Fruit Smoothies

I have made so many different smoothies over the years. I love them. Plus it's a good way to get more fruit into my kids. Especially in the winter when I seem to buy much less fruit. You don't need a recipe for this, it's not anything fancy but this drink is one of my favorites. It is super thick. Simple yet so yummy. 1 bag frozen fruit any variety, strawberries, raspberries, mixed 1 cup milk 1 cup water 1 cup sugar ice cubes

Combine all ingredients and blend in blender. I add slowly, blend a little and add some more.

*My favorite combo is Mango, Pineapple and Strawberries, its sold as a combo frozen fruit. Yum

**Add a little spinach for a hint of a green smoothie...

Orange Julius

I don't like Orange Juice. Never have. But, my mom always made Orange Julius and that I like. I'd forgotten about it actually. Until I visited Life as A Lofthouse blog. She had a picture of hers and I instantly wanted some but didn't have any Orange Juice. The next time I went to the store I got some and we had it with our breakfast. Yum, delicious. I figure I'll forget about it again unless I actually post it here so this is the recipe I copied from her blog. It may be the same as my mom's but I'm not sure.

ORANGE JULIUS

makes 4 (8oz) servings

8 oz frozen Orange Juice concentrate
1 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
12 ice cubes

Combine all ingredients except ice into a blender. Blend for 1 minute.
Add 3-4 ice cubes at a time and continue to blend until all crushed and thoroughly mixed.