Summer Smoothies

It's getting really hot here in Lansing and we've been consuming many a smoothie. Edna decided that it would be a good way to beat the heat and satisfy our sweet tooth without being too unhealthy. Anyway, quite a while ago, she got a few bags of frozen fruit and left the smoothie making to me ...

1. The Naive Smoothie:
Three handfuls of assorted frozen berries.
One carton of yoghurt
Some Orange juice.

This was ok and would have been our staple except for ...

2. The Gary-Takes-the-Suggestion-that-Everything-can-Go-into-a-Smoothie-Literally Smoothie:
A handful of frozen berries
Some Orange juice
Some Honey
A Handful of Crushed Quaker Oat Squares
A Banana
Some Milk
And a splash of Pinot Grigio

Gary later notices a cup containing this experiment quietly sitting in the fridge .... This was just never made again.

3. Gary-Belatedly-Discovers(In an "Aha!" moment that reveals his ignorance regarding important life skills such as smoothie making)-that-the-Key-to-Nice-Smoothies-is-Ice Smoothie:
A few pieces of FROZEN banana
A carton of FROZEN yoghurt
Some Really Old Chocolate coated coffee beans from Trader Joe's
Some Milk
A few cubes of FROZEN water

We're getting there, though Edna requests for a spoon to consume this one ...

And finally ...

4. The Can-You-Make-Another-One Smoothie:
A few pieces of FROZEN banana
A carton of FROZEN yoghurt
Some Ice
And half a glass of Cabernet

This was actually not too bad.

In sum, freezing everything helps.

And yes, Sourdough was not forgotten. She just loves crunching on ice-cubes.