Summer Treats

Summer is on it's way...so naturally our local ice cream shop is as busy as ever selling their homemade ice cream treats, coney dogs, fountain sodas, and other less healthy treats.  The sad part is they have one of the best playgrounds in our tiny town so families are lured in, en mass and more frequently than necessary, so their kids can play on the nice playground equipment.  Well, we're not falling for it :)  We're beating the ice cream cravings with fruit smoothies.  Naturally sweet, these frozen concoctions really hit the spot and it's a great way for us to get our children to eat more fruits.  We love to pick fresh fruits from local farms and freeze them in bags so when the craving hits, we're already prepared.  We usually have bags of fresh frozen blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, sliced bananas, stocked in our freezer, just in case.  Here are a couple of recipes we've created that really seem to hit the spot.

Tropical Breeze

2 slices fresh pineapple, chopped and frozen
1 banana, sliced and frozen
1 handful of strawberries, sliced and frozen
1/2c. apple juice or fresh squeezed orange juice

Throw all in a blender til smooth and enjoy your frozen treat.

Forest Berry

1c Blueberries, frozen
1c Blackberries, frozen
 1/2c Raspberries, frozen
1 banana, sliced, frozen
1/2c. apple juice or carrot juice

Throw all in a blender til smooth and enjoy your frozen treat.

Creamy Forest Berry

1c. Blackberries, frozen
1/2c raspberries, frozen
1 banana, sliced, frozen
2 oranges, juiced
1/2 cup. plain greek yogurt
1 tbsp honey

Throw all in a blender til smooth and enjoy your creamy, frozen treat.