Smooth Move, Mom!

Yeah, I got my SBK book back from Colleen and I'm back in business! First order of business was feed the kids a snack. Problem, haven't been to the store in over a week and the cupboards are pretty empty. But, I have soy milk, I have frozen fruit, it is sunny and supposedly summer out there, so let's make smoothies!

Basic Fruit Smoothie recipes are on page 26 of SBK. I have frozen strawberries and a random banana, so I'm going for the strawberry banana smoothie variation.

My hint to you when using frozen fruit: microwave. I don't know if that breaks any veganista rules, or not, but I did it. I find that if you microwave the frozen fruit until it just begins to thaw (20-30 seconds for 1 cup of fruit), you don't end up with chunks of unblended icy fruit in your smoothie. If it has rocks in it, then it isn't so smooth, now is it? I don't think the SBs would mind. And, if they do, I'd love to hear from them, so do tell if you care!

Anyway, I tried this same recipe with rice milk and had the same results: both 10 year old and 14 year old gulped them down through a straw. Even dad liked it.

Of course, this gave me a great idea. Next morning I used some leftover and much maligned Fruitfulls that have been discontinued at Wegmans. Do you know the ones? You can get them at Big Lots now, they have 90 calories, and they are supposed to make you feel full with few calories. The kids loved them for about a year and now won't touch them. Anyway, I blended the Fruitfuls (two -8 ounce bottles) with the frozen strawberries and fed them to the guinnea pigs, a.k.a my family. Tah-dah, they loved them. 14 year old asked me how I make my smoothies so frothy. When I told him I used the Fruitfuls he was soooo bummed! "I hate those things," he said. Well, apparently you don't hate them so much, youngin'. Smooth Move, Mom!