sugar, you develop a less-sweet taste—and commercially sweetened drinks and foods become overpowering.

I hope you'll give it a try, but watch out for a brain freeze!