Joe Can Cook: Cookie Butter & Banana Smoothie

The kids love fruit. Just for a change of pace, we decided to make them some smoothies after dinner the other night. It was a great little treat and one that they REALLY loved! I gave Joe the instructions on what to put in the smoothies and he did all the work! Hahaha

Cookie Butter & Banana Smoothie

Ingredients:
Joe didn't do much measuring, so, I'm guessing here:
2 bananas
1 cup of yogurt
1/4 cup cookie butter/peanut butter
3/4 cup of oats (or granola cereal)
Add ice to get the consistency you'd like.

Directions:
Add all ingredients in blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into cups and serve.
Makes 2-3 small servings.


They came out great, although, they were a little too thick for our cheap dollar store straws. We resorted to using baby spoons.

Quinn tried and tried, but couldn't make that straw work!

Mitchell absolutely loves bananas. He begs for them every morning. I knew he'd love this smoothie.

Quinn wouldn't relinquish her spoon to me so I could taste it. She fed me instead!

She gave me like 5 bites, then completely gave up on sharing.

Joe made these with some granola based cereal that we had on hand that could possibly become stale soon. Better to use it up than throw it away. But because it was more granola than plain old oats, or even quick oats, it didn't get smashed up in the blender very easily, so the smoothie was pretty chunky. It was still pretty good. I don't think the kids would've complained about it at all, but next time, I'm going to tell Joe to use the regular oats and probably more milk/less yogurt.

I see a lot more smoothies in our future though!!!