{"id":1335,"date":"2012-09-22T10:43:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T00:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.wordpress.com\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2019-06-03T11:26:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T01:26:32","slug":"smoothie-cubes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thenutritionguruandthechef.com\/2012\/09\/22\/smoothie-cubes\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoothie Cubes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/smooth-cubes.jpg\">[slideshow]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1336\" title=\"smooth cubes\" src=\"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/smooth-cubes.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Strawberries are in season and The Chef and I keep coming home with kilo&#8217;s and kilo&#8217;s of strawberries as they are such a wonderful price at the moment. We just love them. Unfortunately they don&#8217;t last forever though, so I wanted to store them for the coming Summer. I often freeze them whole, but after seeing &#8216;smoothie cubes&#8217; in supermarkets recently I thought it would be great to recreate my own without any added nasties.<\/p>\n<h1>How to:<\/h1>\n<p>Blend strawberries or any other fruit<\/p>\n<p>Pour into ice cube trays<\/p>\n<p>Freeze<\/p>\n<p>Throw\u00a0 into blender with milk for a delicious and quick smoothie year round<\/p>\n<h1>Variations<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Add yoghurt to the\u00a0strawberry mix when freezing<\/li>\n<li>Add vanilla paste<\/li>\n<li>Add pureed apples<\/li>\n<li>Add washed and chopped mint. Perfect combination with berries<\/li>\n<li>Add smoothie cubes to your water jug to create a lovely centrepiece for your guests.<\/li>\n<li>The smoothie cubes make a great little treat straight out of the freezer, \u00a0for the kiddies on a hot day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/033.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1339\" title=\"033\" src=\"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/033.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/smoothie-cubes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1337\" title=\"smoothie cubes\" src=\"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/smoothie-cubes.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/smotheee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1338\" title=\"smotheee\" src=\"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/smotheee.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size:1em;\">While you are here, why don&#8217;t you check out our Strawberry <a href=\"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/01\/rawb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smoothies<\/a> (thenutritionguruandthechef.wordpress.com)<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/smoothieee1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1267\" title=\"smoothieee\" src=\"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/smoothieee1.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[slideshow] Strawberries are in season and The Chef and I keep coming home with kilo&#8217;s and kilo&#8217;s of strawberries as they are such a wonderful price at the moment. 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