Smoothies

On a recent trip to the Big Island of Hawaii David and I discovered the best smoothies ever.

I read about this fruit stand that is a must stop on the way to the volcano.

So we stopped by to check it out. The fruit selection was great: mangos, papayas, pineapples, apple-bananas, leeches and more. It was going to be a long drive from the fruit stand to the volcano so we ordered smoothies to go.

Well, let me tell you that these smoothies were so delicious that we are now making them at home.

They are simple to make and have the consistency of creamy soft ice cream.

The secret: NO ICE

But instead use frozen bananas.

You can freeze all the fruits that you are going to use for the smoothie or use some frozen and some fresh ones.

It is almost the end of summer so hurry to try your favorites fruits in this recipe.

Ingredients:

1 cup of frozen papaya chunks

1 cup of frozen banana chunks

6 oz of blueberry yogurt

3/4 cup of freshly squeezed orange juice

Put all ingredients in blender and pulse for 30 seconds. Add more juice if you like until you reach the consistency you want.

Serve and enjoy.

Use any fruit and juice combination you like. You can also add peanut butter if you want or even a shot of vodka.

Enjoy!! Yummy!!