Hand Crank Ice Crusher: March 2013

Sunday, March 17, 2013

3 Great Tasting Smoothie Recipes That Kids Will Love

Most smoothie recipes are pretty salutary and some kids are pretty picky about flavors. Smoothies are very easy to make and fun as you watch them being created right before your eyes. Here are any nutritious and great tasting smoothie recipes that kids will love.

Prepare any ripe bananas in improve by peeling and cutting them each into 5 or 6 pieces and frozen them in a freezer bag or plastic container. Wax Orchards makes a nutritious cocoa spread without sugar using mostly fruit concentrates and Dutch cocoa.

If there is no frozen fruit on hand add 6 ice cubes providing that you have a capable blender for processing the ice. Most newer blenders should be fine for the task and even have an "ice crusher" setting or button.

Chocolate Banana Smoothie

1 cup 2% milk or Soy or Rice Milk
1 cup Low fat Vanilla Yogurt
1 Pre-frozen banana
1 tbsp. Wax Orchards excellent Fudge (or chocolate syrup)
Blend all of it in a blender until smooth

Peanut butter Chocolate Banana Smoothie

1 cup 2% milk or Soy or Rice Milk
1 cup Low fat Vanilla Yogurt
1 tbsp. Peanut Butter
1 Pre-frozen banana
1 tbsp. Wax Orchards excellent Fudge (or chocolate syrup)
Blend it all in a blender until smooth

Strawberry Banana Smoothie

1 cup 2% milk or Soy or Rice Milk
1 cup Low fat Vanilla Yogurt
1/2 Cup fresh frozen strawberries
1 Pre-frozen banana
Blend all in a blender until smooth and consistent

It's easy and fun to experiment with smoothie recipes, but having a base combination of the milk, yogurt and banana is a sure fire way to have an enjoyable one.