Rise and Shine Bananarita Smoothie
Today was my son’s first day of third grade. He has a fabulous teacher in a fabulous school so there were no qualms about summer ending at this house! Of course, my readers don’t have the benefit of knowing Brady, but he is a character if there ever was one. Brady is our little politician. He is a brilliant little boy who has never met a stranger and is just as comfortable addressing two hundred people with a microphone as he is addressing one person across the breakfast table.
A few weeks ago I was brainstorming different ways I could get my website known to more people. Despite the amazing growth, I’m always looking for ways to bring Southern Plate to a wider audience. I said “I need a gimmick, something I can give away with the web address on it.” Brady grinned and quickly chimed in “I got your gimmick right here, Ma, its me!”.
Today I found out that he wasn’t kidding. I got such a laugh out of seeing this worksheet he brought home from school today! Essentially, its purpose was to help the teacher learn more about her students through their own words. After answering various questions about themselves, each student got a chance to ask the teacher a question about her.
My son wrote “My mom has a website called Southernplate.com. Can you see it?”
That’s M’boy!(A scan of the worksheet is at the bottom of this post)
I always think of these smoothies when school starts back for a very funny reason. When I first made them, they were called Virgin Banana Margaritas. I started making them, fell in love, and always referred to them as “Banana Margaritas”. I would make them for breakfast when I had bananas getting too ripe and the whole family just loved them, especially Brady.
Shortly after he had started kindergarten, I made them for breakfast one morning. Brady drank his share and then some, filling up on the tangy smoothie and bragging about how good it was. I didn’t give it another thought until after I had already gotten home from dropping him off. Then it occurred to me that Brady would likely continue bragging once he had gotten to school, boasting on his Mama’s “cooking” and how he had a Margarita for breakfast. I was mortified. I made a hurried phone call to his teacher’s cell phone. My worried explanation was met with laughter as she said he had mentioned them but she figured there was something more to it and had known to give me the benefit of the doubt!
So here you go, one more way to use up ripening bananas, another way to keep cool, and a quickie breakfast on school mornings!
You will need: Milk, Sugar, Bananas, Lime Juice, Ice
Fill your blender up about halfway with ice cubes.
Add lime juice
It will look like this now…
Ingredients
- 4 bananas
- 1/2 Cup milk
- 1/4 Cup sugar
- 1/2 Cup lime juice
- Ice
Instructions
- Fill blender halfway full of ice. Add other ingredients. Blend until frothy. Serve!
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Posted by Christy Jordan
on Aug 8 2008. Filed under Beverages.
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That’s so funny that he was bragging about having Margarita for breakfast! lol! These smoothies look delicious.
it’s a cute thing a child said. I’m sure teachers hear all kinds of stuff.
right now I’m dealing with our grade school selling smoothies during the lunch period. One flavor is called Margarita. They don’t seem to see a problem with this? Am I the only one who finds this offensive?
Looking for resources to help me.
I only wish our school served smoothies for lunch. It would be healthier than the pizza, french toast strips and other less than healthy/yummy food! I suggest you unbend a little, kids are exposed to so much these days, I doubt any of them are dumb enough to think the drink in a bar is the same as what they get in school.
It would bother me too. I don’t believe in drinking and do not want it promoted or seen as “normal” with my children. I’ve now buried an alcoholic brother, alcoholic father and have at least 2 more brothers who are alcoholics.
My adopted son has fetal alcohol syndrome. I hate alcohol.
Christy, I have no idea if you’ll see this since this comment since this post is “years old” by now, but I just want to thank you for posting this recipe without alcohol! I recognize that my own personal convictions are not everyone’s, but these are my convictions and I have them for good reasons.
The thought occurs to me that my kids can read and try this recipe without me ever having to worry about them tasting a drop of alcohol.
As I often remind my kids, “You can never become an alcoholic if you don’t touch a drop of the stuff.”
Bless you!
Michelle, I do try to read every comment left and try to answer as many as I can. Alcohol is one of the things you won’t see on Southern Plate. I try to make everything very family friendly so even if you send your child to find a recipe on here you won’t have to worry about what they see. ~HUGS~
And THAT is the very reason Im buying three more of your cookbooks…one for each of my daughters. Love your cookbook using familiar ingredients and no alcohol…no recipes to have to alter. THANKS!!
Thank YOU Julia!! You just made my day!!
That smoothie looks so delish Christy and so simple. I have some bananas i need to use so i think i will try this tomorrow morning. Dont kids say the funniest things LOL.
Thank you, Stephanie! Your recipes are just awesome, btw. Everyone check out her blog!
Tina (Mommy’s Kitchen)- Let me know how you like them. They are addictive! I use Splenda so I can drink all I want with no guilt. I LOVE THESE! It beats an alcoholic drink any day!
