16+9 and pregnant: smooooothiess!!!!!

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Nathan LOVES smoothies! They are a great way to get your kids to eat their fruit and veggies! Here is a great smoothie recipe....

Ingredients:

Servings:

Units: US | Metric

1 cup whole milk (kids need their fats)
1 whole banana , peeled (hehe, obvious)
1 tablespoon honey or 1 tablespoon sugar or 1 tablespoon other artificial sweetener
¼ cup plain yogurt or ¼ cup vanilla yogurt

¼ cup frozen cauliflower (I use this in almost all of the smoothies now)
¼ cup frozen spinach
¼ cup frozen strawberries or ¼ cup blueberries or ¼ cup pineapple or ¼ cup mixed fruit
kale
½ cup frozen peas and carrot

1

Pour milk into the blender.
2

Add banana, sugar/honey/other, and then whatever frozen veggies AND a fruit to the blender. ***The key is you want to not go higher than halfway up a 5 cup blender or it gets too thick. Add milk or OJ if it gets too thick.
3

Put blender on a high setting and let it go at it for a good minute or two. Pulse a few times to make sure it's at the "right" consistency (too your liking).
4

Serve in a toddler friendly container--preferably something with a STRAW as they a) like straws and b) it helps with the intake of the smoothie. Do NOT put it in a sippy cup. Last warning -- my son had fresh kale in the first 3-4 of these I made and had some wicked black poo for days. Lets just say that was the end of the kale episode. ;).