Fresh Beat Band Smoothies.

Well for the past two weeks, Isabel has been talking to me about "Fresh Beat Band Smoothies".  The Fresh Beat Band is a show on Nick Jr. about some teenagers who love to make music.  Isabel is not at all interested in watching the show, but she was very interested in making the smoothies that they advertised as a fun, kid-friendly snack to help make.

So.....finally Friday (smoothie day) arrived and making smoothies was all she could talk about.  We picked out our supplies from the grocery store and began!

The supplies:

Adding blueberries!

 

Blending it all up!!

In the end, she briefly enjoyed a sip of the fruit of her efforts...before setting  the glass down and asking if she could have "just blueberries" for a snack.  I gave her some blueberries, then tasted the smoothie myself and realized why she was not head-over-heels for it....it was quite boring!

So in the end, after a few additions we "spiked" her smoothie to make it high cal and delicious!  Here is our improvised smoothie recipe:

1/2 cup blueberries

1/2 banana

1/2 cup blueberry yogurt

1/4 cup apple juice

1 TBL sugar

8oz strawberry pediasure

2 TBL duocal

3-4 ice cubes to help mix it all up.

*Blend all together and serve!