Lord, if I had a dime for every time my kids have said something to embarrass me….lol
Yippee, a recipe blog that Mr. Sweetie will LOVE….if I ever cook anything for him. I’m going to try several of the recipes you’ve shared.
Loved the posts and the photos.
4 simple things to put together in the AM..this is the shake for me! I will rise and shine to this any morning!
Christy we made the Bananarita smoothie this morning. I am happy to say we drank the entire blender full. Darn i was hoping to have some leftovers for just me grrrrrr. my dh said do I taste a hint of lime? I said yeah isnt it good he said yes. who’s recipe? I said Christy!! as if he knew who you were kind of like a old friend the way I put it. LOL. He said oh your blogging food buddy.
Leslie: Thank you! It really is good. I can get up and do the whole cooking breakfast thing, but I really hate to have to hit the ground running like that! On school mornings, its quick and easy all the way!
Tina (Mommy’s Kitchen)- My husband calls you “That Mommy”, lol! I just love having you around!
You little man’s letter is so adorable LOL That made my day seeing that
We frequently went out for Root Beer after church on Sunday. One morning when we picked up our then 2 year old daughter from Sunday school, she asked in a very loud voice, “Can we go to the beer store?”
Swedie
Hey Nikki! Thank you, he is my sweetie, That made me melt and laugh at the same time!! LOL
Swedie, OHMYGOSH how funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You know, as my son started getting older, we laxed up a bit on his tv and let him branch out beyond kiddie channels as long as we knew what he was watching and approved of it. He was so proud and went and told his teacher that his parents had started letting him “watch adult movies”!!
LOL!
THAT took some explaining!
Christy
I picked my first-grade son up after school one day, and he told me that I had to bring wine punch to the PTA meeting that night. I said that I didn’t think I did. He kept insisting that the teacher said I HAD to bring wine punch. When we returned home, I found a note in his book bag asking me to bring HAWAIIAN punch. More than 20 years later, this tale still makes us laugh.
I made the smoothie this morning and we all LOVED it! thanks so much for a great recipe!
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Oh! Sooooo good! Used lemon, ‘cuz no lime juice.
I’ve made the Bananarita Smoothie a couple of times this week. Delicious! My 7 year old, Stephen and even my 2 year old, Daniel, indulged in this frosty delight. What a nice twist to the smoothie. I’ve always made the berry and banana type of smoothies. The Bananarita is our new favorite! Thanks for sharing!
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Looks delicious…can’t wait to try it.
Awww he’s so proud of you! That made my day too
Wow I love these morning smoothies.! In fact I love all your creative ideas and recipes. Thanks…. looking for to your book and I tell all my friends about your web and fb page. Blessings.
Can I use bananas I’ve frozen in this recipe?
Yes! They’re great!
I used a magic bullet for this recipe and my 2 year old and I are livin’ large drinking “fancy drinks” =) thanks for the great recipe! Next time I’ll try it with my frozen bananas I’ve been saving for banana bread (another great tip I learned from you)
My version of this is to add a tablespoon or two of chunky peanut butter and some fat free yoghurt. Very healthy and filling!
I made a half recipe of this since there’s just my husband and I. Yum! I added a little extra lime juice and sugar because that’s how I roll. Usually my smoothies have 1 banana for 2 servings so this was quite banan-y and yummy. I may try adding more ice or some strawberries or a bit of frozen OJ concentrate to make an extra fancy Bananarita. Also, Christy, I’m going to school to be an elementary teacher and I would think it was pretty funny if a student came in and told me that
I tried this again but used sweetened yogurt (coincidentally enough, lime flavored yogurt though any flavor would be fine) instead of the sugar and milk. We liked it even better! Super tasty. Yogurt has more protein than milk and all those probiotics too. My husband hates the taste of Splenda (he can taste it anywhere!) but for some reason happily eats artificially sweetened yogurt, so using it instead of the milk and sugar works well for us
My regular smoothies are made of a banana, some other frozen fruit, yogurt and fruit juice, so making it all banana and using lime juice is quite a lovely twist. I never would have thought of this smoothie if not for you, Christy!
ha ha my daughter wrote about going the beer store with daddy and illustrated it with a truck full of empties in the back. totally frameworthy. teachers really must see it all.
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Another recipe that is great to use when the bananas get too ripe is money saving mom’s PB banana smoothies. Slice your bananas and freeze them till ready. Blend 1 cup of frozen bananas, 1 cup of milk and 1 tbs of peanut butter.
This is wonderful. I cut it down and made just one serving. The lime really adds something special. mmmmmm……
I am so glad to hear that you liked it MaryAnne!!!