Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Strawberry Juice

I started making "banana juice" for Joseph a while back. It's just a simple banana, milk, sugar, and vanilla combo. My mom made it when I was a kid and I always liked it. Anyway, I started experimenting and substituting other fruits for the banana. It has made a big variety of "juices" for us, and best of all Joseph loves them! Oh yeah, and they're actually pretty good for you too.

Ingredients
1 cup strawberries (fresh or frozen)
1 cup milk
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Combine all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth. Will be bubbly.
You can vary the amount of sugar or vanilla. I've actually started using brown sugar instead of white and it's just as good. (Another one of those: I heard "brown is better than white" things. I haven't verified it yet.) I do like using frozen fruit because it makes the juice really cold. But fresh fruit is just as good. It just won't stay cold as long.



Adore the photo magic ;) I like these milkshakes because they're really foamy. Joseph likes to lick his lips to get his moustache. It's cute.

2 comments:

Tim, Anna, and Abram Denney said...

This does look good. I bet Abram would like these too.

Supposedly the reason brown sugar is better for you is because it hasn't been processed as much as white sugar. The problem is that some companies just add molasses into white sugar so that it is brown again. So if that is what they did with your brown sugar it isn't any better. When I make fruit smoothies I add honey instead of sugar. You could try that and see if Joseph likes it.

Jewels said...

Thanks for the info! I've tried to google things like that and I have a hard time finding out why people say something is better for you. I've heard similar things about black beans vs. pinto and swiss cheese vs. cheddar.