I haven’t posted a new recipe in a while because Ryan was sick for three weeks…yea it was pretty fun…so here we go…Our biggest problem so far has been to get Ryan to eat enough to gain wait. Since he’s been feeling better he has been eating everything in sight, but has also been having some digestive issues as a result (don’t worry, no pictures and I’ll just leave it at that!), so Steve and I have been reading a lot about probiotics as an attempt to strengthen up his gut so he’s healthy and happy while gaining weight.
When I hear that word I think of yogurt and I’m sure most people do as well. Ryan is definitely not a fan of any mushy foods like baby food (we never fed him any) so it have been a challenge to get him to eat yogurt. He does, however love graham crackers, strawberries and bananas, so why not make a smoothie! After several unsuccessful tries at making smoothies w/o a recipe, we decided to search the web to find just the right combinations of ingredients. We wanted to make a smoothie that was healthy, full of probiotics, high in fat and thick like a milkshake so that Ryan could either drink it or be spoon fed. We settled on a recipe and decided to add *graham crackers to further thicken.
1 Banana
5 Strawberries
1/4 C Yogurt – (most recipes said to use plain & add sugar, but we just used Vanilla Yogurt)
2 C Milk (we used whole milk)
*2 Graham Cracker Sheets – (we added on our own)
We chopped the bananas and strawberries into small pieces and pureed. Next, we added the yogurt and blended until smooth.
Finally, I hand crushed the crackers and added the milk at the same time and blended, trying to leave some small pieces of graham cracker in tact.
The result was fantastic. The smoothies were very thick, like a milkshake, but because the goal was to increase Ryan’s probiotic intake we will probably use more yogurt and less milk next time. On a side note, I thought I would never lie to Ryan, but I did ask him if he wanted some ice cream, he got all excited and chugged his smoothie!
Yummm!
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I would have never thought of putting those things together for a smoothie but I bet it tastes great!
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looks delish! we will def have to try these!!
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Ohhhhhhhhh I should NOT have looked at this post lol. I have no bananas, and no yogurt!! And I realllllly want one of these now!
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Ice cream or not, I’d chug that yummy puppy down too – sounds delish!
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This looks delish!!! I’m for sure gonna try this one today!
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Yummy looking and your little guy looks like he likes it also. I will have to try it. 🙂
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Looks good! I actually have all the ingredients…too bad I don’t have a blender. =(
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Veronica Reply:
April 6th, 2011 at 2:48 pm
neither do i. maybe we can chew up the ingredients and spit into babies mouths like birds do?
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I am buying a blender just so I can pump P full of smoothies this summer. Looks delicious!
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lol I’m totally going to tell Mason it’s ice cream although come to think of it I don’t even know if that will work he’s only had ice cream a couple of times!
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I STILL realllly want one of these 🙂
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If it looked like a milkshake, it’s not *really* lying, right? lol The shake looks really really good! I thought the graham crackers were a little strange at first, but I’m assuming they break down pretty fast in the liquids?
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I can’t get Madilyn to eat smoothies. I’ll try this one. Maybe it’s better than the ones I make! LOL!
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Yum, yum! I love almost any kind of smoothie but I haven’t ever thought of putting graham crackers in it – smart and tasty!
On a side note, did you know that you can buy a probiotic supplement in powder form? I had to take it when I was preggo and would make smoothies and add a scoop into it. Even extra boost. I found the one I took at a local natural grocery store and they had it in little containers in a refrigerated part by the vitamins/supplements. Just in case you need something besides the yogurt. 🙂
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It’s wonderful! I just made it 🙂 …and added some cinnamon – what in my oppinion made it even a better 😉
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