PANGAPPLE PERSUASION!

Yes, I’ve been on Fall Break from school. And, YES, I did go to the beach! Wish you could have been there with me. The surf was awesome!

But I wasn’t just playing in the ocean the whole time. My brain was quite busy thinking of more things I wanted to put on this blog. Afterall this blog IS all about useful info for kids – but who said it all had to be serious info?

Maybe you didn’t know that I’m a smoothie freak. Since I was old enough to dump stuff into the container, and flip the switch, I’ve been creating one fabulous smoothie concoction after another. I’ve practically single handedly worn out our Vita Mix 5000!

So today I’m going to share with you my brand new fruit smoothie recipe. I call it the Pangapple Persuasion! And, kids, you are going to love this one. It’s easy, it’s fun, it’s healthy, and it tastes great. But then that’s the whole thing about smoothies anyway isn’t it!!! Ready??

Get the stuff

• 1 can of pineapple chunks (make sure it’s soaking in it’s own natural juice, not that sugary yuck)

• 2 handfuls of frozen mangos (don’t hold them too long though or just your hands will be frozen)

• 2 fresh peaches (if it’s the middle of the winter and you can’t fly to Mexico, then canned peaches will have to do)

• 8oz of peach yogurt (vanilla will work, too, just for a little taste twist)

• A cup of ice

Puttin’ it together

• Dump about half of the pineapple, and all of the juice into your blender

• Toss in the 2 peaches, but make sure you take the pits out first. Peach pits are tough on blender blades! You can even peal the peaches if you want, but lazy is okay

• Plop in the yogurt

• Just for effect, and especially if you’re a guy, pretend you’re on a bombing mission with the mango chunks. Don’t worry about the mess on the counter – we’ll clean that all up in just a minute

Let’s get it started

• Turn on the blender (hopefully you put the lid on first…)

• Watch all that tasty stuff get whacked around real good

• When the blender gets to purring, and the smoothie is starting to look like a smoothie, pop the top and pour in the ice

• Let the whole brew churn another 30 seconds and you’ve got yourself a Pangapple Persuasion!!! Yum!

If you’re lucky, you may even be able to persuade your sister or brother to pay you for a glass of this. Double cool )

Got a question? Leave it as a comment here or email me at jg21things@bellsouth.net I’ll have an answer headed your way.