Smoothies

By sherree

Tips for Great Smoothies
 Chill the blender container before beginning so that the warmer container
does not melt the ice cream.
 Chill the glasses.
 Judge the ratio of strawberries to ice cream by the color of the shake. Add
more strawberries if the shake needs more color. The shake should be an
attractive pink color.
 Use only the best berries.
 A scoop or two will do you. Don’t add too much frozen yogurt or ice cream.
Make it just a bit rich, not an ice cream shake.
 Frozen fruits are best. Without frozen fruit, you will be tempted to add too
much frozen yogurt or ice.
 Keep it simple. Too many flavors are confusing to the palate. The very
best smoothies have only three or four flavors.
 If it’s ripe, freeze it. Frozen bananas, strawberries and peaches, make
great smoothies..

Ingredients

• Pink Strawberry Pajamas Smoothie
• 2 large bananas
• 10 large strawberries, frozen
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 2 large scoops vanilla frozen yogurt
• The Canterbury Smoothie
• 1 1/2 cup ripe cantaloupe pieces
• 1 cup frozen raspberries
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 large banana
• 2 large scoops vanilla frozen yogurt
• Scarlet Sunrise Smoothie
• 2 cups fresh watermelon without seeds
• 12 large strawberries, frozen
• 2 large scoops peach yogurt or peach ice cream
• The Blueberry Blimp Smoothie
• 1/2 cup frozen blueberries
• 2/3 cup frozen peach slices
• 1/4 cup milk
• juice from one large orange
• 3 large scoops peach frozen yogurt
• Sunshine Smoothie
• 1/2 cup fresh grapefruit juice
• 1 cup fresh orange juice
• 1 ripe banana
• 2 to 3 scoops vanilla ice cream
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Tropical Breeze Smoothies
• 1 ripe banana
• 1 cup piña colada flavored yogurt
• 1 teaspoon good quality vanilla
• extract
• 10-12 ice cubes
• 1 tablespoon honey or to taste
• Banana Peach Smoothie
• 3 ripe peaches, peeled and sliced (frozen peach
• slices may be substituted)
• 1 large ripe banana
• 10 ice cubes
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 scoop low fat ice cream
• Chocolate Banana Smoothie
• Ingredients
• 1 ripe banana
• 8 to 12 ice cubes
• 3 or 4 tablespoons of chocolate syrup, to taste
• Tropical Island Smoothie
• Add coconut milk to this smoothie if you have some.
• 1 large mango, diced large ripe banana
• 10 ice cubes
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or rum extract
• 1 scoop low fat ice cream

Preparation

Step 1

Put the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Add milk or ice for the
right consistency, if required.