Pink Strawberry Smoothie

I am kind of an ice cream fanatic.  And usually when I make my smoothies they turn out more like shakes.  You know, a lot of ice cream and a little bit of fruit.  But I’ve been trying to cut down on sugar lately.  So this strawberry smoothie has made the rounds at my house.  I still prefer lots of ice cream, but this is delicious too.

I am making these for breakfast this morning.  Along with some pink heart shaped biscuits.  And then I might eat them for dinner too.  You can never really have too much ice cream sugar free low fat yogurt in your life.

So my big secret isn’t really a secret at all. I like my smoothies icy cold so I freeze my yogurt in an ice cube tray so that it is ready for my smoothie whenever I am.  If you don’t like them icy cold then you could skip this step.

In a blender add one tray of frozen yogurt cubes (about 1 cup ish) about 15 to 20 washed and hulled strawberries (or raspberries/blueberries/blackberries/a combo of everything), a banana, about 1 cup of crushed ice.  You’ll need to add enough liquid to make it the consistency you like.  I used about 1/4 cup fresh squeezed lime juice, a little orange mango juice from the fridge and then about 1/2 cup of milk.  The frozen yogurt cubes make your blender work a little harder, but I like the creamy iciness that they add.  You know, kind of like ice cream.

This recipe makes about 36 ounces of smoothie, which I divided up into three cups (Creamie was munching on hers and wouldn’t give it up for a picture).  Then I topped each one with a dollop of whipped cream (thereby ruining all sugar free fat free work the yogurt was doing) and a fresh strawberry.  Yummy.  And Pink!