Confession: I have never made a smoothie before. And I’m a sophomore.
I do not harbor a deep-seated antipathy towards smoothies or anything like that. When other people offer me smoothies, I drink them. However, the fact remains that I have never made a smoothie before.
Why? Well, I can list plenty of disastrous scenarios.
- I would make five cups of smoothies. No one person is capable of finishing five cups of smoothie. I rate my smoothie ingesting capacity at one cup.
- Somehow the blender would explode. I don’t know how this would happen, but I’m sure it could. (Thinking of Murphy’s Law here)
- The resulting smoothie tasted indescribable, in a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad way.
These scenarios are all far-fetched in varying degrees, which is why I am determined at some point during my time at Amherst to make a smoothie. Fortunately there are many braver souls than me who have made smoothies before and deigned to share their favorite recipes with me, should I eventually screw my courage to the sticking place.
1. Milk + Banana
2. Banana + Ice + Soymilk
3. Strawberries + Peach + Ice
4. Peaches + Banana
5. Spinach + Chocolate Ice Cream
6. Mango + Milk + Yogurt
7. Blueberry + Peach + Honey + Yogurt
8. Strawberries + Banana
9. Spinach + Ice Cream + Chia Seeds
10. Mango + Spinach
11. Blueberry + Peach + Hemp Seeds