The Billy Lids

Peanut Butter Smoothie

Start to Finish: 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup vanilla or chocolate ice cream
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons peanut butter

Directions

1. In a blender container, blend together ice cream, milk, and peanut butter.

Makes 1 or 2 servings.

Mixed-Fruit Smoothies

Start to Finish: 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 bananas, chilled
• 2/3 cup strawberries or mango slices
• 1 12-ounce can grape juice or mango, apricot, strawberry, or other fruit nectar, chilled
• 1 8-ounce carton fat-free yoghurt
• 1 tablespoon honey (optional)
• 2 tablespoons ground pistachio nuts (optional)

Directions

In a blender combine bananas, strawberries or mango slices, grape juice or fruit nectar, yoghurt, and, if desired, honey. Cover and blend until smooth. Pour into six tall, chilled glasses. If desired, sprinkle with ground pistachio nuts.

Makes 6 smoothies.

Note: For two-tone smoothies, make mango smoothies and strawberry smoothies. Transfer to separate pitchers or glass measuring cups. Taking a pitcher or cup in each hand, slowly pour both smoothies at the same time into opposite sides of the glass.

Banana-Strawberry Smoothies

Start to Finish: 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 ripe small bananas
• 1 cup frozen unsweetened whole strawberries
• 1 8-ounce carton vanilla low-fat yoghurt
• 3/4 cup milk

Directions

1. Peel bananas. Cut bananas into chunks. Place banana chunks, frozen strawberries, yoghurt, and milk into blender a container.

2. Cover blender and blend on high speed about 1 minute or until mixture is smooth. Turn off blender. Pour drink into 2 glasses. If desired, serve with pieces of toast spread with peanut butter.

Makes 2 servings.

Fruit Smoothies

Start to Finish: 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 250 ml cartons plain fat-free yoghurt
• 2 ripe small bananas
• 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries or unsweetened frozen strawberries
• 1 cup fresh mixed berries, such as raspberries, blueberries, and/or blackberries, or unsweetened frozen mixed berries

Directions

1. In a blender container, combine yoghurt, bananas, and berries; cover and puree until nearly smooth.

Makes 4 servings.

Strawberry-Banana Smoothies

Ingredients

• 4 cups sliced fresh strawberries
• 1 medium banana, sliced
• 1 6-ounce carton vanilla low-fat yoghurt
• 1 cup ice cubes
• 1 kiwifruit, peeled and sliced (optional)

Directions

1. In a blender, combine strawberries, banana, and yoghurt; cover and blend until smooth. With blender running, add ice cubes, one at a time, through hole in the lid; blend until smooth. Pour into 8 small glasses. If desired, garnish with kiwifruit; serve immediately.

Makes 8 (about 1/2-cup) servings.