Cherry Berry Smoothies
January 20, 2011 in Uncategorized
Hello everybody 
Today I’m sharing with you guys my first attempt at smoothies and trust me it wasn’t really smooth sailing 
. In our home my husband usually makes smoothies, I don’t like them all that much because I dont like that many fruits. Thats is until he came home with a selection of berries (my favourite) and I just had to take the smoothie machine by the button and come up with something delicious.
So how hard can it really be I mean you just chuck in a whole lot of fruit and blitz, pour and serve. Thats exactly what I did and was met by a deafening roar in the machine. Oh hell I thought there goes another appliance. Meanwhile husband eyed me tentatively ”errmmm honey you have to REMOVE the pits from the cherries before you use them”. Oops! Well I was all ready to give up until I tasted the smoothie and woweee it was so yummmmmmmyyy! The combination of fruits and flavours and the refreshing tingle on my palate was just to awesome. I could not throw it out so all I did was strain the drink through a sieve and voila. There were still very delish with a few cherry pits in between (but hey a little roughage is always a good thing .
So give it a try as an awesome breakfast booster or also a pick me up during the day and while you at it let me know how you handle kitchen flops/disasters….
Cherry Berry Smoothies
1 punnet cherries (remove the stones; )
1 punnet raspberries
1 punnet blue perries
8-10 strawberries
1 cup Take 5 cherry pomegranate juice
1/2 tub Nutri Day mixed berry youghrt
2 generous scoops vanilla ice cream
Blitz in smoothie maker- of its too thick thin it out with a little more juice.
Serve
Notes:
If you calorie counting- omit the ice-cream and replace the yogurt with Fabulite Black Cherry.
slicesofkiwi
Sous-Chef said on January 20, 2011
I’m sure that is delicious!
janicetripepi said on January 20, 2011
Oooh they just look like heaven!!! Ice cold smoothies! Yummy xxxx jan
sharonsmit said on January 20, 2011
Ooh yummy – perfect for this weather!!
It happens – but what can you do?!
Kitchen disasters? I have had none …. *cackle* hehe
Freshly-Ground said on January 20, 2011
yum! can’t remember when last I made one, maybe I should have one this weekend.
BITSOFCAREY said on January 20, 2011
ha ha ha! you are so funny!!! Still looks delish!!! some of the best recipes come from disasters! x
Zabwan said on January 20, 2011
Oh, lovely layers of berry flavours! And such a lovely colour, too. I haven’t made a single smoothie yet this summer – you’ve inspired me!!
PS I’ll remove the pips
tandy.sinclair said on January 21, 2011
silly machine for not depipping them for you! I love smoothies
pinkpolkadot said on January 21, 2011
I love smoothies…sorry about the pips!!
slicesofkiwi said on January 21, 2011
It was yummmy! Thanks for visiting xo
slicesofkiwi said on January 21, 2011
And so filled with goodness (minus the ice cream
. My baby enjoyed them soo much. xo
slicesofkiwi said on January 21, 2011
Very perfect these would be lovely for u Shaz because the berries are packed with anti oxidants! *Sending hugs and icey smoothies your way* xo
slicesofkiwi said on January 21, 2011
You should (just dont forget to remove those darn pips
. Have a lovely weekend. xo
slicesofkiwi said on January 21, 2011
Hehehe thanks Carey- yeah you right and whats a chef (or wannabe chef in my case) without some kitchen disaster anecdotes. Happy weekend to u. xoxo
slicesofkiwi said on January 21, 2011
Yessss dont forget to REMOVE the pits- give this a go Z the flavour combos are just WOW!
slicesofkiwi said on January 21, 2011
Yeah, I think hubby should buy me a juicer eh
. Thanks for visiting and have a loovely weekend sweety. xoxo
slicesofkiwi said on January 21, 2011
After this one so do I! xoxo