Until very recently I was not too enthused about making smoothies. For me food is about texture, the crunchiness, and having something to bite into when eating. Yes, I really like to eat my food/meals and not drink them through a straw. But...
I started looking at smoothie recipes on ohsheglows, a vegan blog. The featured pictures looked so good and the descriptions that accompanied them sounded even better. I thought I had better try some of these after finding healthy smoothie flavors like "carrot cake smoothie," or "pumpkin pie smoothie," or "gingerbread smoothie," to name just a few that I have recently been drooling over. After experimenting with one or two, I quickly got over my need for a crunchy texture (partly because the smoothies were so delicious and partly because I added cereal or chopped nuts on top and ate with a spoon).
This morning I made up my own smoothie recipe with my prized discount peaches from Sauveie's Island farm stand. Last weekend I bought 4 "dollar each bags" of apricots, nectarines and peaches so I have a freezer full of perfectly ripened summer fruits waiting to be eaten. You can make the recipe with almond milk, etc. instead of cottage cheese too. I like using cottage cheese because it's thicker than milk, it's delicious, and it adds protein.
The recipe (these are good estimates d/t not measuring):
1/2 or 2/3 C cottage cheese
1/2 of a banana, I used frozen chunks
1 large peach, I used frozen chunks
1 Tbsp pure vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 Tbsp chia seeds (optional-- but this will make consistency really thick and milkshaky)
The process:
Add all ingredients to your blender or cute little food processor and blend away. Notice how the chia seed makes it so thick and creamy. Mine really was like a cool, satisfying milkshake smoothie. I also add a few additional chunks of peach once it was all blended.
"My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard..."
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