Curious: Blender aka smoothie recipies

[803hart]

Hi! I jus recently bought a blender and to be honest, i havn't used it yet (well its been 2 wks since I bought it ).
I was wondering if people would love to share their favourite smoothie recipies.

[mike_dowler]

there's a great place in Brighton that we used to go to called ShakeAway - they do milkshakes (not really smoothies i know, but they are gorgeous nonetheless!). Basically vanilla ice cream and milk, and anything else you could possibly want. Curly-Wurlies work well, as do strawberries (well, most fruit really). Weetabix is an interesting one.

[stytagm]

Agreed on the Milkshakes, we've been doing this since we were kids.

• 2-3 scoops Vanilla ice cream,
• 1-2 teaspoons sugar (needed I'm afraid, brings out the flavour of the fruit),
• Either a punnet of Stawberries or 2 bannanas - Mashed.
• Fill it up with milk and blend away.

Very yummy and surprisingly filling, especially the bannana one. Occasionally you'll get a lot of froth on the top, especially with cheap ice-cream, but if you leave it in the fridge for a bit it'll settle down. There's nothing wrong with the froth, except you'll be burping for hours.

[Dfhaii]

Milk chocolate digestives and milk.

[directhex]

Hi! I jus recently bought a blender and to be honest, i havn't used it yet (well its been 2 wks since I bought it ).
I was wondering if people would love to share their favourite smoothie recipies.

juice 4 pears, add to smoothie maker with small pack of rasberries. blend, sieve, serve. add apple juice if too thick.

[tiggerai]

Selection of Fruit (whatever takes your fancy)
Pot of yoghurt (muller light is always good)

Whizz up and stuff in glass.
Drink.

[TheAnimus]

to sweeten, use apple juice

Pineapple goes really well too.

[autopilot]

My all time fav is just a banana, half to a full a pint of mink and a teaspoon of honey. Mainly because we have almost always got the ingredients in the house and it so simple. I sometimes put bit of icecream in to.

[ernestrome]

i like making smoothies from frozen summer fruits that you can get in most supermarkets. Just mix it with apple or pineapple juice and blend. I just drink the seeds and all, but you can sieve them out. Frozen blueberries are good too. I think sainsbury's have the widest selection of frozen fruit i have found so far. Have got mangoes and pineapple and raspberries too. Sometimes i add a bit of cranberry or pomegranate juice too.