We love making smoothies in our house. We love fruit smoothies, green smoothies (look for my favorite recipe below), chocolate smoothies, any smoothie. But it's inevitable that there's always some leftovers and I used to feel awful having to throw the rest out. Smoothies change real quick after a while. They separate and don't keep in the fridge. But here's a great way to salvage those leftovers! You won't ever have to throw away the leftovers ever again!
Make your smoothie (this one is a watermelon, raspberry, lime, carrot smoothie)! And then drink your smoothie!
And then tell your leftovers to stop freaking out! They're going to be saved!
Get out a small SNACK SIZE Ziploc bag. It is absolutely important that it is this size. I'll tell you why in a minute...
Pour the rest into the bag and then lay it FLAT in the freezer. Now next time you make the exact same smoothie, simply tear open the bag and then slide it down one side of the blender (this is why you need the small size bag. You want it to fit in the blender). And since it's already frozen, you don't need ice for your smoothie! Voila! The flavor of your smoothie will be better because you're not having to use ice that waters down the flavor!
If you don't have the small Ziplocs, you can also pour the remnants in an ice tray, wait for them to freeze, and then put them in a larger Freezer bag to use as the start for your next smoothie. Pick whatever you'd like to use and feel good about saving!
Here's my favorite green smoothie right now. I save the leftovers of this all the time:
Sarah Luvs It! Have a great weekend!
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