October 1st, 2011 by Rachel | Tags: drink, fruits, recipe, smoothie, strawberries | No Comments »
Picture a paradise. At a paradise, the landscape is not only beautiful with flowers and beaches, but also it is lush with scrumptious fruits. People are found to be enjoying drinks filled with ice and watermelons on beaches.
On a hot summer days, people in America crave for fruits and cold, icy drinks – be a slushie, frappucchino, milkshake, or smoothie. It’s very hard not to miss a cafe or a restaurant offering cold drinks. There are several Dunkin Donuts, a popular fast food chain primarily offering donuts, hot coffee and ice coffee, within mere a mile from my home. Starbucks is just around the corner. There are many smoothie places around the country, which cater only to smoothies – Smoothie Planet, Smoothie King, and Orange Julius.
I make smoothies on regular basis. They not only cool my body down, but also provide me great source of nutrients while slurping something so sweet, just as sweet as a candy bar.
Here is a recipe for a smoothie I commonly make at home – Strawberry-Banana with pineapples, coconut milk and orange juice. This makes enough for 1 to 2 servings.
5 pieces of strawberries
Half of a banana
1/3 cup of chopped pineapples
1/3 cup of coconut milk
1/3 cup of orange juice
2/3 cup of cubed ice
Place all of the ingredients in a blender and press the mix button! Have the ingredients blend for at least a minute or until it is completely disintegrated. After it is done, pour the smoothie from the blender into a cup.
Enjoy!
I assume smoothies are not common in China because I remember when I made smoothies for you in London, you didn’t like having ice in them and always preferred hot drinks. I noticed that in China, tea is one of the most common drinks, right?