The Smoothie Bucket - Perfect Smoothies without a Recipe

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The Smoothie Bucket - Perfect Smoothies without a Recipe

You don't need a Smoothie Recipe, you need a Smoothie Bucket! Keep a container in your freezer to add fruit extras whenever you have them and never waste fruit. Make fast and easy healthy frozen fruit smoothies, everyday without a recipe from your smoothie bucket! Kid-friendly, it's a must-have for moms!

Prep Time5

Cook Time0

Total Time5

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free

Servings:

Calories: 126kcal

Author: Meryl Downing

Equipment

blender

Ingredients

1 fresh or frozen banana
2 cups frozen fruit from your smoothie bucket definitely include some kind of berries (you can buy a bag of frozen berries to add in)
½ cup hot water from a tea kettle or faucet
½ cup ice (optional)
1 cup orange juice
½ cup almond milk, oat milk, coconut milk or a scoop of plain yogurt
Optional add ins: a few leaves of kale or spinach, a couple baby carrots, a spoonful of chia or flax seeds

Instructions

In a blender, add banana, frozen fruit including berries, a splash of hot water (I just do this as a precaution to not break my blender), ice, any add ins, orange juice and milk to cover the fruit (the amounts here are not super important) and blend very well. Enjoy immediately!

Notes

The Smoothie Bucket - Keep a container or ziploc bag in your freezer to collect extra fruit pieces that may otherwise go to waste. Like when the kids only eat half an apple, the bananas are over ripe, you have too many grapes, or a plate of fruit doesn't get finished. This is the base of your smoothie.
Storage - The best way to store a leftover smoothie is to freeze it into popsicles! Leftover smoothie can also be stored in the fridge in a mason jar with a lid and eaten later that same day or possibly the next day for breakfast although it may not be as fresh.
You can add fruit that is not frozen too if you have something in the fridge you want to use up.
You eventually won’t even need a recipe, adjust the amounts for your family.
Bananas are cheap, healthy, and good for consistency, I always start a smoothie with a fresh or frozen banana.
If your smoothie feels too thick to blend and your blender is having trouble, stop and add a bit more liquid, water, orange juice or milk.
Rinsing your blender right after making your smoothie is usually all the cleaning it needs.

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