A few years ago, we purchased a Vitamix, a super duper handy dandy blender that can crush concrete - ya know, if that's what you're into. I loaned it out to a friend because it had been a while since we had used it and they were thinking of getting one also. They love making fruit smoothies, so when we got it back, I decided to pick up some bags of frozen fruit and a few other choice ingredients so we could enjoy our own concoctions.
In college, I used to get Metro's famous blueberry, banana, strawberry smoothie. For years after they closed I wanted to figure out how to make them for myself. I think there's been enough time that I don't recall *exactly* how they taste {at least not the way Marshall from How I Met Your Mother remembered exactly the way that missing burger joint's burgers tasted}. This works out because I have come up with something that comes awfully close to what I loved. If you're like me, you'll appreciate this haphazard approach to cooking/baking/experimenting.
So, you'll need your blender ready to go and go ahead and dump in the following:
1-2 cups whole milk {can substitute water}
one whole banana in two pieces
1/4-1/3 cup of frozen blueberries
2 TBLS honey
**BLEND** lowest setting, gradually going up to the highest setting until thoroughly blended, then turn it off.
1 cup of frozen strawberries 1 cup of frozen papaya, mango and pineapple
**BLEND** lowest setting again, moving speed up gradually and then let it sit on high for 45 sec.-1 minute. Enjoy!
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