A lot of time, I am preaching the goodness of veggies. Supermarkets have made it so much easier to work with fruit, in the form of a fruit cocktail. Many now carry pre-sliced fruits, and particularly blends of pre-sliced fruits - watermelon, pears, apples, cantaloupes, honeydew, pineapple, etc.
FRUIT COCKTAIL IS A SMOOTHIE WITHOUT ALL THE WHITE STUFF
Pureeing these in my Vitamix makes a great smell in the kitchen. It also slides down the G-Tube a lot easier than a smoothie because it doesn't have the foam and heavy texture of the yogurt/cream. Also if I make the base of fruit-only, then each of the yogurt snobs can add just THEIR FAVORITE yogurt to turn it into THEIR smoothie.
To spriten things up I'll add ginger, lemon, orange, papaya, grapefruit.
Most of my batches are less than 12 oz, so finding pre-cut pre-mixed fruit cups is helpful. Slicing a half dozen fresh fruit leaves a lot of leftovers. Buying small pre cut allows my family the ability to finish off the rest of the fruit and mix it in with their yogurt. We then change the flavor combinations week to week.
FRUITS THAT DON'T LAST
Not that they go bad, it's that they are the favorites in the house - fresh organic blackberries, fresh organic raspberries, fresh organic blueberries. Everyone in the house knows how spotty the growing season is for these three fruits.
Yes I have been know to add a little bottom of a muffin to my puree . . .
FROM THE TAP TO THE TABLE
I found this site in my travels and it has some wonderful combinations that you might not have thought of.
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