Lazy smoothie II

Lazy smoothie II

1 can triple cherry fruit cocktail
2 cups cherry pomegranate crystal light
1 cup crushed ice

This was, by far, my smoothest smoothie to date and will definitely be made again and again.

'nother smoothie

semi-tropical smoothie

1 1lb can crushed pineapple
6oz peach mango crystal light
6oz cherry pomegranate crystal light
4oz five alive citrus juice
1/2 a frozen banana
1 cup ice

Tastes awesome but still chunky despite blending longer. Oh well, I'll get used to it and then it won't bother me as much. Still, kind of odd that people go out of there way to make/buy a drink that chewing is an option.

Folding Bike news

I've owned the iped folding bicycle for about 4 months now and am not exactly thrilled with it. The front of the peddle on the chin side snapped off while riding; that was 3 months ago. I can live with a cosmetic issue like a snapped peddle. Just buy a replacement. Now, just the other day while I was riding across town the non-chain side crank arm came loose. Bad loose. To the point that it seemed it'd be a better idea to walk the bike rather than ride it. As the saying goes: If I'm walking, my bikes broke.

I'm going to take it to a bike shop so they can fix it for me. That way, if something goes wrong with it after they mess with it, I got some one to blame. Might take in the front rim of my other bike while I'm at it. Or, even better, I can "recycle" the folder and take my purple trek in for a tune up... maybe more. After that I could save up for a different folder. Possibly even an orange one.

lazy smoothie

The lazy smoothie, just throw it together and it's good to go.

1 can apricot's, drained (or any other convenient canned fruit)
1 cup five alive  (doesn't matter what juice is used, not really)
1 apple, peeled and sliced
1/4 frozen banana
1 cup crushed ice

Pretty much tastes like apple and apricot; wasn't too bad but could have blended it longer. Next time I'll also add more liquid. Possibly double or even triple the liquid.

smoothies

I'm looking into getting a blender for the sole purpose of making smoothies but I have no idea what to buy, what with all the different brands of blenders and smoothie makers. Do I get the cheapest thing possible, do I get something like say the ~$200 Nutribullet... something in the middle? Seriously, there's crap tonnes of options that range from around $20 all the way to the multi-hundred dollar units. What I'll probably end up doing is what I usually do, get the most no frills unit available. Yep, I'm just that cheap.

As for the smoothies I would make... I'd try and figure out how to do apple pie in a blender. And fruit smoothies, can't really go wrong with those. something like fruit cocktail (seriously, from a can), five alive fruit juice, a banana (because every fruit smoothie recipe I've ever seen has a banana it) and yogurt of some sort (again because that's what goes in a smoothie). Hell, milk and cocoa powder. With a banana.