Toddler " Hidden Veggie" Smoothie - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 cup whole milk (kids need their fats)
    1 whole banana, peeled (hehe, obvious)
    1 1 tablespoon sugar or 1 tablespoon other artificial sweetener
    1/4 cup plain yogurt or 1/4 cup vanilla yogurt
    Frozen Add-ins can be any of the following
    1/4 cup frozen cauliflower (I use this in almost all of the smoothies now)
    1/4 cup frozen spinach
    1/4 1/4 cup pineapple or 1/4 cup mixed fruit
    kale
    1/2 cup frozen peas and carrot
Preparation
    Pour milk into the blender.
    Add banana, sugar/honey/other, and then whatever frozen veggies AND a fruit to the blender. ***The key is you want to not go higher than halfway up a 5 cup blender or it gets too thick. Add milk or OJ if it gets too thick.
    Put blender on a high setting and let it go at it for a good minute or two. Pulse a few times to make sure it's at the \"right\" consistency (too your liking).
    Serve in a toddler friendly container--preferably something with a STRAW as they a) like straws and b) it helps with the intake of the smoothie. Do NOT put it in a sippy cup. Last warning -- my son had fresh kale in the first 3-4 of these I made and had some wicked black poo for days. Lets just say that was the end of the kale episode. ;).

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