My new smoothie maker

Yesterday I was invited over to a friend's house for a "wii and juicing" party on the same night as the very first social of the year at university. It's obvious which option I went for. After having a glass of the juice she whipped up I decided that following our exam results, due to be released the following day, I would treat myself to a slightly cheaper smoothie maker that I had set my heart on. Unfortunately the results were delayed by three days, but I decided to buy the smoothie maker anyway because I was so desperate to try out some recipes!

The two that I have tried out so far are a cucumber, mango and ginger beauty, the other a peanut and banana smoothie. Both are super duper.

The quantities are for the 600ml smoothie maker I used; you may need to adjust accordingly! A lot of the quantities are halves of fruit BUT if you chop up the lot you can freeze it ready for the next time you want to make it! I'm excited already!

For the cucumber, mango and ginger juice you will need:
1/2 small cucumber (mine was home-grown which I felt added to my juicing excitement!)
1 cup frozen mango
A thumb sized piece of ginger
1/2 apple
1/2 pear
Squeeze of half a lime
A good splash of water

With my smoothie maker you need to add all the "soft" ingredients first and the harder ones nearer the blade, which attaches at the top. Blitz and enjoy! If you want to cool it more then you can throw in some ice cubes to create a slush as the juice is blended.

For the banana and peanut smoothie you will need:
1 banana
1 tbsp crunchy peanut butter
1 tbsp full-fat greek yogurt
A good glug of milk
Handful of ice cubes

Throw all the ingredients into the blender and whoosh it up - using a nice peanut butter really adds to it too.

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