For a hot day, or just for a change of pace, enjoy these coffee smoothie recipes!

Quick Instant Coffee Smoothie Recipe
1 cup vanilla yogurt
1 banana
1 cup ice
3 Tbsp. flavored instant coffee in blender container

Combine ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed until smooth. Serve immediately.

Easy Coffee Smoothie Recipe
1 cup ice
1/2 cup vanilla frozen yogurt
1 cup of coffee chilled
4 tablespoons lowfat milk or skim milk

Combine ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed until smooth. For an interesting variant, you can use low-fat coffee yogurt instead of the vanilla yogurt and the coffee, with a 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon and a dash nutmeg. Serve immediately. Makes one 16-ounce serving.

Coffee & Chocolate Smoothie Recipe
1 cup of coffee chilled
1 tsp of sugar (or equivalent of sugar substitute)
1 tsp chocolate syrup (regular or lite)
1 banana, chopped
1/2 cup of whole milk

Combine in blender the milk, coffee and bananas and blend on high speed until smooth. Taste to see if it is to your liking, add the chocolate syrup and blend until desired flavor. For a non-dairy variant, substitute the milk for non-dairy creamer, such as Coffee Mate and add about 4 to 6 ice cubes.

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Ray Torres is an IT consultant by day and a gourmet aficionado by nigth, and founder of Great Free Online Recipes.com and it's blog. "A celebration of cooking and great food!"