peanut butter banana coconut-shake

in a blender, (i promise no more blenders for a while after this!) blend until smooth: 1 large banana, 3 tbsp sweetened peanut butter, a 13.5 oz. can of coconut milk, and 6-10 ice cubes.

to make it extra cold, chill all of the ingredients for a couple of hours or overnight. i wouldn’t suggest adding extra sugar to this - there’s already plenty in the banana & PB. for a lower calorie drink substitute half the coconut milk for rice milk.

serve very cold to 4 people. (a small serving goes a long way!)

see the full recipe for this strawberry green tea lemonade at sewindie.com

blueberry peach almond smoothie (more like shake!), because for some reason it’s 77F here today.

in your highest-powered blender, blend until consistent and smooth:

• 3/4 cup soaked raw almonds
• 2 cups ice water
• 1 cup frozen blueberries
• 2 tbsp sugar (we use sugar in the raw, aka sucanat)
• 1/8 cup liquid sweetener (we use agave, also try maple syrup or date syrup)
• rice milk as needed (to get the consistency you like)

if you don’t have a very reliable blender, you might want to blend the almonds separately.

pour the smoothie out into cups and rinse out the blender. put in 2 cups thawed frozen peaches, and blend until it’s a nice thin consistency. pour into each drink, swirling it around. this serves 2-4 people.