Saturday, February 7, 2009

Smoothie with cereal and fruits

I made my peace with using frozen vegetables and fruits a while ago. Frozen vegetables and fruits I hear are sometimes fresher than their fresh counterparts available in grocery stores. Frozen vegetables are also sometimes the only way to enjoy some of the vegetables like peas, even though I believe there are grown here they are mostly available only frozen and occasionally I have seen fresh shelled peas but never sold in their pods. Wonder why?

I sometimes make myself a smoothie for breakfast when I want something different from the usual smoothies are the first thing that come to mind. I don't particularly care for cereal and milk but the rest of the family enjoys them so there is always serveral different types lying around. I love the banana nut crunch but by itself like a snack. So if I could powder some of these along with the fruits and the milk, that would make for a substantial breakfast. It turned out to be pretty good and something I turned to often. The kids who love smoothies are not too fond of the cereal in their smoothie so this is strictly my breakfast alone. Besides the taste I like the color berries add to the smoothies be it strawberries, raspberries, blueberries or blackberries. During the winter months I have a couple of packets of these berries in the freezer just for the smoothies.

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Fruits and Cereal Smoothie
Ingredients
1. 1/4 cup banana nut crunch cereal
2. 1 ripe banana
3. 1 apple
4. 1/4 cup of berries (I used frozen strawberries and blackberries)
5. 1/2 cup milk
6. 2 tsp honey

Method
1. Powder the cereal in the blender first
2. Now add the fruits,milk and honey and blend

I had it around 8.30 AM and had me going till about 12.30 PM

14 comments:

  1. I would never have thought to put cereal in a smoothie -- great idea ISG! Looks pretty, too :)

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  2. Healthy breakfast, eh? Looks good, enjoy.
    I just made southern Biscuits and sausage gravy this morning! :D
    Pods don't freeze well, peas do, although once thawed,they are mushy too. Have a fun Sunday! :)

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  3. I heard Berries stay fresh and good when frozen. I will have to try it out. i cannot have anything sweet in the morning so would like to have it during evening. Adding cereal should be good. Thanks for the recipe.

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  4. great idea.. should try this soon. your smoothie is very inviting.

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  5. Really neat idea. I actually have smoothie for lunch (tend to skip breakfast 99.9% of the time). I think adding cereal makes it a complete meal!

    my fridge is full of frozen berries & veggies...

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  6. oh adding cereal to the smoothie is such a good idea!

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  7. I totally agree sometimes frozen veg and fruits have the vitamins intact than the fresh ones.
    Delicious and healthy smoothie.

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  8. The addition of cereal must make it more filling... how does it affect the texture though?
    I love smoothies but somehow it's not something I turn to during winter months... will wait for the summer to give this a shot.

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  9. You are on a diet it sems Indo :)

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  10. Thats very innovative! Looks awesome..

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  11. nice idea.. i too like eating banana nut crunch..with or without milk. but somehow in the winter, smoothies in the morning chill me out!!

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  12. This is a very cool recipe. Very creative....Looks so good. YUM!

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  13. Am a fan of banana nut crunch cereal too! Smoothie looks like a neat idea!

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  14. This sounds wonderfully refreshing. This is my first visit to your blog, so I took sometime to browse through your earlier entries. I really am glad I did that. I enjoy the food and recipes you feature here and I'll definitely be back. I hope you have a great day.
    Blendtec

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