Summer Treats: Fun Fruit Shakes

By Kim Tilley

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Blend. Use milk if you want it to be creamy. This one is really good!

PBO - Pineapple Banana Orange
1 frozen banana
1 cup orange juice
1/4 cup fresh or canned pineapple

Blend.

Melon Coolers
1 to 2 cups chunks of frozen, seeded watermelon
1/2 to 1 cup of water (enough to thin consistency to milk shake)

Blend.

Note: Watermelon freezes very well and is ideal for summer shakes. I like to deal with the storage problem of melons by cutting into chunks and freezing. If you don't want to seed the watermelon, you don't have to - the seeds will float to the bottom of the glass.

Julius Shakes
1 cup juice
1 cup water
1 egg white
3/4 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup ice (crushed is best)

Blend at high speed. Serves 2.

Note: The egg white is to make the drink frothy, which it is famous for. You can omit the white, or use that powdered egg white (I think it's called meringue powder) that is sold in the Wilton baking section of most stores.

Here's what I do: I wait for a sale on eggs, then get them home, separate into whites and yolks and freeze. I freeze the whites in small ice cube trays. I put the yolks into juice cans with 1/2 tsp salt and once frozen, put in a Ziploc-type bag. When I want to make a Julius or meringue, I take out the white in cubes and throw them in. Variations: Try any juice. Some of my favorites are pineapple, strawberry, lime or cranberry. Try mixing different kinds too. Cranberry and orange would be great together, and there are so many juice blends at the store. Experiment to your heart's content!