Best Fruit Smoothie In The World

My good friend Christine has been making smoothies ever since we were at UT Austin, and I gotta tell ya, it's still the best smoothie I've ever had. She makes them thick, and there is no need to add yogurt or ice. I don't have a photo but it looks just like the smoothie images you see in Google. 


organic fruit smoothie:
16 ounces of organic orange juice (i use the organic valley brand sold
on freshdirect)
16 ounces of organic frozen fruit (whole foods and freshdirect sell
packages of ready-to-use frozen fruit...strawberries, peaches,
blackberries, mangoes, pineapples, bananas, blueberries, etc.)

pour orange juice and frozen fruit into blender and blend until smooth.
add more fruit for a thicker smoothie, less fruit for a more liquid one.
makes two 16-ounce servings.

Homemade Lemonade

I learned this from my mom because she likes to make everything fresh.

4 slices lemon (take out the seeds and add more slices if you want more zest to your juice)
1 quart water
1 quart container (I recycled a juice container)
1-2 Tablespoons of honey (depends on how sweet you want it)

Boil water in a pot. Once it boils, add lemons slices to the water. Allow it to simmer on low for a few minute then turn off the stove range and let the lemon slices sit in hot water for about 30 minutes, or until it cools. Add water and slices to the container. Add honey and shake it up. That's it! Finished.

side note: My mom said that she doesn't like to boil too long because it will take away the vitamin C. I agree. Also, as I was writing this, I thought of something! Add mint leaves!! Hellz yeah.

-Minna

Recycled container from when I bought organic grapejuice

I drank half of it before I took the photo. It's damn tasty!