It’s been a handful of days since I made that froth Clem-sicle smoothie for a snack and I haven’t stopped thinking about it!! Round II this AM:
It’s so frothy and creamy and made from only 3 ingredients, 4 if you count ice:
- 1 cup of milk (I used 2%)
- 1/2 banana
- 1 clementine
- 5 ice cubes
Vita-mix blend!
I topped it with Cville Cluster granola (where all the heft enters this breakfast!) and the other half of the banana – sliced and sunken deep down in the bowl. I LOVE dipping my spoon in the liquid and finding a nugget of granola or a slice of banana like sunken treasure on the bottom!
I was too excited to eat me 30 second smoothie that I didn’t make any tea to go with it.
So I went back later and had a cup of Cookie Mint tea with frothed egg nog. YES – you can froth egg nog!!
(In other news, I already burned through two AA batteries with my frother in 2 months! I just put fresh batteries in and that thing is like an engine now!)
Today the Great Harvest whirlwind begins. I’m on the schedule today through Christmas Eve and am ready to get my hands in some dough!
Lindsay says
I see your nice frothy drinks every morning and keep telling myself I need to get myself a frother they look so good!
kathleen @ the daily crumb says
i’ve switched to 2% milk recently and cannot believe the difference in creaminess! having drank nonfat milk (or almond) for so long, my latte tasted like whipped cream this morning.
KathEats says
I think nonfat milk has a funky sour taste. 1% is my preference but I’m happy to have 2% too 🙂
Elisabeth says
We always drank 2% when I was a kid & at some point I switched to skim. I decided skim milk is worthless…needs a little fat! I don’t think it tastes sour, just that it tastes like nothing…so I’m back to 2% 🙂
Carrie says
I agree. Skim doesn’t feel “real”. The higher-fat versions seem like real food.
Andrea @FrSeed2Stomach says
I don’t really drink milk, but love cheese, yogurt, and ice cream and generally avoid low fat dairy. It’s unnatural and weird, especially cheese!
Melissa says
Skim milk smells funny to me. P-U. I’m addicted to vanilla soy milk. It makes everything taste better. I recently made mashed potatoes with it. Yum-o! Course, I love sweet flavors.
Lauren @ Oatmeal after Spinning says
I’ve never had success with making a citrus-flavored smoothie (I’ve only tried with oranges)- with the exception of using Jay Robb’s dreamsicle-flavored egg white protein powder. Maybe if I a vitamix for Christmas, my luck will change…
Hope @ With A Side Of Hope says
I really need to pick up that frother especially since it’s so cheap at Ikea! 🙂 I’ve been loving clementines lately. I just picked up a case of them last night. Happy Wednesday!
Susan H. @ the food allergy chronicles says
I can only imagine how busy you are going to be at the bakery these next few days…good thing you fuel up with a well balanced breakfast. My nickname is ‘whirlwind Susan’. I will be busy as a bee these next few days baking allergen free cookies, a yule log and my son’s Christmas dinner. Let the countdown begin! lol
Hannah @ eat, drink, and save money says
What a great idea to froth egg nog! I would love a frother for my hot chocolate. I love how frothy it is when you order it at a cafe, but I just can’t get mine frothy!
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says
The Clem-sicle smoothie sounds so good. I just made a Cookie Butter/Biscoff Spread (with white chocolate) smoothie. Next up if I could get any clementines down here would be your smoothie. Til then, I’ll just keep drinking my cookies 🙂
Gina @ Running to the Kitchen says
Hope you guys are super busy this week! I’d be there buying bread if I lived close 🙂
Frothed egg nog is genius! I might try that out since I bet it makes it a lot lighter tasting than the thick consistency that usually gets old in abotu 5 minutes for me.
Angela @ Eat Spin Run Repeat says
Wow Cookie Mint! Is that another Adiago tea? Need to get some of that!
KathEats says
Yup!
Rebecca @ Naturally Healthy and Gorgeous says
I have yet to try this smoothie but it looks great and so refreshing!
Anna @ On Anna's Plate says
Looks like a great breakfast to get you through the busy days ahead! Good luck with the Christmas rush– I used to work in a bakery in high school and college, and Christmas was CRAZY!!
Janine @ThePurpleGiraffe says
I”m sort of obsessed with clementines, this is a perfect way to get more of them into my belly!
Angel7 says
Ready to roll 🙂 Kneading is a good hand workout 🙂
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Meagan says
What an interesting combo! I love the bowl!
Amanda says
Cookie mint tea?! Does it actually taste like cookies, or just mint?
Good to know about frothing the egg nog! I’ll have to give it a try with some of my coconut milk nog. 🙂
KathEats says
It’s like chocolate mint!
Ashley @ Coffee Cake and Cardio says
Have fun at work! I bet the bakery is going to be super busy but that’s not a bad thing for y’all.
