I really wanted a strawberry banana smoothie one day. I’d just bought a bunch of bananas, but didn’t have any V8 or even any strawberries to improvise with. I think those so-called smoothie mixes are bullshit, and if you were to tell me you use them, I might laugh at you. All a smoothie is, is some fruit or juice, yogurt, and ice. All I had on hand that day for a strawberry banana smoothie was:
- 5 cubes of ice
- 1 nearly ripe banana
- 2 cups of strawberry banana yogurt
By “cups,” I mean those little plastic cups the yogurt comes in, not the actual measurement. The yogurt was some “extra creamy” bullshit that wasn’t appetizing on its own at all, but I thought it’d make a great smoothie. I broke up the ice in my blender using the “Hack Ice to Pieces” setting.
Then I cut up the banana into smaller pieces and dumped in the yogurt. If you’re into measuring, the banana came to about 1 cup.
I blended it all together until it was nice and smooth, like this:
Then I poured it into a summery cup, added a straw, and voila!
Don’t ever let anyone tell you that you need some fancy ass smoothie mix. The yogurt I hated on its own made a kickass smoothie. It probably cost me about $2 to make, if that.
What’s your favorite smoothie flavor? I’m a whore for strawberry banana smoothies. When I was sixteen and worked at the mall, I had one almost every day.
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