Mmmm, smoothie!
- Bananas: 2 (more than usual, but they need to be eaten)
- 2 Tbsp+ peanut butter (the natural kind – we don’t need shortening in our smoothie; and really I just glop it in there, I don’t measure it)
- Chocolate something: chips, syrup, Ovaltine… (we do need chocolatey goodness – chips will tend to sink to the bottom, so you are committing to more stirring if you use them, and more chewing)
- Milk (whole cow style or unsweetened almond) or plain yogurt (the bananas are sweet)
- What else? Strawberries if you’ve got them. Vitamins if you have those capsules that are okay to open up and dump in.
Get your blender from whatever difficult to reach place you keep it in. Put the bananas in first, broken into chunks about an inch long. Glop on the peanut butter. Add the chocolate. Add your other stuff if you’ve got it.
Pour the milk over this until you think you’ll get two glasses out of it. I’m not going to tell you how much that is. You might like it thinner or thicker. You might have smaller or bigger cups. Pour accordingly.
Blend it. Choose your favorite slower speed, then ramp it up as the chunks get smaller. Your chips should be itty bitty. You should no longer feel the banana chunks hitting the blade as they circle around in the maelstrom.
When it’s ready, pour it into two glasses. Then do yourself a favor and fill the blender halfway with water. Run the blender with the water to start cleaning up the peanutty mixture.
Now you are ready to enjoy!