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Banana chai smoothie pops
Apr. 8th, 2012 01:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rosefoxBanana chai smoothie pops are in the freezer! Woo!
I used this recipe (TW for rabidly cheerful weight loss language), basically, modded as follows:
Place 3 bananas in blender or food processor. While it runs, drizzle in milk-or-equivalent until the bananas are liquified. If milk is not already vanilla-flavored, pour in a few splashes of vanilla extract. Shake in some cinnamon, the seeds of one cardamom pod, and a bit of ground nutmeg (not too much!). Add a heaping tablespoon of sugar-or-equivalent. Grate in some fresh or frozen ginger. Taste; adjust flavors as desired. Pour into cups, add sticks, and freeze. Makes about 18 fluid ounces, which I distributed into three 9-ounce cups for nice big adult-size pops.
Pro tip #1: Buy lots of ginger root, peel it, and freeze it. Keeps forever and can be subbed for fresh ginger in any recipe. Just be careful when slicing it if it's frozen solid.
Pro tip #2: If you're using paper cups, slice a fourth banana into chunks, one chunk for each ice pop. Place the chunks cut side down and push an upright wooden stick into each one. Then place the sticks into the ice pop cups and pour the liquid in. The banana chunks will keep the sticks upright while the liquid freezes. I was SO PROUD of myself for thinking of this.
I used this recipe (TW for rabidly cheerful weight loss language), basically, modded as follows:
Place 3 bananas in blender or food processor. While it runs, drizzle in milk-or-equivalent until the bananas are liquified. If milk is not already vanilla-flavored, pour in a few splashes of vanilla extract. Shake in some cinnamon, the seeds of one cardamom pod, and a bit of ground nutmeg (not too much!). Add a heaping tablespoon of sugar-or-equivalent. Grate in some fresh or frozen ginger. Taste; adjust flavors as desired. Pour into cups, add sticks, and freeze. Makes about 18 fluid ounces, which I distributed into three 9-ounce cups for nice big adult-size pops.
Pro tip #1: Buy lots of ginger root, peel it, and freeze it. Keeps forever and can be subbed for fresh ginger in any recipe. Just be careful when slicing it if it's frozen solid.
Pro tip #2: If you're using paper cups, slice a fourth banana into chunks, one chunk for each ice pop. Place the chunks cut side down and push an upright wooden stick into each one. Then place the sticks into the ice pop cups and pour the liquid in. The banana chunks will keep the sticks upright while the liquid freezes. I was SO PROUD of myself for thinking of this.
