My fridge was fulled of strawberries! That was what happened when I asked my hubby to do grocery shopping. Strawberry was on sales for $1/lb and since he was there to get his banana, he asked me whether I needed anything else. I told him to get me some strawberry and blackberry (which was also on sales) and he returned with 6 lb. of strawberries and two small boxes of blackberries. How to finish the 6 lb. of strawberries in one week? Just me and my girls since he doesn't eat strawberry.
Well, I thought milk shake was the quickest way to get rid of 1 lb. of strawberries at one go. I added zero fat sherbet for extra goodness and of course some syrup to make it sweet. Edda loved it and she had two glasses at one go. Sure made a nice refreshing fruit drink for warmer weather!
Ingredients:
~Use a 5 cups blender~
1 lb. fresh strawberry, washed and cleaned of the top part.
1 ripe banana, cut into half (optional)
5 tsp. sugar + 5 tsp. hot water to make syrup (optional if you think your strawberry is sweet enough)
4 scoops of rainbow sherbet (or any variety sherbet)
2 cups of 1% milk
2 cups of crushed ice
Method:
In a 5 cups blender (at least 5 cups), first add in the banana, then strawberry, then syrup, milk, sherbet and crushed ice. Blend until smooth. Serve cold into individual glass.
I will always freezed the extra strawberries and then make smoothies out of it :)
ReplyDeleteHi, will it still taste as good if I leave out milk (coz I'm Lactose-intolerent!) I love the thickness of milkshakes but never dare try them! saw ur recipe here and would love to try it. will it still be that thick & rich without milk? can i put more bananas instead?? Thanks! =)
ReplyDeleteI was in the same boat. So I actually froze them and I'm going to be making strawberry curd.
ReplyDeleteoh yes!! all the berries is pretty cheap these day!! I just grab 2 lb strawberry too..today I just use Juicer to make some juice with orange and grapefruit for Mishu.Luckily your daughters love it..Mishu refused to drink if I use blender coz it's has too much pulps..so I got a juicer and it's really awesome!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a healthy, yummy-looking shake!!! Thanks for sharing this great recipe!! I wish I could find strawberries that cheap!
ReplyDeleteMmmm....refreshing, healthy and delicious. I can have that any time.
ReplyDeletegreat way to use up all the strawberries ;-)) Steve loves strawberry milk shake too..
ReplyDeleteI'm so jealous of your cheap, fresh and abundant strawberries!! here the US strawberries are selling a small punnet for about S$5 haiz...
ReplyDeleteI will try freezing it next time Gert. :)
ReplyDeleteGeok Cheng, you can substitute it with soy milk. Yes you can add one more banana, too much will overpower the strawberry taste.
Joy, great!
That's great Beachlover. I have a juicer too, but have been sitting as a white elephant because I was too lazy to clean it after each use. :P
Thanks Memoria. That would be great ya.
Yeah me too MaryMoh.
Yup Jin Hooi, cannot be wasteful. :)
I know noobcook, strawberry is expensive in Asia.
I so envy you. Strawberries are expensive here. More so if they are from US.
ReplyDeleteNot only that, it's so healthy! I could do with a glass of that now. Love the colour.
ReplyDeleteRefreshing and healthy drink .Love the color!!
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