Fizzy Berry Smoothie @KorinaMossAuthor

 

As soon as the warm weather hits, I start hankering for ice cream and smoothies. We had an early heatwave in Connecticut, so my first urge of the season happened when I was out doing errands. I stopped at Playa Bowls and ordered a smoothie. It was delicious, but at $10 a pop, it's not something I want to do often. (I could've bought a cozy mystery for that price!) And it is something you can make just as delicious at home. I already had everything but the juice at home, so once I bought that, I was ready to make my own. There's a lot of ways you can make this your own -- use different types of juice or fruit, use full-sugar juice or soda, use coconut or almond milk instead of juice, add protein powder, use seltzer instead of soda, or leave out the bubbly if you don't want the fizz. I like the zhuzh it adds, and who doesn't want a little more zhuzh in their life?

Ingredients: 

1-1/2 cups ice

1/4 cup Ocean Spray Diet Cran Pineapple (add more after you start blending if needed)

2 cups frozen berries (do NOT defrost)

1 banana

optional: a few fresh berries (I had a few I needed to eat)

a few splashes of Sprite Zero Chill (Cherry Lime flavor)

Makes approximately 2 cups

Directions:

Chop the ice in your blender (or pound the heck out of it in a ziplock)

Add the fruit. The frozen berries are great because you want it nice and cold. 

Add the juice. Tip: Put the juice in your fridge as soon as you buy it, so it's cold for the recipe.

Blend until desired thickness. If it's too thin, add more berries. Too thick, add more juice.

Pour into a glass. Add a few splashes of Sprite for a little bubbly fun. Enjoy and stay cool! 

I love berry smoothies! Once I use up all these berries, I'd like to make a pineapple coconut smoothie. What kind is your favorite?

KORINA MOSS is the author of the Cheese Shop cozy mystery series set in Sonoma Valley, including the Agatha Award winner of the Best First Novel, Cheddar Off Dead and current nominee for Best Contemporary Novel, Case of the Bleus. Her books have been featured in USA Today, PARADE Magazine, Woman’s World Magazine, AARP Magazine, and Fresh Fiction. 

For the past several years, Korina has been on her own Eat, Pray, Love journey, which seems to have stalled at the Eat phase. When not writing or sampling new cheeses (a perk of the job), she can be found with a new favorite cozy, doing jigsaw puzzles, or discovering new travel destinations. She has an affinity (some might say 'addiction') to coffee mugs, loves cats, and can't pass up a new notebook or journal with all those fresh, empty pages. 

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