Since we’ve lost the facility to bake cakes we’ve been replacing our usual dessert course with a nightly fruit smoothie. We’ve been doing a lot of experimenting and have discovered a few great combinations.

We put all the ingredients into a stainless steel jug and use a Philips ‘Billy’ blender to whiz the whole thing up in a jiffy! It’s much less of a faff to clean then if it’s done in a jug blender. And so much cheaper than if you buy it ready-made!

Just as delicious as a slab of cake, just a filling – but much friendlier on the waistline! Each recipe below makes two large glassfuls.

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• 1 fresh banana
• 75 grams frozen blueberries
• 200ml Rubicon pomegranate juice drink
• 3 dessert spoonfuls Yeo Valley damson & plum yoghurt
• half a dozen or so ice cubes

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• 1 fresh banana
• 1 tin strawberries in light syrup
• 200ml Rubicon guava juice drink
• half a dozen or so ice cubes

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• 1 fresh banana
• 3 dessert spoonfuls Yeo Valley Greek style yoghurt with coconut
• 300ml Princes pineapple & coconut juice drink
• half a dozen or so ice cubes

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• 1 tin peaches
• 3 dessert spoonfuls Rachel’s Greek style vanilla yoghurt with ginger
• 200ml Rubicon mango juice drink
• half a dozen or so ice cubes

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