The following recipe for Frozen Banana Smoothies is from SurvivalBlog reader St. Funogas, who writes:
“My most important summertime day-to-day survival food is frozen banana smoothies. When the temperature is 95 degrees and the humidity is 110%, it takes all the fun out of working outside. These banana smoothies twice a day are a big help.
A Banana smoothie can be kept to its most basic form, which is how I enjoyed them for most of my life.”
Basic Recipe:
2 frozen bananas broken into 4 pieces each
1 to 2 cups of milk
Blend until thick
You’ll have to play around with the proportions to get it to the perfect consistency that you like.
The flavored banana smoothie recipes have a limitless number of permutations. Here’s my favorite, mint mocha smoothie. I finally discovered a use for instant coffee.
2 frozen bananas broken into 4 pieces each
1 to 2 cups of milk
1 scoop protein powder
2 teaspoons instant coffee
mint flavoring to taste
With the protein powder, the longer you let it blend the smoother it becomes. Personally, I prefer it a little more coarse, so play around with it to see what you like best.
There’s also vanilla protein powder combined with coconut flavoring which is a good combination. The other I make uses strawberry protein powder with some of my homemade blackberry or raspberry jam added in.
These also work well with powdered milk. I use the whole milk kind made by Nestle and generally found in the Mexican food section of the store in #10 cans. I add one scoop using the protein powder scoop.”
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