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The idea is simple – take the most delicious fruits you can find, just ripe and ready to eat, and blend them with crushed ice for smoothies or milk for milkshakes.
Recipe courtesy of "Organic: Baby and Toddler Cookbook" by Lizzie Vann, copyright 2006. Used by permission of Dorling Kindersley Limited. All rights reserved.
| 1/2 pint (300 ml) milk, or freshly squeezed juice of 2 oranges | 1/2 glass crushed ice (ice cubes crushed with a rolling pin) |
Put the milk or orange juice and crushed ice in a blender. Add the fruit of your choice ( 1 banana, 1 pear, or 1 handful berries)
Blend the mixture at high speed until smooth, thick and bubbly.
Pour into glasses and serve immediately.