At our house, we love to have homemade smoothies in the Summertime. Not only are they yummy and refreshing–especially on a hot Summer day!–but they can also be quite frugal. Yes, really, smoothies can be frugal!
Almost any kind of fruit can be used in a smoothie, but berries are especially good. During the Summer months when berries are in season and plentiful, the sales on them are usually abundant. Buy a little extra each week and wash, chop, and freeze them to have for later and you’ll save a bundle and stock your freezer with a nice variety of berries to use in smoothies for a few months to come.
I like to spread the berries on baking sheets after I’ve washed and chopped them and then stick them in the freezer until they are frozen. Once frozen, I transfer them from the baking sheets to freezer bags. This method prevents all of your berries forming into one big clump in the freezer bag and makes it much easier for you to get out a cup or two at a time to add to your blender for a smoothie.
Another fruit which is a must-have in smoothies is bananas. Our stores sell bananas which are past their prime for a very reduced price. I buy these up and we eat what we can the first day and then chop and freeze the rest to use in smoothies and banana bread. This is a much more cost-effective way to add bananas to your smoothies and you can’t tell that a banana was a bit overripe if it is in a smoothie!
Since I love experimenting in the kitchen, I find smoothies to be a great way to use up some of those odds and ends of produce from the refrigerator and freezer. From that little bit of leftover juice or yogurt which wasn’t used for breakfast the day before to the spinach from the garden which you have in abundance, almost anything can go into a smoothie so long as you put enough other things in it to “hide” it!
The other day, I used the items pictured above to whip up some strawberry smoothies: some of the YoBaby yogurt, frozen strawberries, milk, and some Santa Cruiz juice.
I always begin by adding in the frozen fruit and any fresh fruit, then yogurt or milk, and then liquids (either milk or juice). I add more liquid if needed and sweeten it with honey or sugar if it needs it (most of the time, we don’t add sweetener as the fruit is plenty enough!).
And the girls just gobble it up!
We love strawberry smoothies, but another family favorite is our Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie recipe which is posted here. I made it up on a whim one day and we all decided it was a keeper! If you’re a little more adventuresome, you might also try Green Smoothies. We’ve made these before and no one seemed to even notice the spinach in them!
Would you like to try your hand at making smoothies? Just for fun, I’m giving away a Smoothie Kit on my blog today complete with yummy smoothie recipes, a small Hamilton-Beach blender (shown above), and Bone Health t-shirts.
May was National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month and the Milk Bone Health Program was going to give away this kit then, but since I had a baby in May, I’m a little behind here. But I thought it’d be fun to still give away this kit–especially since it’s a wonderful time of year to be making smoothies.
To enter to win this Smoothie Kit, just leave a comment on this post in the next 24 hours. I’ll randomly choose a winner once this giveaway is closed.
The girls, enjoying their smoothies and sporting their “I {love} strong bones” t-shirts.
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We LOVE smoothies too, I just started freezing the bananas and it works out great. Thanks for the PB recipe.
We love to make smoothies as well. And our blender just broke!
Thanks for all of your hard work.
Mmm, I love smoothies.
YUM! We love smoothies at our house…but our blender just died…so this would be great!
This would be a great giveaway for me to win. My mom and husband are both having jaw surgery this year and will have their jaws wired shut for a month each. I’ll need all the help I can get when it comes time to take care of each of them. My mom is especially picky so I’ve been trying to stock up on recipes she might like.
I’ve recently started adding spinach to my smoothies and love it.
As always, thanks for the chance
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Those smoothies look delicious!
stephanie I would love the smoothie kit we too are crazy about smoothies all summer.
We sure do love homemade smoothies. Yummy.
Keep up the good work! You make a difference.
I love smoothies, but haven’t tried to make them at home yet…so this would def motivate me to begin!! Thanks!
I can’t possibly be the first comment??? We have smoothies almost every meal!
mmmm, smoothies! That sounds great, especially in this weather!!! Thanks for hosting this give-away!
I never thought of freezing bananas. I am not a huge berry fan but love banana smooties. Cutting and freezing the bananas is a terrific idea. Now if I can just get my 3 year old to like smoothies as much as I do.
Thanks for the ideas.
Please enter me into the drawing. Thanks!
I love smoothies too. We always add oatmeal or wheat germ to it, and I think it improves the texture without changing the taste much. Also, we usually add vanilla to ours.
Thanks for having this contest! We actually don’t have a blender, and this would be perfect for our family right now. God Bless!
We love smoothies at my house!
