christian's amazing smoothies

i will probably not do this recipe justice since christian is the one who makes them in our house! but we always keep a supply on hand of frozen strawberries and pineapples (or when you have fresh on hand that's even better!)

he puts fruit in (strawberries, pineapple, nectarine, peach, raspberries, whatever you want), a banana, a scoop of sherbet, one container of yogurt, some orange juice and i like to add *lime. mix it up and you have some pretty amazing smoothies. i like to think they are actually a healthy food!

*someone posted earlier about fun ice cubes, i like to do a slightly different version. i am constantly trying to cook with lime or lemon. it makes meals taste amazing, but you don't always have them on hand or they are rotten before you use them. i suggest buying about 4 lemons and 2 big limes. squeeze their juice out into an ice tray and freeze them up. when they are frozen i wrap them in saran wrap and then put them in a ziploc baggie... so you have lime or lemon juice whenever you need it! (even for smoothies)

fresh fruit smoothie

we have this for breakfast and my kids love it sipped through a straw!

frozen strawberries
pineapple juice or orange juice
lime juice
banana

i don't do exact measurements, but the frozen strawberries eliminate the need for ice. this is a good recipe because you can use whatever fruit you have on hand, we have added pineapple, kiwis, mangos, blueberries and watermelon, and it has always turned out delicious, just don't skip the lime juice.