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Monday, October 24, 2011

Peanut Butter and Jelly Smoothies

Planty kid 2 is a very picky eater. She likes peanut butter and jelly, boxed macaroni and cheese, chicken nuggets, and french fries. She does not like anything green, or red, and she especially hates beans. She also hates tortillas, and soup. All of this means she goes to bed hungry a lot, because we have the rule,
"eat it, or starve". It also means I worry about her nutrition, because lets face it, the above list is not super full of vitamins and minerals. All of this leads to a couple days ago, when she was being silly and said, "Mom, wouldn't it be crazy if we had peanut butter and jelly smoothies?!?". 

Challenge Accepted. 

Peanut Butter and Jelly Smoothie

  • 3 bananas (put them in the freezer overnight before smoothie time, it'll help make it frosty)
  • 1/2 c peanut butter
  • 1/2 block firm tofu
  • 1 bag frozen strawberries 
  • Almond Milk (or whatever kind of non-dairy milk you like, I really hate the taste of soymilk, so I pretty much stick to almond and coconut)

  
  • Cut the tofu into 2 equal parts. 
  • Dice the bananas, put them in your blender, along with the peanut butter, half the tofu and about a cup of almond milk, more or less depending on how you like your texture. 
  • Blend baby, blend. 
  • Pour the PB mixture into cups, filling them about halfway full. 
  • Rinse out your blender.
  • Next, toss the strawberries, second tofu half, and almond milk into the blender. 
  • Blend it again. 
  • Pour the Jelly smoothie on top of your peanut butter already in the cups. 
  • Give it to your picky eater, and watch her slurp all those nutrients without a whimper. 
Yummy yummy. 
I wish I had a shot of her drinking this, but it was pretty much gone by the time I got the camera turned toward her. 


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