Crystal,
I love smoothies too. My mom got us started on them when I was living at home. I now am a single gal living on my own and still enjoy smoothies. (You don’t know of any KJV conservative guys in their 30′s middle to late or so that is looking for a wife do you:) You can take that part out:) I have started using peanut butter in mine too! I can get organic or natural peanut butter for dirt cheap:) My secret;) and so I enjoy the taste. I need to get to the grocery store more and freeze like you mentioned. I have no large freezer though:( Boo, hoo. Would be fun to win and thank you! I love your blog and turn others onto it when I can.
Michelle S.
This sounds so tasty!
I love smoothies! It’s a great way for my 1 year old to get his nutrients too.
Sounds great! I LOVE smothies!
We LOVE smoothies!! We make them almost daily and would love to win this giveaway
Cool deal, count me in.
My littles would LOVE smoothies! What a great idea!
Homemade smoothies……yummo! Refreshing in the heat, health building, and great tasting…thanks for the ideas! I am new to your blog and appreciate the time you take to help other mamas! From one mama to another…thank you!
The smoothie kit sounds like something fun to try out this summer! Thanks for putting this together!
I also love making smooties this time of year. You had some great idea’s, I loved the idea of cutting up the banana’s to put in the freezer. I do this with strawberry’s that we haven’t gotten to and it works great!
Yummy! Thanks for sharing!
My family has just started trying to eat better and smoothies are a great idea. Thank you for the information.
I love your blog and love your giveaways!!!
Ohh I would love to win this!
I love reading your blog!! The kids would love the smoothie kit.
Thanks,
Tonita Nance
3789 Rugby Pike
Jamestown, Tenn. 38556
redeemed5@twlakes.net
Sounds delicious!
My three girls LOVE smoothies…until they wore the blender out. New recipies and a new blender would be GREAT!
These smoothies look great!! Your thoughts would be to wash your berries before you freeze them? Is it ok to freeze them without washing them? Washing them once you are ready to use them. Does it matter? Thanks for the input!
We love smoothies at our house. We grow our own blueberries and trade some with our friend Marge for some of her blackberries. Our smoothies tend to be on the purple side! Our blender is getting old and tired, smells like rubber burning when we use it, so we could certainly use a new one. Have you ever made peach smoothies?
We love smoothies here, and could use a new blender! Thanks. Jessica, jehoch@gmail.com
thanks!
I am in. I would love to win this one.
Thank you
We love strawberry smoothies too!!
Great Smoothie ideas, I love the info on the berries.
Great giveaway
Whoo hoo! We love smoothies! Enter me, please.
What a great giveaway! My boys would love smoothies as a afternoon snack!
I love smoothies, too!
We’d love to win! We love smoothies at our house (I try to mimic Jamba Juice recipes!) but our blender just went on the blink.
Thanks so much for this offer – I’d love to get into “smoothies” so hope I’m the lucky one!
We love smoothies!
I would love a smoothy kit. Sounds delicious!
I was on a green smoothie kick for a while- I love the idea of buying clearanced bananas & having them on hand in the freezer!
Mmmm, those smoothies look wonderful!
I’d love to win this. My blender just bit the dust making homemade ice cream. Thanks.
I just started making green smoothies and I love them! Your family is precious!
Great ideas for smoothies. Thanks for sharing Crystal.
I’d LOVVVEEE a smoothie kit! Our blender leaves much to be desired when I’ve tried to make smoothies in the past!
We love smoothies at our house–I love fresh pineapple or pineapple juice with coconut milk and frozen bananas~this is so yummy! I like to add a little milk or cream as it cuts the tartness of the fruit, especially berries.
Thanks for sharing! I love your blog, you have inspired me to save money and bake
Wow! This is great. Thanks for the giveaway. I love your site.
I have enjoyed so much reading about your precious family. My family is grown with families of their own now, but I have really enjoyed everything that has been passed on. I look forward each day to reading about recipes and all of the promotions offered. I love the offers from CVS and all of the tips on saving dollars.
Thanks again and God bless you and your family!!
Would love to win this! We love smoothies! Thanks!
I have often heard you mention smoothies and would love your recipes. Thanks for offering this awesome giveaway.
i love smoothies!
Yum- you’ve sent me digging in my freezer for frozen fruit on this 90-degree day! Love that little blender.
Love your blog and your smoothies looks so yummy! BTW, your girls are so cute! Thank you for the hard work there!
Money saving mom has the best give aways! Free smoothie kit = woot! Thanks for offering this!
This would be a great blender for smoothies. I love frozen fruit. So much that instead of ice cream me and my darling have a bowl of yogurt with frozen blueberries in the evening.
I also like the teeshirts:)
Renee
Mom of four
rbrowm7997@yahoo.com
I would love a kit, my blender does not do the job very well. Tschilling@centurytel.net
Thanks Teresa
Smoothies are the best!! I would love to win this set!!
