Are You Sure It's Not Applebee's Bananaberry Freeze?

2 cups ice
1 ripe banana, peeled
3/4 cup strawberry daiquiri mix
1/4 cup pi? colada mix
whipped cream

Place ice, banana, daiquiri mix and pi? colada mix in a blender and process on high for 10 to15 seconds until smooth. Pour into two wine glasses and garnish with whipped cream. Servings: 2.

Clone of Orange Julius
1 6-ounce can frozen concentrated orange juice
1 cup milk (low-fat is okay)
1 cup water
1/4 cup granulated sugar or Splenda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 ice cubes

Pour orange juice concentrate, milk, water, sugar and vanilla extract in a blender. Blend on high, adding ice cubes one at a time, until smooth. Yum! Yield: four 6-ounce servings.

Could It Be Wendy's Frosty?
1 cup milk (low-fat is okay)
1/2 cup Nesquik powdered mix
3 cups vanilla ice cream
Allow ice cream to soften in refrigerator for one hour. Mix milk, Nesquik powder and ice cream in blender. Servings: 4.

The Best Berry Banana Smoothie
1 cup reduced-fat vanilla yogurt
1 medium ripe banana, peeled, cut into chunks and frozen
1/4 cup each frozen unsweetened strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries
1 cup fat-free milk

Combine yogurt, banana, frozen berries and milk in a blender or food processor. Cover and process until smooth. Pour into chilled glasses; serve immediately. Servings: 3.

The Original Orange Smoothie
4 cups ice
1 cup water
2/3 cup orange juice
1/2 cup half and half
3 tablespoons Tang? orange drink mix

Puree ice, water, orange juice, half and half and Tang? in a blender until smooth and creamy. Servings: 2.



You-Know-Whose Cherry Slurpee
2 cups club soda, chilled, divided
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon unsweetened cherry Kool-Aid powder
1/2 teaspoon maraschino cherry juice
2 1/2 cups crushed ice

Combine one cup of club soda, sugar, cherry Kool-Aid powder and cherry juice in a blender until completely mixed. Add the crushed ice and process until blended smooth. Combine the cherry mixture and remaining club soda in a pitcher. Stir just to mix. Pour into glasses. Servings: 2.


Like-The-Mall Pineapple Smoothie
1 20-ounce can unsweetened pineapple chunks
1 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons liquid sweetener (or equivalent amount of Splenda)
Mint leaves, optional

Drain pineapple, reserving 1/2 cup juice; freeze chunks. Place pineapple juice, buttermilk, vanilla, sweetener and frozen pineapple into blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into two large glasses and garnish with mint. Serve immediately. Servings: 2.

Wendy, S.Jersey

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