I am, perhaps, a little behind on this trend, but better late than never, I say. Seriously, I love these things. I don't drink these smoothies out of an sense of obligation. They taste good. Milk, yogurt, peanut butter, banana, and spinach. Peanut butter and spinach!!?? Don't knock it till you try it. And Aidan will suck these smoothies down, which is nice. The other kids showed some initial enthusiasm, which has unfortunately cooled off. But Lauren will still drink some, so she gets a little bit of green in her.
Anyway, here's what I do: It's spinach season again at the farm, so I've been taking advantage and bringing home huge bags. I clean the spinach, remove the ribs, and liquify the leaves in the food processor. Then, I fill these reusable, flexible muffin cups with the liquid spinach and freeze them over night.
When I make the smoothies, I use a cup of milk, a half cup of plain yogurt, a frozen banana, a tablespoon of peanut butter, and then fill the rest of the blender with spinach (when I have fresh).
When the spinach freezes, I can just pop it out of the muffin cups and into a freezer bag. I'm freezing a bunch of these every week while I have an abundance of spinach. I'm filling up my freezer with these little cups. Making smoothies will be even easier when I can grab one little "muffin" from the freezer and throw it in the blender with everything else.
