Strawberry Smoothie (including printable "picture" recipe cards)

I included the Chocolate Soda because that's what the girls like to drink, but if you really want a drink for "the mommy" I think a Strawberry Smoothie is a much better choice. 

This drink is low in fat, high in flavour and rich in vitamins.  (to all of my American friends out there, I finally broke down and started spelling color without the "U" so you could find things with the search feature, but I still spell flavour the "right way" *grin*)

The frozen fruit makes the drink nice and slushy.  If you don't have frozen fruit, subsitute 1/2 cup of ice for 1/2 cup of the apple juice.

You can add 1 Tbsp of ice cream or frozen yogurt if you like, but I prefer it without.

RECIPE

(this is the same recipe as on the cards, but in writing only... I thought some folks might like to preview it).

• 1 1/2 cups frozen strawberries
• 1 sliced frozen ripe banana
• 1 cup apple juice

Peel and slice the banana (if it isn't already).  

Put strawberries, banana and apple juice into a blender.

OPTIONAL:  Add 1 Tbsp vanilla ice cream.

Blend and pour into a glass.

Serve.

MATERIALS TO MAKE THE CARDS:

• printer
• paper
• scissors
• tape or glue
• OPTIONAL:  something to color with (if you use the B&W version)
• OPTIONAL:  thin cardboard or index card
• OPTIONAL:  clear contact paper (you can purchase at the office supply store.  It's $5 Cdn for a big tube of it where we live)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING THE CARDS:

• print out the template of choice.  I like to print it on a heavy paper (I always cut the edges off of construction paper to make them 8 1/2 x 11 and use that)
    
• Cut out the template along the outside line.  (if you accidentally cut down the middle it isn't a big deal since we'll be gluing the two halves together anyways)
    
• Fold down the middle to make a 4 x 6 card.
    
• OPTIONAL:  cut a 4x6 piece out of thin cardboard (old cereal boxes!) and slide between the two halves of the recipe card.
    
• Glue or tape the halves together.
    
• OPTIONAL.  Cover both sides with clear contact paper to make the recipe card last longer.

TEMPLATES:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
     
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP in most browsers). 
   

Template    (color)   or   (B&W)

Printable version of these instructions