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This morning I made a really nice smoothie from a whole apple, handful of strawberries, 2 small bananas, some plain yoghurt, a whole carrot and a handful of ice cubes. I must say it was fabulous!

The wife's always making smoothies combining various things like celery, spinach, root ginger, carrot, beetroot etc. with all sorts of fruit.

If anyone hasn't tried this already, get some ripe bananas, peel them and freeze them in a plastic bag and then blend them (using a suitably robust blender) and you're left with what tastes like the best banana ice cream ever. Other frozen fruits can be used and adding plain yoghurt also works well too to produce a much healthier treat for the kids than shop bought ice cream.