Yummilicious Banana Smoothiei've been surfing the web quite a lot these days looking at recipes and i've come across quite a number of recipes for fruit smoothies. unfortunately, while many of the recipes boast low cal, they forgo the flava!

seeing as i myself am soooo obsessed with finding the perfect low cal food that doesn't lose the taste at the same time, i decided to share a little tip that i picked up when i was working at the Coffeebean & Tealeaf a couple years back!

here's what you do when making a Banana Smoothie:

1)Select only very ripe bananas, peel, slice into chunks and freeze.
2)After 2-3hours (at least), bananas are ready to be used.
3)Add frozen bananas and non-fat millk (or for really low cal, use cold water)and (here's the tip) add a drop or two of vanilla flavouring!
4)Blend until smooth. Serve immediately.

for most coffee houses that serve smoothies, they usually add vanilla powders to their drinks. these powders are high in fat and sugar, and naturally, unwanted calories. it's also quite unneccessary too as those are calories you can and should avoid.

the recipe above, on the other hand, allows you to retain the "original" flavour of the smoothie, while cutting down on the calories! vanilla flavouring is quite strong tho, so a little goes a long way.

this same "formula" works great with all kinds of fruits and berries. my personal favourite: strawberries, bananas and a couple slices of kiwi!

so there you go folks! do share your thoughts and suggestions too, i love experimenting! (: