How to Make a Smoothie Your Kids Will Love

Let’s face it. Most kids don’t eat all the servings of fruit each day that they should. Nor do many of them eat yogurt. Mine certainly don’t. They do drink fruit smoothies. They help make it or I make it for them. Here’s how to get those tough customers to do it!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• one or two cups of fresh or frozen fruit like raspberries, strawberries, bananas or blueberries, one or two cups of plain or vanilla yogurt, sugar or honey, ice, a blender

1. 

   Gather whatever fruit you have in the house. I usually pick items that are about to go bad if not eaten right away. It can be bananas, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries—anything. Let the kids choose what they want in it.

2. 

   Throw a couple of handfuls in the blender.

3. 

   Add a cup of yogurt for one cup of fruit in the blender. I use Stoneyfield Farms,
   Fage, or Dannon vanilla or plain yogurt. You can also use whatever yogurt you have in the house.

4. If the fruit is not in the best condition, I let the kids add a little sugar or honey—a teaspoon or so. My boys won’t eat it if it isn’t sweet enough!

5. 
   Tough Customers

   Top it off with ice to fill the blender up. Have the kids turn the blender on and voila, a healthy treat that even the toughest customers eagerly drink up!

Tips & Warnings

• You can use frozen fruit if you don’t have fresh. Don’t add ice.
• If you don’t have yogurt in the house, you can break down and use some form of frozen yogurt or low-fat ice cream.
• Drink this now and think spring!
• Yes, I know I add a tiny bit of sugar or honey to this recipe. You have to live a little!

Resources

• How to Make a Banana and Peanut Butter Smoothie
• How to Lose Weight by Eating Like a Vegetarian

[ruf1950]

on 8/17/2009 How to make a smoothie your kids will love could easily be entitled How to Make a Smoothie Rufus Surles WILL Love"! I'm SO on my way right now to get the ingredients...or I will be when I'm finished with more of your articles. You are addictive! 5*****

[solidlady09]

on 7/25/2009 tasty 5 stars and a recommend

[bluemoongoddess]

on 6/11/2009 Thanks for the great recipe, I have some bananas in the fridge that froze because they were too close to the cooling element and now their kinda mushy. Now I know what I can use them for.

[mardev]

on 6/10/2009 Great tip on how to help your kids eat fruit by drinking smoothies! 5*S and a tweet at http://twitter.com/cyberthoughts

[nolwelen]

on 6/7/2009 Sounds really yummy and easy, too :) I've got to try this, thank you for sharing! 5*s