I love smoothies. When I lived in California it seemed as if there was either a smoothie or frozen yogurt place on every corner. And if there was a corner without one of those stores, there was most defintely a coffee shop. My favorite smoothie is Jamba Juice’s Chunky Stawberry Topper. If you live in a state that’s lucky enough to have a Jamba Juice, you’ve gotta try it. It’ll rock you world. Mmmm. So good!
Because Nashville is Jamba Juice-less, and because I want everyone to experience the joy of smoothies, here’s my super secret awesome smoothie recipe. Now it’s not a secret anymore, but it’s still awesome! =)
P.S. This recipe is great because you use NO ICE, which means is that there are no annoying little ice balls/chunks in your smoothie. It’s actually SMOOTH. What a novel idea, I know!
REALLY GOOD SMOOTHIE RECIPE
Smoothie base (this doesn’t change):
* 1 Banana (I have a hard time keeping bananas stocked at my house, so I use about 2 TBSP of banana flavored protein powder instead. Works great!)
* 1 cup yogurt (I’ve found that you can use vanilla yogurt instead and then omit the 1 tsp vanilla that’s called for below and still get the same flavor result)
Then add:
* 2 cups frozen fruit (The fruits vary according to what flavor you’re going for. Use frozen fruit instead of ice, and it’s way cheaper to buy fresh fruit and freeze it, instead of buying already frozen fruit)
* Juice to just barely cover ingredients (again, type and amount of juice varies for flavor and desired consistency. I’ve found that about 8oz of juice yields the optimum consistency for me, but play around with it and figure out what works for you)
* 1 TBSP honey (or Agave Nectar. Either one works great.)
* 1 tsp. vanilla
~Some good fruit combinations include: raspberries, berry juice and lime. Orange/ carrot juice and extra bananas, and just the good ol’ banana strawberry and apple juice standby.
~ Some other neat combinations I’ve tried that have been ’husband approved’ are: blueberries/pineapples with white grape juice, peaches/mangos and just a few strawberries with orange juice. (I love mangos so I make this one a lot!!) Strawberries and blueberries with orange juice is a good one too.
Try out different combos. If you’ve got a fave that I haven’t already listed, let me know. I love trying new smoothie ideas!!!!
It was a good smoothie!!