Skywalker Smoothies

There is a saying in Houston:  “If you don’t like the weather, just wait 5 minutes.”  The nice cool fall weather that prompted us to make Hoth Chocolate has disappeared and it was warm again today.  What better cure than a refreshing Skywalker Smoothie?

It was a simple recipe with just a few ingredients:  strawberries (you could also use frozen), banana, ice and orange juice (you could also use pineapple or grape).

The boys took turns adding the ingredients to the blender.  The recipe called for 4 ice cubes, but we used 6 to make it a bit thicker.  If you used frozen strawberries, you could probably make do with 4 ice cubes.

Jacob watched the blender do its thing:

Because it was close to bedtime and I didn’t want the kids having TOO much sugar so close to bed, I decided to control portion sizes by pouring the smoothies into martini glasses.  The kids thought it was fancy.

Drink up!

Skill level:  As easy as it gets.

Outcome:  This one got a mixed reaction.  It was a bit too orangey for Peter’s taste.  He decided that next time, he would decrease the amount of orange juice and perhaps add a second banana because he prefers the banana taste to the orange.  Jacob, on the other hand, loved it (he also loves OJ) and slurped up quite a bit of his smoothie.  This will certainly make a refreshing drink when the warm weather is upon us again in a few months.