Revamping the Thick Shake with Alex 😏: Bananas B' Slippin'

For our final installment here, we went back to our roots, or should I say tree because bananas grow on trees and roots have trees-I mean trees have roots so it can work there right hehe cool. Anyhow, back on our second blog, we did that Banana-Orange Thick Shake so I'm coming back to it and doing the Banana Thick Shake! The author says, "You don't need ice cream to make a thick, cold shake" (Pinkwater 49). I kind of went out of sequence so I already know that this thick cold shake can roll out well. The book calls for:

1 banana, peeled and sliced

1 cup milk

1 tsp. honey

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

1/2 cup cracked ice cubes

We also need a blender like the last thick shake called for:

I'm gonna miss making these cute setup photos

As you'd think, you have to throw it all in the blender, minus the nutmeg and it looks scrumptious:

Nutmeg is expensive and can be lethal in large doses

So you blend that for 30 seconds and hey look at that you have the Banana Thick Shake as advertised! I forgot to show the final product and me sprinkling the nutmeg in like the steak guy meme with the salt but if it truly puzzles you, go to my second post and imagine the drink a little less orange. But yeah, the thick shake was very banana-y and a bit more crisp in my opinion which I think is due to the crushed ice cubes. Anyhow, that's it. We went through the cyclic mind of big hopes, losing those hopes, and compromising with what we can. How beautiful. Along the way, I also learned how to mix well, what kinds of bowls to use, adding a little more of the variable ingredients, and how some things are gross by nature. Thank you guys up an hour before the due date who understand the struggle of procrastination. See ya fellers around and remember, stay chill 😎.

Question: Why can we buy things that can kill us in slightly large amounts i.e. nutmeg?

Pinkwater, Jill. The Natural Snack Cookbook: 151 Good Things to Eat. New York: Four Winds,   
    1975. Print.

The Delectable Orange Milk Drink Extravaganza with Alex 😃: Orange You Glad It's Not Lemon?

Welcome back to Alex giving up on other things and just making drinks. Today we're going to make the orange milk drink, one I've been looking forward to mainly because the author says, "If you like the way milk sherbet tastes, you'll like this and the following drink" (Pinkwater 46). She had me at sherbet. Anyhow we're going to need:

1/2 cup orange juice

3/4 cup ice cold milk

That and our favorite equipment of a bowl, mixer, and measuring utensils:

I also had Donald Duck orange juice

So first, the book calls for us to throw it all into the mixing bowl surprisingly and I feel you guys can just picture an orangey milk so I didn't capture the moment. Next we need to mix that good-good until it's nice and fluffy. Milk and OJ can only get so fluffy by themselves so the process went over pretty quick. Then bam!That's all. This is why I love these drinks from the book because while I'm not the most successful with making an amazing one, they're made quite quick. Some things this has taught me is man, I can get down on a mixer and mix some stuff up which I feel is a great skill. That and I was innovative and took off the foam from the top of the drink and it was a lot better. This drink was really just a milk that tasted a little more orangey for fun but it was pretty bomb. I'm glad this one fulfilled what little I believed in it. Anyhow, my last drink is going to be another thick shake and I hope we can finish this off strong. See ya next time fellers!

Dad approved this one

Question: Do you like sherbet, especially the green, pink, and orange stuff you buy by the quart.

Pinkwater, Jill. The Natural Snack Cookbook: 151 Good Things to Eat. New York: Four Winds,   
    1975. Print.

Slicing and Blending with Alex 😎: The Thick Shake Bake

Lately I've been working a lot at my local employer and I usually get home around midnight. The last thing I want to do is wake up early and cook something nor do I want something super long and complicated to make. Therefore, I decided to never sleep yesterday and made myself a nice banana-orange thick shake as the book calls it. "Here is a banana-orange shake that you can eat as a snack or drink for breakfast" (Pinkwater 50). Pretty fitting considering it was 2 am. Anyhow, to make this shake, the book says to gather:

 2 ripe bananas, sliced

1 tbs. honey

1 1/2 cups orange juice, ice cold

Equipment you need is:

blender

measuring spoons

measuring cup

Since I'm super cool and stuff, I had everything sitting nice and pretty.

Now, the first step is to slice the bananas as stated in the ingredients. I usually don't slice things but I feel I did well with these bananas. The next part is just throw it all in the blender, even the slow dripping honey.

Surprisingly, you then blend all the ingredients for about 30 seconds (Pinkwater 50).

After all that super fun blending, you just pour and serve it immediately. It was definitely thick but drinking it had a nice and light feeling overall. As one would think, it was very banana-y and very orange-y and the honey made it a little sweeter. Everyone in my family had a drink of it and it was all positive and neutral reviews and that makes me the best blender-er ever. I also enjoyed the drink as you can see here:

Overall, it was a nice, easy shake to make with a fantastic shake. I hope to make more simple drinks like this in the near future just to see what this book has to offer. Until next time my guys, stay bananas... idk puns are tough.

Question: Is a thick shake just a smoothie?