But I have a weakness for yogurt smoothies,

which I usually drink to replace a meal rather than accompany it.

Here's the recipe for the smoothie I make most often at home, maybe a couple of times a month: banana and yogurt with chocolate chips.

This drink varies from ice cream to slushie,

depending on how I prepare it every time.

This time it was half way between a smoothie and a slushie because I added less yogurt and some ice cubes when I was processing it in the blender.

When I want it to be ice cream, I only add frozen yogurt and frozen banana--and if I want it creamier, I add cococnut cream or whipping cream. Easy, isn't it?

INGREDIENTS

What I used this time for 3 servings (about 600 ml):

• 3 medium size bananas, 2 to blend and 1 to slice

• 400 ml yogurt (I used homemade with whole cow's milk)

• 2 teaspoons vanilla essence

• a few ice cubes

• a handful of chocolate chips

I didn't add any piloncillo or sugar this time because the bananas were sweet and so were the chocolate chips.

THE PROCESS

As usual, I started the day before, haha. I put the yogurt in the fridge and the bananas in the freezer; I peel them, chop them into pieces for this.

The next day, I put the yogurt in the freezer a couple of hours before preparing the drink, but the truth is that the it requires at least about 6 hours of freezing if you want a smoothie that feels like a smoothie--that's super cold, creamy, without ice.

I put all the ingredients in the blender, except the ice cubes.

After a first go in the blender, I knew how much ice a needed to get the consistency I was looking for.

After a second go in the blender, I was ready to serve the "smoothies."

Some slices of banana and a few chocolate chips on top, and that was it.

As usual, I hope you found this post useful 😁❤️

CHEERS!