All you need is 4 ingredients to make this sweet and creamy strawberry banana milkshake.
Now, you might be thinking to yourself, โSelf…Why is Heidi posting Strawberry Banana Shakes when its not even St. Patrickโs Day? Whereโs the green minty shake? The Easter Egg colored Smoothie?โ
Iโll give you two reasons for this shake. Smudge and her friend K.K.’s a request for a sweet afternoon treat. See, now that the weather has finally made a turnโ70 degrees is in the forecast today and Iโm going skiing to celebrateโthe girls decided it was high time to ditch the snowpants and break out the shorts, tanks and lounge cushions.
Shakes are a summertime staple around here but with sweet, spring strawberries hitting the stores we think itโs high time to take an early plunge into shake making. Oh, that poor dog in a dress.
One of our standing traditions after Smudge visits the dentist, and if she gets a clean bill of dental goodnessโHey mom, look! No cavities yet!โall bets are paid up and its time to get a milkshake. Thatโs when we head to Iceberg.
Utah has some of the best shake drive-ins around and between Iceberg and Burger Bar, a Guy Fieri Triple D favorite,ย locals have no shortage of above the rim sweet treats whose servings sizes are better suited for a family of 3 than just a single serving.
Their over the rim shakes are so thick, so creamy youโd need a NASCAR horsepowered sucking machine to be able to get any of it through a straw. In fact they don’t even give you a straw with your order. These are spooners not suckers.
I donโt know if Iโve ever finished even a small size=as big as your head. And that’s why we also like to shake it up at home.
I’m not sure what happened to the name MILKSHAKE around these parts becauseย we just call them SHAKES. Somewhere down the line the MILK got lost. It’s the UT accent, similar to how ‘mountain’ comes out sounding like MOUN-IN or whenย an “S” gets added to Nordstrom: “I’m going shopping at Nordstrom’S” (hello, it isn’t plural.)ย Lazy or lackadaisical in our Western ways of enunciation? Come to UT and you can decide.
The shakes we like to make and eat at home are packed with fruit, a few big scoops of vanilla ice cream and blend up smooth enough to drink through a strawโa necessity since these straws are our favorites and used at just about every meal by an 8 year old strawberry loving redhead I know.
Speaking of shakes, specifically the Harlem Shake variety, this is the only one you need to see and boy howdy is it worth the watch. He is my boy!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xy35qv_justin-timberlake-bring-it-on-down-2-veganville-veganshake-snl-3-9-13_music
Now I am ready to shake. Dance, shake and cool off with some ice cream. Or become a vegan. Either way I’m converted.
Soak up some sun, listen to your cravings, enjoy some Justin Timberlake and take some time to act like an 8 year old at the first blush of spring.
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Liz @ FloatingKitchen
Beautiful photos of the girls (and the shakes too :-)). We had hail in Seattle last night. It certainly did not feel like spring. So I really need one of these shakes to get me in the mood!
a farmer in the dell
We just ordered our strawberry starts for our farm. I can’t wait to make this milkshake in a few months! Yum!
patti
Spring is on it’s way, sunshine, precious girls and strawberries especially in shakes. We’re all ready. Big hugs.