"Cleaning out the pantry" smoothie recipes
One day, when I was in college, a guy showed up at the door of my apartment from a party across the street and offered to trade one of my roommates a bottle of coconut rum he had taken from the party for a cigarette. This was obviously a major score for us, except that we had nothing to mix the rum with. After raiding the refrigerator and pantry, I discovered some canned fruit, which we threw into the blender with rum and ice, creating delicious alcoholic fruit smoothies!
Since that day, I have been throwing random, cast-aside pantry items into blenders and making them delicious, from soups to smoothies to dips. This past week, I have discovered unused items like applesauce, cranberry sauce, crystallized orange, cocoa powder (sweetened) and peanut butter and turned them into delicious treats instead of throwing them away.
This week's major victories in the smoothie department are as follows:
Orange/cranberry/ginger smoothie
- 1 individual container of greek yogurt with some kind of fruit (or just a cup of yogurt)
- 1 individual container of applesauce (or 1/2 cup from a jar)
- 1/3 can of cranberry sauce
- 1 - 2 packets of crystallized orange (http://www.truelemon.com/true-orange-cooking)
- Minced or powdered ginger, to taste
- Any frozen fruit
Blend these things. Add liquid of choice if needed (I use green tea by the spoon with this one, but not much is needed because most of the ingredients aren't solid.)
Banana/PB/Mocha smoothie
This one is ice-creamy and wonderful
- 1 chopped frozen banana
- Peanut butter (1-2 tbsp)
- Dutch cocoa powder (or whatever cocoa powder is in YOUR pantry), to taste. I used 1 spoonful, but 2 would not be crazy.
- about 1/3 cup of coffee, or a little less for thicker, more ice creamy consistency
Blend it. Love it.
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