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Adventures in Shaken Milk

September 23, 2008 on 11:03 pm | In Uncategorized | | arbscht

Milkshakes are very easy to make. All you need is a banana or two, some milk, and a blender. But that’s not very interesting.

Milkshakes are also very easy to extend. The basis is extremely versatile. It’ll take just about any of fruit, some vegetables, confectionery or dairy products and other stuff. Now that is interesting.

To demonstrate, here are some simple milkshake recipes I’ve tried or plan to try…

Basic smoothie

• 2 girls bananas
• 1 cup hot milk
• 1 orange
• 2 tbsp porridge oats (rolled)

Partly cook the oats in the milk. Dice bananas and orange. Blend everything. Serve chilled.

I find the oats add a non-uniform chunky texture whereas a plain smoothie is too smooth.

Juicy shake

• 2 bananas
• 1 cup hot milk
• 2 tbsp porridge oats (rolled)
• 1/2 cup fruit juice of any sort (I used a bottled “tropical” type)
• 3 scoops vanilla ice cream

Same principle as above, except this serves more. And there’s extra creaminess from the ice cream. I prefer to blend it rather than serve scoops on top, just out of laziness.

Speaking of laziness, I’ve yet to make tonight’s shake. I’m planning on:

Chocolate shake

• 2 bananas
• 1 cup milk
• 1 diced mango
• half cup ground milk chocolate (Whitaker’s Kiwi Fruit here)
• 3 scoops vanilla ice cream

At this point I’m just putting together whatever is on hand, really. And that’s the great thing about milkshakes. Tasty, fresh, and ridiculously easy to create. Now go make one.