Berry Yogurt Smoothie
This is an easy, healthy smoothie that the children adore and can help prepare. We use plain yogurt with fruit and naturally sweetened juice for flavor, but adding sugar or honey to taste might be nice as well. Originally served as part of: Vitamin E Pancake Dinner.
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain, low-fat, organic yogurt (Stonyfield Farms)
- 1 cup frozen mix of strawberries, blackberries, red raspberries, blueberries berries
- ¼ cup cranberry blend, 100% juice juice (Ocean Spray)
- 2 medium fresh, for garnish strawberries
Instructions
We combine the yogurt and frozen berries in our blender and puree until smooth, stopping a few times to mix. We add the cranberry juice to thin the mixture. We puree for a few more seconds to combine well.
We divide into glasses and serve garnished with rinsed, patted dry, and partly sliced strawberries.
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain low-fat yogurt (Stonyfield Farm)
- 1 cup frozen mixed berries
- ¼ cup 100% cranberry juice blend (Ocean Spray)
- 2 medium fresh strawberries
Instructions
What's a kid job?
A Kid job is a step kids can help with, with a grown-up nearby, not one they do on their own. Every kid is different, so go by what your child can do rather than by age. Roughly:
- Little ones (about 2 to 4) can stir, pour in ingredients a grown-up has measured, tear lettuce, wash vegetables and sprinkle toppings.
- Older kids (about 5 to 8) can also measure and level, crack eggs, whisk, roll and cut out dough, and put things together.
- Bigger kids can read the recipe aloud, keep track of the timer, and take on more of the cooking as they're ready.
Steps with a knife, microplane, skewers, stove, oven, grill or hot oil, or with raw meat, poultry or seafood, are marked Grown-up. Kids can still watch those, from a safe distance.
Kid job
Purée the yogurt and berries in a blender until smooth, stopping a few times to stir. Add the juice to thin it and blend a few seconds more. Sweeten with sugar or honey if you like.
Kid job
Pour into glasses and garnish each with a strawberry, sliced partway so it sits on the rim.