Hurricane Drink Ingredients

What's more refreshing than a frozen drink? If you are looking for a delicious healthy snack your kids will love, then a smoothie is an excellent choice. Or if you want to serve cooling refreshments to your summer guests, then a frozen drink is a real party pleaser. But there is more to it than just throw the ingredients in a mixer. Follow these secrets to make the fruit compote or perfect frozen drink and you become an expert!

1. Freeze the fruit ahead of time. It does not matter whether your smoothie recipe tells you to do this or not, this little trick will make for a thicker smoothie. Wash fruit, cut into small pieces (slice bananas), spread on a baking sheet in single layer and freeze. When fruits are frozen, you can pack in a bag or storage container in the freezer. For best results, use within two weeks.

2. Use fresh ripe fruit for best flavor.

3. When a recipe calls for ice, crushed ice is preferable. If you do not have crushed ice, you can always put ice cubes in a resealable plastic bag on a cutting board and "crush" the cubes with a hammer, rolling pin, frying pan, etc.

4. The order of mixing is important. First add the cold liquid, then the fruit, and then add the yogurt (or ice cream) or ice.

5. Considering using a smoothie maker. They really work! Unless you have a mixer powerful, it will work when the spray ice.

How to Fix a Less Than Perfect Recipe

Prepare smoothies and frozen drinks is not an exact science. You can start with a recipe and always change and improvement. Here are some basic tips to adapt any smoothie recipe to your tastes and requirements.

To make it thicker: Add more ice, frozen fruit (especially a banana), yogurt, ice cream or sorbet

If it is too thick: Add milk, water or juice and blend again. Be careful when you add a lot of juice because it will change the flavor of the frozen drink.

To make it creamier: Use ice cream, frozen yogurt or vanilla yogurt instead of ice.

To reduce calories: Replace whole milk with skim milk. Use frozen yogurt or sherbet instead of ice cream. Add fresh fruit instead of sweetened frozen fruit. Use a sugar substitute. Choose nonfat yogurt over regular yogurt.

To make it sweeter: Add honey, maple syrup, a little sugar (or granulated sugar confectionery mixes best) or Splenda.

If it is too sweet: add a little lemon juice or even lemonade.

To make it healthier: The power of yeast proteins available Add or brewer of the health food or vitamin store (and some supermarkets).

To add fiber: Add ground flax seed,, wheat bran, wheat germ, and leave the skin on fruit.

To make a frozen drink with alcohol: Substitute rum, vodka, liqueur or fruit for an equal amount of juice or any other liquid called for in the recipe. Pour into a margarita or hurricane glass and garnish with fresh fruit. However, if a frozen drink calls for alcohol and you prefer to drink non alcoholic juice simply replace milk or water to the spirits.

To add flavor: Use very ripe, quality fresh fruit. A little cocoa powder gives a taste chocolate. Try a few drops of almond extract, or some other fruit extracts sold in the bakery section of the supermarket. Add a pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg together.

Recipes begin:
(Mixture of each of these as shown above)

Strawberry Banana Smoothie
8 oz vanilla yogurt or strawberry
1 1 / 2 cups fresh strawberries, frozen
1 whole banana
1 tablespoon honey

Cream to orange.