Today's Smoothie

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today we made a smoothie with:

1 cup apple cider
1 cup Brown Cow vanilla yogurt
1 frozen banana
1 fresh pear (cut into chunks)
sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice
1/2 cup ice

The result is beige and slightly thick, with a strong apple cider flavor and mellowed by the pear. :D Every way we've tried it, a fresh ripe pear is by far the best thing to put in a smoothie with apple cider.

Comments

[pnictogen_wing]

huhhhh I'll have to remember that because otherwise I'm not a big pear fan

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Not sure how sensitive you are, but I don't really taste the pear here, it mostly mellows the apple cider's sharp edge. Then again, I like pears, so YMMV.

Re: Thoughts

[(Anonymous)]

The last time pears were eaten in this house, everyone who partook ran out and was violently sick all over the not-a-lawn. I don't know if I'll ever dare to eat a pear again.

Peaches, fine. Apples, scrumptious.

Priscilla King

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

I probably wouldn't want to risk it after that either. O_O Though if it affected everyone, they were almost certainly bad or contaminated pears.

Apple works. If you can find a white peach or nectarine, try that, it should have a similar mellowing effect.