RECIPE: Pink Quickie - a Healthy and Easy Strawberry Milkshake - UPDATED!

UPDATE: A friend of mine suggested putting up some photos for the recipes, so I've added the snaps!

Okay, I know this is a really lame recipe to post, but its something to start with. And well, I've though of posting recipes as I make them, so it is more of a recipe-diary entry!

The color pink has always been associated with good health; you might have heard the phrase "In the pink of health". I imagine that this phrase came about by the general notion that healthy people are kind of pink in color! More specifically, if you pinch them, their skin turns a nice pink - to show very good blood flow. So pink means healthy, and now I have here a recipe for my Pink Quickie - a healthy and easy-to-make Strawberry Milkshake.

The ingredients are the ones you definitely have at home. And also, its healthy because it doesn't use ice-cream, like they make it conventionally.

SERVING SIZE: 2-3 Glasses

INGREDIENTS:

• Strawberries - 12 nos. (small to medium sized)
• Chilled Milk - 1 glass
  
• Ice cubes - 6-8 nos. (depends on the consistency you want)
• Sugar - 3-4 tbsp. (depends on how sweet you want it)

APPLIANCES NEEDED: Blender

METHOD:

• Wash the strawberries and cut off the leaf heads.

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• Put the strawberries into the blender along with the other ingredients.

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• Blend all the ingredients together.

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• Pour, sip and drink!

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PURPLE TIPS:
Add a bit of magic with these tips.

• The number of strawberries depends on how strong you want the flavor to be. Put more to get it more berry-ish.
• The number of ice-cubes and how you blend them would depend on the desired consistency. If you want the consistency to be smoothie-like, then you can just crush the ice separately, and just blend it slightly with the rest of the ingredients. If you want the shake to be thick and more milky, then put less ice.
• You can add in more fruits if you like, and even a bit of vanilla or some other essence. You can even try to spice it up with sprinkles of cinnamon or cardamom (Elaichi) powder.
• Substitute sugar with honey to make it a healthier drink.

Try it out and let me know how it came out. Also, please feel free to throw in your ideas.

Waiting to hear from you,

XOXO,

Purple Poise.