Saturday, November 17, 2012

Smoothies

With winter approaching, I find myself in the freezer section at the grocery store a lot.  When fresh raspberries and peaches are hard to find, frozen bags of this fruit is the next best thing.

And what is the best thing to do with frozen fruit?  Smoothies!

Today, we made smoothies using frozen blueberries, frozen peaches, frozen raspberries, strawberry kefir, orange juice, and raspberry jam. 

Simply add all the ingredients into a blender and mix.  Use your judgement on how much of each thing you want to add.  Also, note that it is very possible that you will need to add water to help get the mix moving around in the blender.

This is a great activity for the kids, I should add.  They have fun helping add the items into the blender, and they also can get a sense of how adding new ingredients can help change the taste of the smoothie.


This is a great way for you to get all the health benefits of fruits and berries in the winter months!

Smacznego!

3 comments:

  1. Those smoothies look sooooooo good!!! I hope Ben's eye is OK (or are he and CC just playing?). If/when in the mood have him check out the images in my FB albums. I really think he'd like them. All the best to you and yours this Thanksgiving!
    --Sue

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    1. Ben has a whole slew of eye issues...strabismus, amblyopia, astigmatism...and his current therapy is patching 3 hours a day and of course glasses for his near-sightedness. Ben got this all honestly, as it comes down from my maternal grandfather. We have been at this for 1 1/2 years now, and Ben is slowly but surely getting better.

      Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

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    2. Poor little guy! I'm glad you were able to get him early treatment for those conditions. What a sweetie he is!

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