Monday, 21 April 2014

Banana milkshake

I love banana! Mmm. Banana. So versatile - you can add different fruits, or change the ice cream type. Basically, as long as you keep the amounts of milk and scoops of ice cream the same, you can do anything. Well, almost.

Banana milkshake
Prep time: 5 minutes
Serves: 2
Ingredients
1-3 bananas (best: 3 small, or 2 large) -preferably frozen
1/2 cup milk
1 scoop vanilla ice cream
Squeezable liquid honey
Cream, chocolate etc to top

Anything you want to add: raspberries, strawberries, mango, vanilla extract, chopped almonds etc. Here I used two small bananas plus 100g frozen raspberries.

Method
  1. Put two glasses in the fridge before you start.
  2. Chop banana into slices and blend to a thick paste, using either a jug blender or a stick blender. Here, add any additional fruits too. (Frozen, to keep it cold, like these raspberries.)
  3. Add the milk and blend again.
  4. Scoop in the ice cream - you could try other flavours, such as chocolate or different fruits.
  5. Blend. If it is too thick, add a 1/4 cup more milk.
  6. Add honey (or sugar, if you prefer) to taste. I add quite a lot, as banana can leave a slightly bitter aftertaste, and the honey complements banana well.
  7. Pour into the cold glasses (it helps keep the milkshake thick)
  8. Serve with whipped cream, chocolate sprinkles, or whatever you desire!


3 comments:

  1. Actually, if you're being precise they weren't 'large' bananas, they were 'mini' bananas which is actually a tad different ;)
    And I notice you don't write 'spinach, kale' etc as they suggest. Some people would like it!!

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  2. Serious suggestion: the mango one was really nice

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