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[anthrobabe]

If this works I'm bringing my microwave to work with me 

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Here at home we like a 'natural juice' franchise called Jamba Juice, which we frequent from time to time. Servings go from $5 to $7 so trying to make the smoothies at home seems like a cheaper idea.

The fruits I'm using in this iteration are frozen strawberries, frozen peach, kiwi and banana, but you can use essentially any fruit you like in the combination you like. As a tip, using frozen fruit helps the texture of the smoothie.

The key ingredients here are apple juice and frozen yogurt, which will give both the base and texture of the smoothie. You can use orange juice too but so far it would seem that they use apple juice in most cases given that the flavor isn't too strong and blends well. If you want a thicker texture, place the juice base in ice trays although it is recommended to have at least some liquid while you blend. For the frozen yogurt I used plain vanilla.

As a last tip, use banana with moderation unless you want the flavor to be clearly noticed, for a 3 serving I use half banana.

Ingredients:

- 1 1/2 cups of frozen strawberries
- 1 1/2 cups of frozen peach
- 2 (peeled) kiwis
- 3 balls of vanilla frozen yogurt
- 3 cups of apple juice
- 1/2 banana

Put the ingredients on the blender and, er, well... blend.