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A friend bought me a very expensive Braun blender thing before Jack was born so when i weaned him i could make him things from fresh rather than feeding him from jars,i succeeded in doing this and have really made use of it. I am still using it for crushing ice/making smoothies etc and was just wondering if any of you lot regularly make smoothies?if so what do you put in?and if they are bitter what do you put in to make them sweeter?
Corker and myself have been making them and writing the contents down so we can make them again if we really like them....some of them are absolutely lush! :biggrin8:

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I make one in summer it has fresh cherrys loads of them (but i have to take the pips out) ice, blackberrys (fresh or frozen) strawbs, raspberrys, and strawberry or cherry yoghurt. Blend it all up and drink, but dont leave it too long or the yoghurt separates!

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Advacado me daughter makes em from for her 14 months old, supposed to be good for em. grandaughter loves em anyway.;)

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I make a smootie every morning for brekkie, in mine I put:

1 Banana, Half a punnet of strawberries, one generous slice of melon, a handful of blueberries and one pot of actimel drinking yoghurt. No need to sweeten it, the melon takes care of any bitterness.

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we have tried all these too(varying the amounts etc):) LOVELY!!!!
Little lad loves smoothies too-we dont like advocados though cashy....ewww bit bland and the textures weird.

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My housemates have bought one, they seem to make them mainly at night much to my annoyance. For some reason they leave glasses full of the stuff in the living room as well, so i'm assuming those are the unsuccessful tasting ones.

I haven't tried it myself but I was tempted to buy a juicer. We have a smoothy bar in town, kind of like the one in blackburn... in fact I think there is one in accy aswell. Smoothies are so expensive to buy, but I must admit they are great. Good value in my opinion to buy your own machine. I'd invest in one but to be honest I dont think I can afford all the different types of fruit to put in them. Hence why I didnt bother buying either type of machine in the end. :(

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my kids make smoothies alot they use bananas strawberrys kiwi grapes and yoghurt they love them.

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Banana Berry Smoothie :-
1 small banana(s)
50 g loganberries, fresh or frozen summer berries
125 g fruit low-fat yogurt, (strawberry)
200 ml skimmed milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla essence, 2-3 drops
3 sprig fresh mint, to decorate (optional)

Break the banana into pieces and place in blender with most of the summer berries. Add yogurt, milk and vanilla. Whizz together until smooth, about 15 - 20 seconds.


:D:D:D:D:D:D:D...THIS IS A HEALTHY SMOOTHIE

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A cheap smoothie would be Asda value yogurt and a tin of cheap fruit salad with the syrup drained of. :D I am wih Blazey on the expense side, but hell people pay a wad more in a cocktail bar so it can have a "kick" in it

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I go to wilsons on broadway and pick up there 50p value bags for fruit that isn't 'perfect' anymore.....gona be mushed up so makes no difference to me....always get the bananas, because they are going brown they taste sweeter-even better :D We spend about £4/5 to make 8 large smoothies which i dont think is expensive at all,were getting a couple of smoothies each and the fun of making them too :)

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I dont fancy the 'fun' of cleaning the machine after when I can just eat the fruit as it is. I dont think the market here does imperfect bags of fruit but I shall keep my eye out. Sainsburys are very likely to not do anything like that either.

I didn't realise yoghurt was such a key ingredient to alot of smoothies.

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I dont use alot of yoghurt,i use milk,ice cream or apple juice.
And my braun only takes 2 mins to wash out......otherwise to be honest i wouldnt bother,its not a squisher one i just use a hand blender type thingy.
All these technical words lol

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i dont know why, but i have not found a smoothie i've liked yet, i love my fruit, and i can eat fruit all day, but making a smoothie out of it tastes discusting, so i would rather just eat the fruit, and its less hastle

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ya know summat jacky....me too and iv got one of the bloody things!

seems to much hassle

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resurrecting this thread cos we are experimenting with smoothies atm.....

blackcurrant smoothies are nasty!!!!!!

they are selling bags of frozen tropical fruit at farmfoods for 39p which are really good and one bag makes a pint and half of thick smoothie (ty likes to eat it with an icecream spoon....someone ... possibly Mick donated to the new house collection lol)

ty likes the ones made with fresh orange and frozen fruit.. havent tried yoghurt yet but blended frozen yoghurt and fruit is what i used to give him for his breakfast when he was a baby lol.... was great when he was off his food (that and breast milk milkshake.... yum!!!)

might have to invest in a proper smoothie maker or a proper blender, the hand held one doesnt seem to like frozen fruit and my old one died...

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I thought you were all smothies anyway:rolleyes::hothothot

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No...I don't like the texture of the stuff and i can't abide yogurt or milk......I prefer my fruit just as it is......no ice cream or anything like that..... just fruit.
It seems a lot of messing to me......but that's just me.

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I bought a new juicer recently and with it was a free book - The Juice Master/Keeping it Simple, by Jason Vale (never heard of him)
Some recipes reqiure use of both- that's not simple - just a mountain of washing up after!

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Mick bought me a Jack La Lanne juicer for my birthday one year and it was well expensive about £100 i think! i used it a few times and yes it is really good but i cant be bothered with all the taking it apart and putting it back together again and trying to get the grated on bits of fruit off the grater bit what a pain it is!

I might start using it again in summer if we ever get one! (and then again i might not! lol).

I got a blender and i used to make smoothies for brekki in the mornings but the novelty wore off with that aswell!

In fact the novelty has worn off with all my kitched appliences, the cooker, the washer, the dryer, microwave, juicer, blender, george forman grill, sandwich maker, frying pan, tin opener, sink! Eeee eck.

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I bought a pack of that a few weeks back, to be honest both Jack and i thought it was vile :( I dont know whether its because we are used to fresh fruit-i wouldn't think it would make a difference though.
As for ressurecting this thread-we are still enjoying my tasty smoothies at least twice a week :) and we still buy all our fruit from Wilson's........ :alright:

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Hi, re smoothies. I always use some concentrated "fresh" orange juice in mine (or the real stuff if you can)- a brilliant one (believe it or not) is carrot and apple with the orange juice added. The normal ones to make are with banana plus another fruit.

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Did you know that smoothies are high in fat (due to the sugar in the fruit and juice etc)

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Yesterday I blended 2 avocados with juice from 2 apples and kefir yogurt - unusual and very thick and frothy.