Hey, all you lovers of #amaizingdrinks!
I hope you're having a nice week 😁 I want to share with you what at home I call a banana smoothie, plainly, but there's a bit more to it--or a but less.
I'm a coffee person, so you won't see me drinking juice or soda or else. Very rarely. But the weather is--ah!--too hot! So I AM in the mood for cold drinks.
But I have a weakness for yogurt smoothies,
which I usually drink to replace a meal rather than accompany it.
Here's the recipe for the smoothie I make most often at home, maybe a couple of times a month: banana and yogurt with chocolate chips.
This drink varies from ice cream to slushie,
depending on how I prepare it every time.
This time it was half way between a smoothie and a slushie because I added less yogurt and some ice cubes when I was processing it in the blender.
When I want it to be ice cream, I only add frozen yogurt and frozen banana--and if I want it creamier, I add cococnut cream or whipping cream. Easy, isn't it?
INGREDIENTS
What I used this time for 3 servings (about 600 ml):
3 medium size bananas, 2 to blend and 1 to slice
400 ml yogurt (I used homemade with whole cow's milk)
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
a few ice cubes
a handful of chocolate chips
I didn't add any piloncillo or sugar this time because the bananas were sweet and so were the chocolate chips.
THE PROCESS
As usual, I started the day before, haha. I put the yogurt in the fridge and the bananas in the freezer; I peel them, chop them into pieces for this.
The next day, I put the yogurt in the freezer a couple of hours before preparing the drink, but the truth is that the it requires at least about 6 hours of freezing if you want a smoothie that feels like a smoothie--that's super cold, creamy, without ice.
I put all the ingredients in the blender, except the ice cubes.
After a first go in the blender, I knew how much ice a needed to get the consistency I was looking for.
After a second go in the blender, I was ready to serve the "smoothies."
Some slices of banana and a few chocolate chips on top, and that was it.
As usual, I hope you found this post useful 😁❤️
CHEERS!
All text and images are my own. I have taken the pictures with my Redmi 9T cell phone. And if any GIFs here, I've used GIPHY for all them.
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Well, it looks like it's Yogurt Day, I've also added some to the drink I just posted... =)
And well, as for your smoothie, what can I say that you don't already know, ha ha ha, delicious, creamy, beautiful and wonderful. How tasty and pretty!
Thank you so much for dropping by and leave those kind words 😁
One of the fruits I love combining with yogurt is guava, precisely ❤️ I make jam with piloncillo.
Have a beautiful day!
EACH time I drink smoothie with banana, it makes me feel full and refreshed. TYou added chocolate on the banana that makes it into yummy.
Oh Waoh! This is truly packed with aroma and flavors my beautiful 😍 friend. So appetizing and loving 🥰
Enjoy your day lovely ❤️