Chocolate Banana Smoothie

Happy Thirsty Thursday!  Today I was in the mood for chocolate so I whipped up a Chocolate Banana Smoothie.  

Ingredients:

- 1/3 cup of vanilla yogurt

- 2 tablespoons of honey

- 2 tablespoons of nutella

- a handful of chocolate chips

- a heaping teaspoon of toffee chips

- half a frozen banana

Directions:

Slice up the banana, and place all the ingredients in a blender.  

Blend and enjoy.  I garnished with some maraschino cherries, but they are definitely not a necessity.  Though they did taste awesome when dipped into the smoothie.  

This smoothie was decadent, and yummy!  It fulfilled my chocolate desires, and then some.

Hope your week is going well, and again Happy Thirsty Thursday, chris!

Pineapple Banana Smoothie

Happy Thirsty Thursday!  Today's drink is a Pineapple Banana Smoothie.  

Ingredients:

- 2 tablespoons heavy cream

- 3 tablespoons of pineapple juice

- 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt

- 1 small banana

- 1 tablespoon toffee

Directions:

Place the heavy cream in a small blender, and blend for a couple of minutes until it becomes whip cream.  Then add the  pineapple juice, yogurt, and slice the banana as you add it.  Blend all together.  Add the the toffee, blend once more, and enjoy!  

Garnish with a banana slice.  A little toffee on the top would be nice too.  This was yummy, and it might actually be kinda healthy.  I think walnuts or pecans could taste great in this.  I don't have any, and didn't think of it until I had finished the drink.  

Happy Thirsty Thursday, chris!  

Cordial Cherry Banana Smoothie

Happy Thirsty Thursday!!  I love Cordial Cherries, and I always seem to get my hands on a box or two around this time of year.  I was eyeballing my box earlier today, and to keep myself from eating a whole tray of cherries in one sitting I came up with this idea.  I'm sure glad I did, this Cordial Cherry Banana Smoothie is delicious.  

Ingredients:

- 3/4 cup vanilla yogurt

- 1/2 a frozen banana

- 2 cordial cherries

- 2 tablespoons of milk

Directions:

Fill a blender with the yogurt, frozen banana, cordial cherries, and milk.  Blend until everything is throughly combined.  Pour into a glass and enjoy!  

Not to pat myself on the back, but this is yummy!  I will definitely be making this again before this box of cherries disappears.  I need to freeze some more bananas!  

Happy Thirsty Thursday, chris!

Banana Peanut Butter Honey Smoothie

MMM.  I almost drank all of this before I got a photo of it.  I could drink a Banana Peanut Butter Honey Smoothie everyday.  This is basically the liquid version of the cupcakes I made on monday.  

Ingredients:

- one banana

- 1/2 cup plain yogurt

- 3 tablespoons of honey 

- 1/4 cup peanut butter

- 1/4 cup milk

-1/4 cup coffee

Directions:

Blend everything together, and pour into a glass.  Enjoy.  

Absolutely amazing.  Great consistency, perfect size for one, and fantastic flavor.  

Hope you enjoy, and happy DIYing, chris

Orange Julius

Before Aaron and I left for our road trip I made an Orange Julius for my Thirsty Thursday.  Since it was so early in the morning, and we had nine hours of being stuck in the car ahead of us this recipe is alcohol free.  Thus fun for the whole family! 

I pulled out my blender and dropped in some frozen strawberries, banana, mango, and pineapple pieces.  Probably about seven bite sized chunks.  Then I poured in some pineapple juice, about 1/4 cup, and the same amount of milk.  Next I spooned in about a half can of frozen orange juice concentrate.  

After blending all the ingredients together, I decided the mixture was really tart.   So I added some Cool Whip to the top, and blended that in, which added the perfect amount of sweet creaminess to balance out the tart flavor.  

This was extra easy, and a great early morning treat.  I might need to make this more regularly.  It would be a good on-the-go breakfast for work days too.  

Hope ya'll have a great thirsty thursday, and happy DIYing, chris

In the mood for Peanut Butter & Chocolate

Today was a day for Peanut Butter and Chocolate.  So for Thirsty Thursday I made a Peanut Butter Nutella Snicker Smoothie.  

Ingredients:

- two scoops of snickers ice cream

- one heaping tablespoon of peanut butter

- two heaping tablespoons of nutella

- 1/4 cup milk

Simply blend everything together, and wah-la!  A yummy peanut buttery creamy concoction.  Hope ya'll are having a great thursday, and happy DIYing, chris! 

Tropical Creamsicle Smoothie

Today wasn't that productive, and I needed something cool and creamy to soothe my nerves when I got home.  This is a tasty kid friendly drink for this week's Thirsty Thursday.  I made a yummy Tropical Creamsicle Smoothie.  

Ingredients:

- half a banana

- half a kiwi

-  3 tablespoons of frozen orange juice concentrate

- 4 heaping tablespoons of cool whip

- 1/4 cup milk

Blend everything together in a blender, and it is ready to be served.  If it's too thick you can add more milk.  It tasted similar to an orange creamsicle from Orange Julius, but wasn't overly orangey like some can be.  The banana balanced out the strong flavor of the citric acid.  Perfect drink for all this hot weather. 

While enjoying my tasty treat I discovered we have a thief.  Squirrels have been stealing our tomatoes before we are able to enjoy them!  I was really looking forward to this plump cherokee purple that was getting close to being ripe enough to pick.   This guy had a twin, but the squirrel ate half of it, and I threw it in the sea of english ivy in a burst of anger.  

Lil' jerks!  Protect yo' tomatoes from those rascally bandits!  Have a lovely thursday, and happy DIYing, chris.