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…
4 bananas
1/2 C milk
1/4 C sugar
1/2 C lime juice
Ice
Fill blender halfway full of ice. Add other ingredients. Blend until frothy. Serve!
That’s so funny that he was bragging about having Margarita for breakfast! lol! These smoothies look delicious.
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
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