| At my house, we just love frozen fruit smoothies. | | | | Add more or less liquid until your smoothie gets the |
| They are simple to make and are actually good for | | | | consistency you like best. You can also throw in a few |
| you. You can make these delicious cool drinks with just | | | | ice cubes and blend them into your smoothie |
| about any type of fruit or even combine different | | | | Time to Blend: |
| types of fruit. Let me explain exactly how to make a | | | | Let's talk about blending. Start by blending the fruit and |
| frozen fruit smoothie. It is quite simple. | | | | yogurt a little, then add your liquid and blend away. If |
| To Make These Amazing Smoothies You Will Need: | | | | your blender has a pulsing function (most do) use it. It |
| We'll start with the equipment. You will need a blender | | | | allows any larger piece of fruit to sink back down to |
| to make good smoothies. A regular blender will do the | | | | the bottom and get chopped up. That way you will end |
| job. A small, personal blender like the magic bullet is | | | | up with a nice smooth smoothie. |
| nice to have because you can customize each | | | | If your blender starts working too hard, it's time to add |
| smoothie. Of course regular blenders work just as well, | | | | a little more liquid to make sure everything moves |
| plus you can make more servings at a time. | | | | around well. |
| Frozen fruit comes next. Frozen smoothies can be | | | | For smoothie recipes that call for ice in it, start with the |
| made with all sorts of different fruit and and feel free | | | | ice and chop it up in your blender before you add the |
| to mix and match as well. Great fruit to start with is | | | | remaining ingredients. It will help mix the other |
| strawberry, peach and banana. | | | | ingredients together. |
| Yogurt makes another great addition to just about any | | | | I tend to make most of my frozen fruit smoothies with |
| smoothie. They give it a nice tangy flavor and creamy | | | | only frozen fruit, but you can also use a combination of |
| texture. Low or non-fat yogurts are the most | | | | fresh and frozen. You can purchase the frozen fruit at |
| figure-friendly, but you can use any type of yogurt as | | | | the store, or freeze your own when it is in season. It is |
| well as any flavor. You can also use Greek yogurt | | | | very easy to freezer berries for example. Just put |
| which is thicker and has more protein per serving. | | | | them in a freezer bag and freeze them whole. |
| The last ingredient you need in your smoothie is a liquid | | | | Slices of frozen banana make a great addition to just |
| to thin the drink out and make it blendable. You can | | | | about any fruit smoothie. Whenever you find yourself |
| use water, milk or your favorite juice. Add just enough | | | | with a banana that's getting a little too ripe, peel it, and |
| liquid to get the smoothie to the consistency you like. A | | | | then slice it. Put them into a freezer bag and freeze |
| good ratio to use is 2-1-1 (frozen fruit - yogurt - liquid). | | | | until you need them for a smoothie. Adding them gives |
| A good example would be 2 cups frozen strawberries | | | | your smoothie a nice creamy texture and adds some |
| blended with 1 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt and 1 cup skim | | | | sweetness as well. |
| milk. | | | | |