Somehow I forgot about the simple pleasure of a strawberry smoothie. I’m so glad I’ve rediscovered it and just in time for summer too. When I was pregnant with my daughter I used to make myself a smoothie every morning. Oh how I’ve missed that morning treat. This smoothie is super simple. I love how a fresh banana adds a creaminess to it, making yogurt or milk unnecessary.
Last weekend we went strawberry picking. It was so much fun. My 4 year was very methodical, which I wasn’t expecting. We came home with some stellar strawberries. I, of course, made our Strawberry Banana Muffins, and we ate a bunch, but I hulled the rest and put them in baggies to freeze so I could make smoothies. As I sit here sipping my delicious smoothie, I’m thinking that was a fantastic idea!
I’m not sure about where you live, but here in Virginia we are having a terrible allergy season. I’ve had people who have never had even a sniffle tell me they are sneezing like crazy. I usually don’t have much trouble, but this year I am miserable. So I made this smoothie with fresh squeezed oranges (gotta love vitamin C), and local honey. I hope this will help me get some allergy relief. It’s also vegan and paleo.
Local Ingredients: Fresh picked strawberries, and local honey
Ingredients
1 1/2 cup fresh organic strawberries, hulled and frozen
1 banana
2 medium sized oranges
1-2 cups of ice
1 tbls honey
Instructions
- Add the strawberries, banana and ice to the blender.
- Squeeze the oranges into the blender, being careful not to let any seeds go in. Don't strain out the pulp though, thats the good stuff!
- Turn the blender on medium high.
- Stream the honey in through the feed hole on top of the blender.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
Make sure you add the honey while the blender is running, other wise the honey will solidify and not blend up into the smoothie.
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