Fruit Smoothies

This week's cooking club we had a go at making some delicious fruit smoothies. Although England are now out of the World Cup, the football theme continued as smoothies are a great way to boost your energy just before playing a match or for refreshment after a match.

Our celebrity chef this week was Alina and here she shows us how to make a Totally Tropical fruit smoothie.

Totally Tropical Fruit Smoothie

2 very ripe bananas
500 ml pineapple juice
400 ml tin coconut milk

1. Peel the bananas and break or cut them into pieces.
2. Measure out the pineapple juice.
3. Open the tin of coconut milk and pour it into a jug.
4. Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth
5. Pour into small tasting cups to serve.


In the meantime, Morgan and Tiffany were busy making Justy Peachy Fruit Smoothie.

Just Peachy Fruit Smoothie

1 small can of peaches
150g pot peach yoghurt
200 ml milk

1. Open the tin of peaches and drain away the syrup.

2. Measure out the yoghurt and milk.

3. Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.

4. Pour into small tasting cups to serve.

At the same time Sam and Corey were making the smoothie that had been invented by the cooking club from last half term.

Strawberries and Cream Fruit Smoothie

1 very ripe banana
150g pot strawberry yoghurt
100ml milk
2 scoops vanilla ice-cream

1. Peel the banana and cut or break into pieces.

2. Measure out the yoghurt and milk.

3. Add the ice-cream.

4. Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.

5. Pour into small tasting cups to serve.

Once all the smoothies had been made we swapped them around so that everyone had a chance to taste all three. The clear favourite was the strawberries and cream smoothie, followed by totally tropical but they were all very nice and a great way to get a serving of fruit into you.

Having tasted the smoothies, we then had a go at inventing our own smoothies with the ingredients that were left over and with what we had in the cupboard.

Our first smoothie had one banana, a strawberry yoghurt, 200ml milk, a teaspoon of vanilla extract and 3 teaspoons of strawberry jam and it tasted like strawberry milk shake!

The second one had 150ml mango yogurt, half a tin of peaches, 200ml milk and 3 teaspoons of honey and that was yummy too.

It just goes to show how easy it is to get creative in the kitchen and to make a tasty smoothie. And nothing went to waste as the left overs were poured into lolly moulds ready to have as dessert at our final session next week.