Good Eats at the TEOTWAWKI Café—Apple Smoothies

We’re smack dab in the middle of fall now, which means it’s apple season.  My grocery store had a great sale on Envy and Sweetango apples.  I wanted a box of each.  Unfortunately, as so often occurs now that we have supply chain issues, the advertised apples did not come in on the truck by the time I was shopping that day.  The produce manager told me they’d be in that evening. 

As my husband had an appointment in town the next day, he offered to pick them up.  But due to further supply chain issues, only the Envy apples were available by the box.  Sweetango apples were, however, available by the pound, so Aaron brought home half a dozen in addition to the half dozen I bought the previous day.

The Envy apples were crispy and flavorful.  The Sweetango most decidedly were not, and I was really glad we hadn’t purchased an entire box.  But we still needed to eat what we had.  I didn’t want to can them or make applesauce.  I just didn’t think they would taste that good.

I got to wondering how they would do in a smoothie, so I turned to Food.com for some recipes. 

This first one was really simple and quite tasty.

Apple Brown Betty Smoothie

1 cup plain yogurt

1 apple, cored and cut into wedges

1 banana equivalent

1 tablespoon brown sugar

¼ teaspoon cinnamon

4-6 ice cubes

 

Combine everything in a blender and whirl until smooth and creamy.

 

Apple Blueberry Smoothie

1 cup plain yogurt

1 apple, cored and cut into wedges

½ cup milk

½ cup blueberries

2 tablespoons sugar

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

4-6 ice cubes

 

Combine everything in a blender and whirl until smooth and creamy.

 

Apple Strawberry Smoothie

1 cup plain yogurt

1 apple, cored and cut into wedges

1 cup strawberries

½ cup milk

1 tablespoon sugar

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

4-6 ice cubes

 

Combine everything in a blender and whirl until smooth and creamy.

 

Apple Cherry Smoothie

1 cup plain yogurt

1 apple, cored and cut into wedges

1 cup pitted cherries

2 tablespoons sugar

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

4-6 ice cubes

 

Combine everything in a blender and whirl until smooth and creamy.

 

Apple Blackberry Smoothie

1 cup plain yogurt

1 apple, cored and cut into wedges

¾ cup blackberries

1 cup milk

2 tablespoons sugar

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

4-6 ice cubes

 

Combine everything in a blender and whirl until smooth and creamy.

 

For the rest of the year when fresh apples aren’t available or are too expensive, try this:

 

Apple Pie Smoothie

1 cup applesauce

½ cup plain yogurt

½ cup apple juice

1 banana equivalent

1 tablespoon brown sugar

½ teaspoon cinnamon

¼ teaspoon allspice

¼ teaspoon nutmeg

4-6 ice cubes

 

Combine everything in a blender and whirl until smooth and creamy.

 

Links to related posts:

Oatmeal Smoothies

Pumpkin Smoothies

Homemade Yogurt

An In-Depth Discussion of Powdered Milk