We love to make fruit smoothie’s in our house. My kids both love them and I love that I can pack a little extra nutrition in the smoothie. There are so many great recipes you can do and try out. I like to keep things simple. My daughter loves to help chop up the fruit to get things going. We like to chop up a lot of fruit and freeze for a later use. Whatever you like to do, just try some fruit smoothies!
Start by washing and chopping. Wash and chop, wash and chop! On this day we had a peach, strawberries, oranges, bananas, greek yogurt. I love blueberries in smoothies too but we didn’t have any.
As we are washing and chopping I’m making up snack sized baggies of the fruit and freezing them. In each baggie I put 1/2 a banana, strawberries, and a few peach slices. Freezing them makes them like ice cubes when you use them making your smoothie colder. When we want a smoothie, we just take out a baggie, add our yogurt, juice, and we are good to go.
I have 2 different kind of blenders, one that was pretty pricey and one that was not. I think there are some good blenders out there so I’m not sold on any one particular brand. For the main part of the smoothie, we use the fruit but I also add in some greek yogurt and some v8 veggie juice. The kids have no idea and it tastes great. I have done some spinach and that is sneaky too 🙂 Aileen Cooks has a great smoothie recipe too, try it out!
This little guy was asking for “More peese” and got really upset when it was all gone! We sure do love our fruit smoothies! They would make a great breakfast or good snack too!
This looks so yummy! My kids would love this recipe!
I love smoothies, they taste fantastic and they are soooo good for you.
Nothing better than a fruit smoothie.
What a fun project to do with the kids! Looks so tasty too. Perfect for the last days of summer.
Smoothies are great. I love them…don’t make them enough 🙂
I just started making them a few weeks ago and now the kids want one every day!
I really love this idea of freezing the fruits in individual bags… what a great tip! It makes so much sense! Thanks for sharing this great idea!
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My kids love fruit smoothies too! And I love that I can sneak some spinach in there and they don’t even notice! Win-win!
That’s a great idea!! I need to do more of that!!
These look so good! I love making smoothies, and it’s like a special mommy & me time for my son and me. I love that you freeze the fruit! I do that, too. I hate adding ice, it’s like it dilutes the delicious flavors.
I love smoothies! I start my day with one every morning. Sometimes I even have a smoothie bowl for dessert.
What a great way to start the day! Great idea!
YUM! I need to start making more smoothies for breakfast! Such a healthy and easy way to do breakfast in a hurry!
xo Ashley
We love smoothies in our household too! I actually just got done making one for my daughter.
Yummy!!! Now I’m craving one!!
My little one love smoothies! Can’t wait to try some of these out