Smoothies - Ideas

[Jojo]

Just a thought - as smoothies are "the" thing to have (and I love them ) I thought maybe people could put their recipes/ideas for smoothies in this thread, rather than paying £2 or £3 for a bottled variety.

My fave homemade one at the moment is apple, banana, strawberries, splash of orange juice and ice.

Any more concoctions you can think of ? I'll add more when I think of them (although for a nice milkshake style one, have a couple of scoops of vanilla ice cream, bananas (or strawberries etc) and some milk - yummy!)

[Layne]

Me and my mate made one, it was
Starwberry and banana, with a few shots of tropical juice and a couple if apple juice. Vanilla ice cream, milk and crushed ice all added to it aswell.
It was very nice! A bit like a milkshakey one!

[LostVoodoo]

i used to have the every morning coz my housemate had this fantastic blender, i miss it!
one GREAT thing for smoothies are those bags of frozen berries you can get at tesco/wherever, they really thicken up the mix and a little goes a long way. plus they're yummy coz you can get more expensive things like cherries cheaper frozen. and you dont have to defrost them, just chuck them in the blender with a banana and a satsuma or something and you have a nice cold smoothie. mangoes are also really good in smoothies too coz they're nice and thick.
my other one was to do ones with milk and a cheap yoghurt in them. my fave was milk, a banana and a walnut yoghurt. and i did make a 'peaches and cream' type one with a yoghurt and an actual peach.

[Jojo]

Now that sounds nice LostVoodoo!!

The other thing I heard, was to freeze Bio Yoghurt and to use that with some orange juice and your fruit etc and that makes it really creamy too.

[itsme!]

i just made myself one after reading this thread lol i had banana in with a little bit of milk to make it easier to drink and a tiny bit of grated nutmeg in, mixed it all in the blender-tastes bloody gorgeous!

[Siobhan]

My fav is Monkey business one, very filling : Banana, peanut butter, orange juice, natural yougart and honey.. very very yum!!!

[Jojo]

That sounds different!! Nice though - might have to give it a try. I love the way you can make them from all things you already have at home too, rather than having to make a special trip to the shops to go get the stuff.

Does everyone make their own, or buy in a bottle etc.

My new blender is arriving soon, so shall be using that, but have been known to buy fresh off a smoothie stall quite local to us too and theirs were freshly made in front of you and was delish!

i just made myself one after reading this thread lol i had banana in with a little bit of milk to make it easier to drink and a tiny bit of grated nutmeg in, mixed it all in the blender-tastes bloody gorgeous!

Glad to have inspired you!

The best thing, they are easy to make are delish and are good for you!!

[LostVoodoo]

oooh just remembered i had a totally random one in berlin once that had like coconut milk and cherries in it-it was sooooo good!

[samantha nixon]

i make them with ice cream, milk and banana and thats nice

[Tori]

I'm going to have to buy myself a blender! My mum doesn't like mess though so I dunno where I'd make them... But I had a nice one once:Raspberries, apples blueberries and I think cherry youghurt and it was nice!