How to Make Banana Milkshake at Home

Use only bananas or add some strawberries to your shake.

Banana milkshakes make a cool, nutritious dessert or snack. The shakes can be low or high in calories depending on the ingredients you add. Each banana contains 350mg potassium and 90 calories. Add skim milk, and you're still on the lighter side. Opt for higher-fat milk, or to make the shake even creamier, vanilla ice cream, and you're heading into decadent territory. Whatever your pleasure, making a banana shake at home is easy. Choosing ripe bananas is also key.

Things You'll Need

• 2 ripe bananas
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk
• 2 scoops vanilla ice cream (optional)
• 1/2 cup ice cubes (optional)
• Blender

Instructions

1. Break peeled ripe bananas into pieces and place into the blender. Bananas are ripe enough when the banana skin is flecked with brown spots.

2. Add the vanilla extract to the bananas.

3. Pour in the milk and blend until the bananas are smooth.

4. Add ice cream or ice cubes and blend until smooth.

Tips & Warnings

• You can forgo the ice cream and ice cubes and still make a cold, creamy shake by using frozen bananas.

• Serve immediately. Bananas brown and shakes thin as they sit.

• Add other fruits or flavors to give your shake another dimension. Strawberries, chocolate protein powder or peanut butter are common options.

• Place the lid on the blender firmly to avoid wearing the milkshake.

References

• University of Florida IFAS Extension; South Florida Tropicals; Banana; Amy Simonne, et al.
• AllRecipes.com: Banana Ice Cream Shake
• Cooks.com; Best Strawberry Banana Smoothie; Samantha Boyce

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish