SMOOOOOOOTH(ies)

[AnnaMarie]

I just got a hand held blender. I want to make smoothies.

Anyone have good recipes?

Anyone just wing it? Advice on what to (or not to) put together?

Do you peel your fruit?

 

[skimom2]

This is our favorite quick morning smoothie:

1C milk
1/2 C yogurt
1 cup fruit (we often use frozen, but fresh works, too)
2T flaxmeal (makes it thicker and adds a jolt of protein and fiber)
3-4 ice cubes

Some times we add a little ginger (this is really good with peaches) or vanilla, too (if not already using vanilla yogurt).

Quick, yummy, filling and makes about 2 16 oz (med) glassfuls.

 

[VultureLvr45]

Oh AM...Lots of great ones, but mostly I fiddle around with frozen and fresh fruit, handful of spinach [and or a couple leaves of lettuce] and coconut almond milk, one scoop of vanilla protein powder and blend. My sister- in-law makes killer smoothies, she almost always starts witha whole apple (not peeled but quartered and deseeded..the seeds have minute quantities of cyanide) and a peeled, frozen banana.

I enjoy adding blueberries and raspberries but do so in small amounts unless I blend and strain them first (too seedy with massive amounts of berries). I have found it helpful when I have extra fruit pulped, a few bits of pineapple, or only a few pitted cherried left, to freeze them in ice cube trays; makes it really easy to throw into tomorrows smoothie.

Mango can easily 'overtake' whatever flavor you are drinking. Freeze grapes to make your drink cold, sweet and thick. Peaches are yummy (no pits) as is watermelon, cantelope can 'overtake' the individual nuances of fruit turning the whole soup blah. Add kefir or yogurt if you want it creamy... enjoy.

 

[doowopgirl]

I pretty much wing it with whatever is handy. I do like to add honey as well.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

Not really a smoothie but my favorite thing to make in the blender is chocolate cherry milk shakes!!

 

[arista]

I enjoy a nice protein shake in the morning with banana...YUMM

 

[AnnaMarie]

My son and I made our first drink tonight. He made the decisions.

We cut some yellow plums and removed the pits, did the same with one very large peach, tossed in some raspberries and blueberries. Put all that in the freezer for a few hours.

When it was semi-frozen, put it in a pitcher and added a small blueberry yogurt, a few scoops of vanilla ice cream, then milk.

So, it doesn't qualify as healthy, but it gets full marks for yummy.

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I also had a pear that was starting to go bad, so I cut and froze it for another day. That's a large part of why I wanted this blender, so I can freeze and use fruit instead of throwing so much out. I'm also hoping so sneak some greens into some and get my son drinking what he doesn't eat enough of.

 

[Lepplady]

Whatever you guys come up with, make sure you make enough for everybody!

 

[VultureLvr45]

My son and I made our first drink tonight. He made the decisions.

We cut some yellow plums and removed the pits, did the same with one very large peach, tossed in some raspberries and blueberries. Put all that in the freezer for a few hours.

When it was semi-frozen, put it in a pitcher and added a small blueberry yogurt, a few scoops of vanilla ice cream, then milk.

So, it doesn't qualify as healthy, but it gets full marks for yummy.

~~~

I also had a pear that was starting to go bad, so I cut and froze it for another day. That's a large part of why I wanted this blender, so I can freeze and use fruit instead of throwing so much out. I'm also hoping so sneak some greens into some and get my son drinking what he doesn't eat enough of.

I sneak a lot of spinach into spaghetti sauce (and meatballs, and stuffed cabbages) using that method. One time my hubby asked what all the green was, I said 'spices'. Of course, I do use a lot of basil in it, but if you grind it up with the garlic and onions and mushrooms, makes lovely sauce.

 

[Grandpa]

My kids always ate a lot more spinach, onion, and mushroom than they ever knew. You have to be clever to make their nutritious ingredients palatable.

Anyway....

I think if you grab some fruit and yogurt, particularly vanilla yogurt, it's hard to go wrong. When I was making breakfast smoothies for Grandma, she seemed to prefer berries and tropical fruit (mango, pineapple).

If I also threw some ground flaxseed, fresh spinach, and protein powder in, it seemed to be filling filling and nutritious without detracting from the taste.

If it's too viscous, add in some milk or fruit juice.

Have fun!

 

[GNTLGNT]

 

[danie]

Here's the recipe for the smoothie I just drank:
1 banana
1/4 c. Splenda
10-12 ice cubes
1/4 c. Rum

Blend until smoooooooth(ie).
Yum!

 

[danie]

 

[Lepplady]

I sneak a lot of spinach into spaghetti sauce (and meatballs, and stuffed cabbages) using that method. One time my hubby asked what all the green was, I said 'spices'. Of course, I do use a lot of basil in it, but if you grind it up with the garlic and onions and mushrooms, makes lovely sauce.

I do the same thing. my tall guy can't STAND vegetables, so I get 'em into him however I can. Usually processed down to the smallest common denominator so I can sneak it into other stuff, like sauces.

 

[AnnaMarie]

I love that I am no longer throwing fruit in the garbage. Instead I throw it in the freezer.

I'm keeping plain yogurt in the house now, instead of the high sugar flavoured ones. And I plan on trying juice instead of milk.

Things I've discovered;

You can use any fruit you want, but it you want banana or strawberry they will over power all other flavours. (That's not necessarily a bad thing.)

Apple skins don't break up as fast as other fruit skins.

Raspberries make a very seedy drink.