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**Nightmare** · 02-02-2006, 07:42 AM

Breakfast Milk Shakes
Milk shakes for breakfast?
Treats do not have to be expensive or unhealthy to be good!
These fruit shakes can be eaten for breakfast,
snack or a refreshing dessert.
They can be tailored to any dietary needs and take just minutes to make.
Sound too good to be true? You be the judge!

Fruit Shakes: Basic Recipe
Serves 1 adult or 2 kids
1 frozen banana
1 cup liquid
additional fruit or flavoring
optional sweetener- grapes, dates, honey or sugar
To make, break frozen banana into pieces and put in blender. Cover with liquid up to 1-cup line on blender. Add any additional fruits, flavorings, or sweeteners. Blend until consistency of milk shake (usually 30 seconds). Serve immediately (banana will start
to brown if you don't)
Enjoy!
NOTE: Clean out blender and cups immediately after drinking, since the fruit particles tend to get stuck to the dishes.

About the ingredients
This recipe is extremely versatile.
You can vary them to comply with your diet or special needs. T
hese shakes are great alternatives for those with diabetes,
food allergies and intolerances, and vegetarians. Experiment and have fun!
Here are descriptions and ideas for each ingredient
Frozen bananas- I buy them when they are dirt cheap, peel
and deep-freeze in ziploc-type bags. In a deep-freezer, they will keep up
to a year without darkening, but in a regular refrigerator freezer,
they start turning at 3 months. Frozen bananas give these shakes their creamy consistency,
and you generally can't taste them. . If you don't like bananas and don't
want them in your drink, substitute crushed ice instead.
Liquid-You can use milk, water, soy milk, rice milk or juice.
All work just fine. Milk will give you a creamier shake.
If you use water, add a little at a time until you get to the consistency you like.
Juice is a great way to sweeten these drinks, and it adds some fun.
Additional Fr uit and Flavorings: any fruit of your choice,
extracts, drink mixes, syrups, jams, or spices.
You'll see lots of examples below. T
he possibilities are only limited by your imagination!
Sweeteners- if your shake turns out on the tart side,
you can sweeten it naturally with honey, pitted or chopped dates,
raisins, grapes or juice. You could also use the traditional method- add sugar.
If serving for breakfast, try to keep it as healthy as
possible.

The Recipes
Vanilla
1 frozen banana
1 cup milk/soymilk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Blend together. Yummy!

Chocolate
1 frozen banana
1 cup milk/soymilk
a few squirts of chocolate syrup
Blend.

Strawberry Cream
1 frozen banana
1 cup milk/soymilk
1 handful of strawberries, washed and sliced 1-2 pitted dates to sweeten (optional)
Blend.

Blueberry Fool
1 frozen banana
1 cup milk/soymilk
a handful of blueberries (use as much as you want!)
Blend.

Purple Cow
1 frozen banana (or 1/4 cup crushed ice)
1/2 cup grape juice
1/2 cup milk
Blend.

Peanut Butter Dream
1 frozen banana
1 cup milk/soymilk
2 tsp of peanut butter, creamy or crunchy
Blend.
( Great with chocolate syrup too for a "Reese's" shake.)

Pina Colada
1 frozen banana
1 cup milk/soymilk
1-2 tsp. shredded coconut
1/4 cup chopped or crushed pineapple (fresh is best, but canned is pretty good too)
Blend.

Apple Pie
1 frozen banana
1/2 peeled, chopped apple
1 cup apple juice
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
pinch of nutmeg
Blend. Great substitute for applesauce! Control the consistency by adding more or less chopped apple.

Key Lime pie
1 frozen banana
juice of 1 lime, diluted with water or milk to make one cup of liquid
Blend. Use milk if you want it to be creamy, this one is really good!

PBO-Pineapple Orange Banana
1 frozen banana
1 cup orange juice
1/4 cup fresh or canned pineapple
Blend.

Melon Coolers
1-2 cups chunks of frozen, seeded watermelon
1/2-1 cup of water (enough to thin consistency to milk shake)
Blend.
Watermelon freezes very well and is ideal for summer shakes.
I like to deal with the storage problem of melons by cutting into
chunks and freezing. If you don't want to seed the watermelon,
you don't have to - the seeds will float to the bottom of the glass.

Julius Shakes
Basic recipe:
1 cup juice
1 cup water
1 egg white
3/4 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup ice (crushed is best)
Blend at high speed. Serves 2.
Note: The egg white is to make the drink frothy,
which it is famous for. You can omit the white,
or use that powdered egg white (I think it's called meringue powder)
that is sold in the Wilton baking section of most stores.
Here's what I do: I wait for a sale on eggs, then get them home,
separate into whites and yolks and freeze.
I freeze the whites in small ice cube trays.
I put the yolks into juice cans with 1/2-tsp salt and once frozen,
put in a Ziploc-type bag.