Kinley @ Better Off Barefoot says
Wierd about your frother batteries!! I just got mine mid November and I couldn’t use mine this morning because it was dead again! I had already changed it once close to Thanksgiving time! What the heck!!!!
Ashley O. @ The Vegetable Life says
You make me drool for clementines!
Erin @ Big Girl Feats says
I never thought of egg nog in tea, but it makes sense! Adding frothed milk to tea makes it seem like suchhh a treat. I love that idea!
Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table says
I love that you already burned out those batteries! LOL! Good thin the Magic Bullet plugs into the wall… I’d be buying stock in Duracell.
Mom says
Good luck! So proud of both of you. And everyone LOVES the pancake mix.
Mai says
Looks delicious. Do you think orange slices would work well?
KathEats says
Yes, I do!
Michelle (Peachy Palate) says
Totally with you on the treasures…cant have a smoothie without them! Damn Amazon cancelled my order on the lights with no explanation! 🙁 Thought that postage to Ireland had to be good to be true!
KathEats says
Oh noooo 🙁
Nancy says
Question about your holiday oyster dish…. does Karen use fresh or canned oysters?
KathEats says
Fresh
Christine @ Oatmeal in my Bowl says
Wonder if they have a plug-in frother. 😉
Keep meaning to try this smoothie of yours. And I have a bunch of cuties at home to use…
Emily says
ha this is probably so random but i LOVE those anthropologie bowls! i have the same one in yellow! i think they make them in 4 different colors, and my friend and i gave each color a season. i think we said the green was either summer or spring, but to me right now, green goes with christmas 🙂 just a few more days!
KathEats says
Me too – it was a gift from a blog reader!
Cat @Breakfast to Bed says
I frothed my sons warm silk nog after reading your tweet last night and he exclaimed “IT’S JUST LIKE STARBUCKS!!!”
Luci says
What kind of frother do you use? I might be more apt to drink tea instead of coffee in the morning if I had froth on it! I usually use my keurig for coffee in the morning and have my Birthday or Coconut Pie Adagio tea for bedtime snack:)
KathEats says
A cheap one from IKEA!
Johanna B says
I’m getting a coffee pot for Christmas. I’ve just started enjoying it and I’m getting tired of instant.
Annette @ EnjoyYourHealthyLife says
Mmmm a frother sounds fun to have!
Fran@ Broken Cookies Don't Count says
The smoothie sounds good with the clementine in it. I can’t get enough of them!
Khushboo says
I don’t know why but always disregarded citrus as potential smoothie fruits- thanks for proving otherwise!
Stacy @ Say It With Sprinkles says
I love your frothy milk teas!
Kavi @ Lab to Fab! says
That bowl is so pretty! An aesthetically pleasing way to start the day 🙂
Katie @ Peace Love and Oats says
Good luck at the bakery, I’m sure this is a crazy week for you all!
Brittany says
I love clementines in smoothies. I make a similar one to yours but add in blueberries – so good!!
Sarah (I Dream of Beets) says
Um, yes. I know what I’m having for lunch now!
Lexi @ A Spoonful of Sunshine says
Your dishware never ceases to win my adoration 🙂
Andrea @FrSeed2Stomach says
I’ve been throwing my coffee/tea in the vitamix with some sunflower seed milk. I love how it froths the whole drink. I do need to get one of those cheap frother things though! Have fun at the bakery this week!
Jamie says
Just made this with an orange as part of lunch for me and my two little ones–we all loved it! Kath, thanks for inspiring me to make a little bit healthier choice for me and my family.
KathEats says
Oh yay!
Lauren @ What Lauren Likes says
I am asking for a battery powered frother for Christmas – I wanna make drinks like yours, ahah they look so good 😀
Laurie says
Kath, is that smoothie thick and spoonable?
Also, I opened a big can of lentils. The remaining I placed in a tupperware just as they were from out of the can and in the fridge. Is that proper storage and how long will they keep? Im hoping at least a week; it was a big can.
KathEats says
It was on the liquidy side, actually. But still spoonable!
Lentils should be great in tupperware in the fridge – maybe a week?
Lyn @ Life Lyn Style says
batteries are free at Staples this week and next. you can get two 16 packs of AA or AAA. You pay for price and then get the money back in rewards money. You need a rewards card which is easy. I use the rewards for toner that I would buy there anyway.
susan says
I used to use the kind of frother you are talking about, but went through too many batteries. I bought an electric one that is called “Nespresso” – money well spent. No more running out of batteries and the foam is REALLY great and warm too! I think the battery kind is good for when you must travel somewhere, but the Nespresso is the way to go…
Love all your postings and seeing the bakery products – they look wonderful and wish there was a bakery like that around here!