Yesterday, after a well-child appointment and before pick up of my first born, I stopped at Tropical Smoothie since I had a BOGO coupon for smoothies. I thought it would be a nice treat for the kids, and it had been a few hours since I had eaten lunch so I needed a snack too. I ordered 2 Peanut Paradise smoothies (yogurt, bananas, and peanut butter) without the whey protein (you never know what kind of cheap stuff you may get) and without the 180 calories of added sugar. My kids “drank” some, and left the rest untouched (they split one since they are HUGE!). I like my smoothies thick like a traditional milkshake, but these were so thick and grainy that we could barley get them to come up through the straw.

The consensus was this:My kids liked my homemade smoothies better!

Here are some of our favorites:

• “Frosty” Remake

• Mango Pineapple

• Purple Rain

• Mocha Almond Crunch