Today I made my first homemade smoothie. It was a simple smoothie featuring frozen strawberries, apple juice and banana. I was quite nervous that it wouldn’t taste good but shockingly it does! I think it has a pinch too much banana but overall it tastes great. And I would estimate that it cost approximately $1 to make.
I used:
- 4 frozen strawberries – the 16oz bag was $2.49
- 90% of an average-sized banana
- about 5 oz of apple juice – I bought the organic, not from concentrate whole foods store brand
I had previously tried using a regular-sized blender with the large glass jar but really didn’t like the size of the machine and the cleanup. I bought a small, personal-size blender and in its first test, it performed perfectly. It made the smoothie in less than 30 seconds and the cleanup was very little. With the machine I bought you can drink directly from the cup you blend in although I like my Starbucks plastic cup as it has a straw.
Tomorrow I plan to buy some blueberries and raspberries for some variety.
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