Lately we find ourselves with an abundance of natural yogurt in the house. We often use yogurt in cooking, especially the natural one but usually it is one spoon here and one spoon there… not a lot of recipes call for a 500ml tub of it or more… except for maybe a mild curry.
So I tried to bake a yogurt cake just a few days ago but it didn’t came out as I would expect or even hope… I suspected it was my fault for adding a blueberry yogurt instead of a natural one, my cake came out looking pretty weird and blueish. Once I have perfected my yogurt blueberry cake I will share it with you for sure.
So back to my yogurt dilemma… too much yogurt and not a lot to do with it… it was time to go back to basics and start mixing some shakes.
Today’s special was a Peach & Banana Yogurt Shake 🙂
- 500ml of fat free natural yogurt
- 100ml of double cream (or a single if preferred or just the milk if you are counting calories)
- 2 large ripe bananas
- 2 ripe peaches
- 1tsp vanilla essence
- Milk; enough to make the drink as runny as you like
Method:
Wash and peel your fruit, then chop them into smaller chunks.
Pop the chopped fruit into a blender, add all the remaining ingredients except the milk and wiz until smooth.
Add the milk slowly until you get just the right consistency you require, I tend to find the thickness of my drinking straws in the cupboard dictate just how runny my shake should be 😉
Pour into glasses and enjoy!
There is no added sugar, which means that if you skip adding the cream you can enjoy a delicious and totally guilt free shake, which will give you a nice refreshing energy boost.
I am thinking that tomorrow’s special shake will be a coffee based one. Happy me as I adore coffee flavour.
Do you like shakes?
How do you make them usually?
Do you use yogurt, milk or ice-creams as a base?
We make lots of shakes with natural yoghurt and whatever fruit we have in, love them.
I was so happy to see peaches again at the grocery store, they’re one of my favs. This looks great!
Now this looks YUMMY! Looks like a refreshing summer drink!
This is such a good idea! I hate wasting but I ove peach and banana yum x
Miss Kitty Kaos (Adventures Of A Riot Grrrl)
Wow, this looks delicious! I love smoothies!
It’s looking so tasty. I will try to make it very soon with more yogurt 🙂
Yum! This looks and sounds tasty! I want to start using more yogurt in things I make!
That does sound like a good mix. I’ve been using almond milk in my smoothies lately. I like the taste a lot.
Oh my goodness that sounds really good right now. I could use something nice in cold in all this heat!
Did I say this looks yummy? It does.
I haven’t made a shake in I can’t even tell you how long. That sounds delicious with those two flavors!
This looks totally delicious. I love banana and peanut butter milk shakes too, very yummy
that sounds tasty! would it work as frozen yogurt too?
to be honest Easy I am not sure… I would like to think it will be I’ve never tried it
the “worst” what could happen would be to get a shake… so there is no risk right? I will try it :o)
We love yogurt and fromage-based milkshakes, and have tried with many varieties. My guys love them. I don’t add the cream but a good dollop of ice cream.
A shake has an ice cream base & a smoothie has a yogurt base 🙂
I had no idea.
I was always under the impression that smoothies are fruit based and shakes are dairy-based 🙂