Today was an extra long day in the office so we are having leftover leftovers plus making a big batch of smoothies. The smoothies should cover us for 2 or 3 weeks. Its December and cold and I have to be creative to get fruit in hubby's tummy. Smoothies will get this done. Plus it is the only way to get yogurt in him and I think he needs the probiotics.
I am also determined to NOT buy a blender because I feel I can make my KitchenAid Mixer
fit every need. Except food processor. I am struggling with that. Kitchenaid can't chop my onions. Yet.
I am also determined to NOT buy a blender because I feel I can make my KitchenAid Mixer
fit every need. Except food processor. I am struggling with that. Kitchenaid can't chop my onions. Yet.
But with the homesteader mindset, I can't just run out will-nilly and buy something. I have to try to make do with what I have. (I wish I started homesteading after I purchased a blender/food processor)
For dinner, we are having leftover tetrazinni. The tetrazzini turned out a-amazing. We followed a recipe from The Pioneer Woman and it was great! Perfect use for leftover Thanksgiving turkey. We also had some left over tetrazzini so today I fried it up, added 3 eggs and fried it some more. ( don't forget to save your eggshells for dog food ).
On to the smoothies. In summer we use fresh fruit. Now that its winter I should be using my canned fruit but I didn't can enough for this volume so we are using frozen fruit (sigh). We used:
For dinner, we are having leftover tetrazinni. The tetrazzini turned out a-amazing. We followed a recipe from The Pioneer Woman and it was great! Perfect use for leftover Thanksgiving turkey. We also had some left over tetrazzini so today I fried it up, added 3 eggs and fried it some more. ( don't forget to save your eggshells for dog food ).
On to the smoothies. In summer we use fresh fruit. Now that its winter I should be using my canned fruit but I didn't can enough for this volume so we are using frozen fruit (sigh). We used:
2 large bags of frozen mixed fruit including strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and bananas. You can use whatever you like.
2 24 oz containers of plain Greek yogurt. (you could make your own here)
1 cup chia seeds.
3/4 cup honey.
2 24 oz containers of plain Greek yogurt. (you could make your own here)
1 cup chia seeds.
3/4 cup honey.
I ran the fruit through my Kitchenaid Meat Grinder Attachment 
accessory. Yep. Meat grinder. The attachment came with a meat grinder and a fruit strainer. I love the fruit strainer and use it often. Normally I would take fresh fruit and smash it all through the strainer because it gets all the seeds and leaves and pits out. But it's also a pain to get the little raspberry seeds out at cleaning time and the frozen fruit is clean so I gave the meet grinder a try and it was perfect. Grinding the fruit and hand mixing it with everything else eliminated need for a blender. Yay!
So like I said, take your ground fruit and mix in remaining ingredients. This pretty much filled my 5 1/2 quart mixing bowl.
Now you can plop it into mason jars. I used half pints because that's what I had on hand today. If you leave a good inch of headspace, then you can put them in the freezer which allows for you to stretch this out to last for a few weeks. Take a jar out night before and put it in the fridge and then you have a healthy breakfast to grab on the way to work.
This quantity filled a dozen half pints and also a few cup sized plastic containers that we used because we ran out of jars.
accessory. Yep. Meat grinder. The attachment came with a meat grinder and a fruit strainer. I love the fruit strainer and use it often. Normally I would take fresh fruit and smash it all through the strainer because it gets all the seeds and leaves and pits out. But it's also a pain to get the little raspberry seeds out at cleaning time and the frozen fruit is clean so I gave the meet grinder a try and it was perfect. Grinding the fruit and hand mixing it with everything else eliminated need for a blender. Yay!So like I said, take your ground fruit and mix in remaining ingredients. This pretty much filled my 5 1/2 quart mixing bowl.
Now you can plop it into mason jars. I used half pints because that's what I had on hand today. If you leave a good inch of headspace, then you can put them in the freezer which allows for you to stretch this out to last for a few weeks. Take a jar out night before and put it in the fridge and then you have a healthy breakfast to grab on the way to work.
This quantity filled a dozen half pints and also a few cup sized plastic containers that we used because we ran out of jars.
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| Fruit Smoothies in jars (and containers) and ready to freeze. |
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| Turkey Tetrazzini, refried. Yum! |
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| Fruit going through the meat grinder~ |
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| Add remaining ingredients to the fruit~ |
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| Smoothies smoothed out and waiting to jar~ |
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