Food Storage Recipes: Powdered Milk Smoothies

I generally see these small smoothie kits at Costco that I'm Completely tempted to buy. Who wouldn't would like to have quick, healthy, ready-to-blend smoothies sitting there just waiting to be eaten? The trouble is they're so costly I can by no means justify getting them. My sister-in-law clued me in to this program she has been employing to create her own homemade smoothie kits as well as the most effective part is they use powdered milk so they're perfect for rotating through my food storage supply of milk.

Fruit and Yogurt Smoothies

Serving Size: 2 massive glasses
Prep Time: 5 minutes (when you make a bunch of baggies ahead of time)

Ingredients:
3/4 cup of frozen strawberries
1/2 cup of frozen blueberries
1/2 cup of frozen peaches or raspberries
1 cup of powdered milk prepared*
5 ice cubes of fat-free strawberry yogurt (or any other kind)
Sugar or other sweetener to taste
*instead of water for the liquid part of the milk, it is possible to use juice for the flavor and sweetness, plus the powder to create it creamy!

Directions:
Pour milk into blender
Add fruit, blend
Add yogurt cubes, blend
Add sugar, blend
Eat having a spoon, or drink having a straw

Directions to prepare a bunch of smoothies for the go ahead of time:
Buy 8-10 ziploc baggies
Buy bags of your favorite frozen fruits (I did 2 strawberry, 1 peach, 1 blueberry)
Divide up your fruit into the baggies
Divide a huge container of yogurt into ice cube containers and freeze
Once frozen place 5 yogurt cubes into each ziploc bag
Put bags into the freezer and use them up as you wish, all you will need to add is the milk and sugar.

By having all of these smoothie packets accessible in my freezer I have a ready-made, uncomplicated, healthy, and delicious meal or snack on hand at all times. My family members loves these smoothies and I can feel good about them consuming them, realizing exactly what's inside. Along with the ideal part is, I no longer need to be concerned about utilizing up the powdered milk from my food storage just before it expires. I can continually fall back on my trusted smoothies even if I do not do sufficient other baking to make use of up the rest. Having a husband who refuses to drink normal powdered milk makes it fairly hard to find approaches to sneak it into my cooking, but the smoothie trick works terrific!