How to Make Smoothies

Smoothies are easy to make and typically very nutritious. But you may wonder how to make smoothies yourself. Smoothie ingredients vary widely depending on the taste of the consumer and experimenting can be fun. Smoothies can include fresh or frozen fruit, fresh or frozen yogurt, milk, ice, vanilla, peanut butter, honey, chocolate syrup, or even sugar. Some like to add a bit of ice cream to their smoothie, but that makes more of a milk shake rather than a smoothie. Protein powders can be added, as well as vegetables.

There are many great smoothie recipes you may wish to try before experimenting on your own.

If your kids don’t like vegetables, try adding some spinach to the smoothie – make sure to add blueberries or strawberries to mask the color or it turns out a sickening color of green – but it tastes yummy and you get a healthy dose of veggies.

If you really want to learn how to make smoothies, I really recommend investing in a good quality blender, otherwise your smoothie may end up having chunks of ice or fruit that does not get completely blended. However, even if you have a lower quality blender, you can still get a fairly good smoothie by softening or cutting fruit (to give the blender a head-start), using small ice cubes, and adding more liquid – then letting the blender run for a longer time.

To make a smoothie – simply gather your ingredients, put them into the blender, add water (or liquid), and blend. It’s that easy.

Here are a few other resources about how to make smoothies which may interest you. 

• Child Health » Blog Archive » Homemade Baby Food Recipes : How to … – Fruit smoothies are great for the whole family, and they’re an easy baby food to make! Learn how to make smoothies for your baby from yogurt and fruit in this free baby food video recipe. Expert: Shanis Windland Bio: Shanis Windland has a Bachelors of Science degree in accounting from Central Washington University. She is a certified public accountant licensed in the state of Washington.

• Beginner’s Guide to Making Smoothies: The Base – The key to any good smoothie is the base. It will not only determine the texture and taste but also the nutrition – how healthy (or not) your smoothie will be. Smoothie bases are generally one or a combination of juice, milk, yogurt, …