Yummy Fruit Smoothies

I hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!  Regular weekends are great but they’re always gone so quickly and I find myself wondering when I had time to relax and have some fun.  Three day weekends on the other hand, are magical, and by the time I go back to work I feel like I’ve actually had some relaxing time off.  I definitely felt that way this weekend, although that could have something to do with the fact that I didn’t do anything productive for the later part of the weekend and focused instead on completing an X-Men movie marathon so I could get caught up to see the next one in theatres later this week.  Important stuff, people! 

One productive thing I always do on summer weekends is smoothie prep for the week.  For the past few years, Mr. C and I have these smoothies every single weekday morning in the summer.  If you’re looking for a light, refreshing smoothie packed with fresh fruit, then look no further.  It’s pretty basic and I’ve been asked why I don’t throw in some kale/spinach/(insert something healthy/ something very unhealthy here), and the answer is that I love it just the way it is, although I do alternate between the mangos and peaches as the sales change.  I also throw in blackberries sometimes but I feel like they get moldy quickly so I don’t use them often or add them right before blending.

Fruit Smoothies

-makes 10 servings (2/day for the week)

1 pineapple, cubed

1 large or 2 small clamshell strawberries

1 large or 2 small clamshell raspberries

2-3 Mangos

AND/OR

2-3 Peaches

5 bananas

Greek yogurt (I use peach honey or raspberry flavored typically), ¼-1/2 c. per smoothie

Orange juice, ¼-1/2 c. per smoothie

***There’s really no measuring going on here typically…..the Greek yogurt is a big spoonful, and the orange juice is a big splash, but I tried my best to measure the “spoonful” and “splash”.

I wash, chop, and divide the fresh fruit (minus the banana) into 5 containers on the weekend and have never had an issue with the fruit going bad.  I would suggest layering with the pineapple on the bottom, berries in the middle, and mango/peaches on top.  In the mornings, Mr. C. dumps the containers into the blender, adds a banana, orange juice, the Greek yogurt, and blends.  The whole process takes less than 2 minutes in the morning, and I wake up to a fresh fruit smoothie before work everyday.   If you don’t have a Mr.C, then you may not be able to wake up to the smoothie already made, but I promise it’s worth the extra 2 minutes in the morning!