02-02-2006, 07:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
Nightmare Golden Poster ++ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The deep south Nightmare is a glorious beacon of light!! My Mood:	Breakfast Milkshakes Breakfast Milk Shakes Milk shakes for breakfast? Treats do not have to be expensive or unhealthy to be good! These fruit shakes can be eaten for breakfast, snack or a refreshing dessert. They can be tailored to any dietary needs and take just minutes to make. Sound too good to be true? You be the judge! Fruit Shakes: Basic Recipe Serves 1 adult or 2 kids 1 frozen banana 1 cup liquid additional fruit or flavoring optional sweetener- grapes, dates, honey or sugar To make, break frozen banana into pieces and put in blender. Cover with liquid up to 1-cup line on blender. Add any additional fruits, flavorings, or sweeteners. Blend until consistency of milk shake (usually 30 seconds). Serve immediately (banana will start to brown if you don't) Enjoy! NOTE: Clean out blender and cups immediately after drinking, since the fruit particles tend to get stuck to the dishes. About the ingredients This recipe is extremely versatile. You can vary them to comply with your diet or special needs. T hese shakes are great alternatives for those with diabetes, food allergies and intolerances, and vegetarians. Experiment and have fun! Here are descriptions and ideas for each ingredient Frozen bananas- I buy them when they are dirt cheap, peel and deep-freeze in ziploc-type bags. In a deep-freezer, they will keep up to a year without darkening, but in a regular refrigerator freezer, they start turning at 3 months. Frozen bananas give these shakes their creamy consistency, and you generally can't taste them. . If you don't like bananas and don't want them in your drink, substitute crushed ice instead. Liquid-You can use milk, water, soy milk, rice milk or juice. All work just fine. Milk will give you a creamier shake. If you use water, add a little at a time until you get to the consistency you like. Juice is a great way to sweeten these drinks, and it adds some fun. Additional Fr uit and Flavorings: any fruit of your choice, extracts, drink mixes, syrups, jams, or spices. You'll see lots of examples below. T he possibilities are only limited by your imagination! Sweeteners- if your shake turns out on the tart side, you can sweeten it naturally with honey, pitted or chopped dates, raisins, grapes or juice. You could also use the traditional method- add sugar. If serving for breakfast, try to keep it as healthy as possible. The Recipes Vanilla 1 frozen banana 1 cup milk/soymilk 1 tsp. vanilla extract Blend together. Yummy! Chocolate 1 frozen banana 1 cup milk/soymilk a few squirts of chocolate syrup Blend. Strawberry Cream 1 frozen banana 1 cup milk/soymilk 1 handful of strawberries, washed and sliced 1-2 pitted dates to sweeten (optional) Blend. Blueberry Fool 1 frozen banana 1 cup milk/soymilk a handful of blueberries (use as much as you want!) Blend. Purple Cow 1 frozen banana (or 1/4 cup crushed ice) 1/2 cup grape juice 1/2 cup milk Blend. Peanut Butter Dream 1 frozen banana 1 cup milk/soymilk 2 tsp of peanut butter, creamy or crunchy Blend. ( Great with chocolate syrup too for a "Reese's" shake.) Pina Colada 1 frozen banana 1 cup milk/soymilk 1-2 tsp. shredded coconut 1/4 cup chopped or crushed pineapple (fresh is best, but canned is pretty good too) Blend. Apple Pie 1 frozen banana 1/2 peeled, chopped apple 1 cup apple juice 1/2 tsp. cinnamon pinch of nutmeg Blend. Great substitute for applesauce! Control the consistency by adding more or less chopped apple. Key Lime pie 1 frozen banana juice of 1 lime, diluted with water or milk to make one cup of liquid Blend. Use milk if you want it to be creamy, this one is really good! PBO-Pineapple Orange Banana 1 frozen banana 1 cup orange juice 1/4 cup fresh or canned pineapple Blend. Melon Coolers 1-2 cups chunks of frozen, seeded watermelon 1/2-1 cup of water (enough to thin consistency to milk shake) Blend. Watermelon freezes very well and is ideal for summer shakes. I like to deal with the storage problem of melons by cutting into chunks and freezing. If you don't want to seed the watermelon, you don't have to - the seeds will float to the bottom of the glass. Julius Shakes Basic recipe: 1 cup juice 1 cup water 1 egg white 3/4 tsp. vanilla extract 1/4 cup sugar 1 cup ice (crushed is best) Blend at high speed. Serves 2. Note: The egg white is to make the drink frothy, which it is famous for. You can omit the white, or use that powdered egg white (I think it's called meringue powder) that is sold in the Wilton baking section of most stores. Here's what I do: I wait for a sale on eggs, then get them home, separate into whites and yolks and freeze. I freeze the whites in small ice cube trays. I put the yolks into juice cans with 1/2-tsp salt and once frozen, put in a Ziploc-type bag. Last edited by Nightmare : 04-03-2006 at 01:28 PM.