Wow, it looks like i will be the first post! I enjoy your baking posts. I am also a baker and enjoy doing it. I am excited to try your pita bread recipe soon! yummy!
Great giveaway – I could use a new blender!
I’d love to make a smoothie like those you mentioned but don’t have a blender…maybe I’ll win!
I love you website. You have given me many good ideas and coupons. My daughter loves smoothies.
Shauna
Wow- A real summer tiem treat – my kids would love it. THanks for the chance.
We love smoothies!
We love smoothies also, and would love to win! Thanks!
Thanks for all your great tips & recipes.
Another wonderful giveaway that i would LOVE to win!
Oh I love smoothies. This giveaway would be a wonderful one to win. Thanks!
What a great giveaway. I would love to win, my blender just broke!
I’d love to win this! We’ve been wishing for a blender for a while, but I never seem to find a decent one at yard sales or thrift stores.
love your blog
We love smoothies!
Yay!! What a great giveaway! My kids love smoothies and i’ve been wanting to get one of those blenders.
Count me in!!!
We love smoothies here as well. My husband likes to buy the store mixes but I think they have too much sugar in them. Put my name in the hat. Shari
The smoothies sound delicious! Count us in!
Hello, I love reading your ideas about saving money, coupons and prudent homemaking. I’ve tried some recipes and definitely cut out some coupons with your help! Thank you. We love smoothies too, homemade especially. Adding a spoon of PB and sometimes Nutella makes them even more delicious. Lord bless you in helping so many women to be better homemakers!
great idea on freezing the strawberries. This has always been a problem for me also. I find that it makes us more regular also. If you know what I mean
Boy these smoothies look YUMMY! I’d love to win!
I would love to win this! We have been freezing in-season fruit all spring and summer just for smoothies. Now we just need a decent blender!
Hi!!
You are such a wonderful inspiration to remember what the most important thing should be in our lives!! Our Lord Jesus Christ and his gospel!
Thanks so much!
Kate
I love your site and you have motivated me to try my hand at smoothies.
Thanks for sharing.
My children love smoothies but our blender died. This is a great giveaway!
I loved all your creative ideas about what to put in a smoothie. Smoothies can be a liquid “smorgasbord”!
) Thanks for the tips. I’d love to be entered to win the smoothie kit & blender.
~Sue
I love smoothies, but have never tried to make them at home. I know my little guy (and big guy too!) would love them!
what a great idea. thank you so much for showing exactly how to do this; I’ve tried a few times with little success.
My husband and I love smoothies! Thank you for the wonderful tips on obtaining fruit and freezing it! Sorbet also goes well in smoothies. Just a little bit can add a lot of flavor and no fat!
Love smoothies, would love to win! Thanks
We are just beginning our adventure into smoothies! Yummy so far. Thanks for the additional ideas!
We love smoothies- great giveaway. I never thought about freezing the ripe bananas. What a great plan- favorite tip of the day!
I just finished slurping down the last of my breakfast smoothie.
It would be great to have a smaller blender for smoothie making!
This kit would be great!
Love your blog!
Mary Jo
maryjowyse@yahoo.com
Yay! I love smoothie’s!
love the banana idea of chopping and freezing! thanks for offering this one! =)
I love smoothies too! And your blog!
Theresa
Love smoothies!!!
hope I win
I just froze some local strawberries – which would be great in a smoothie!
Great giveaway!
We love smoothies too!
I keep on meaning to make smoothies! Yum!
what a great giveaway! i would love to learn some tasty recipes for my two year old girls (and for mama) to enjoy
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I would love a smoothie kit. Sounds like a fabulous way to go with summer fruits and veggies.
I would love to be in the drawing.
I’ve outgrown my current smoothie maker – this would be great!
that peanut butter smoothie sounds great!!
My wifes freezes bananas as well. The first time I saw her doing it I shaked my head and kind felt she was acting strange. Now I know she is not the only one… hehee. Please count me in.
chuck
Sounds great.
Your girls are too cute! We love smoothies as well- even the “green” ones!
Fantastic idea! We love smoothies at this house!
Smoothies are awesome!
We LOVE smoothies!
WE LOVE SMOOTHIES!
The peanut butter banana smoothie sounds great! Would love to win the blender too!
Thanks for a chance to win a smoothie kit. Your girls are darling!
Thanks for the great idea
Thank you for the info! We love smoothies!
Smoothies are wonderful, and I could really use a blender right now. Thanks!
We love smoothies, too! GREAT idea on the bananas – I didn’t realize you could cut them and freeze them like berries. I will definitely start buying the discounted bananas for this! Your blog is fabulous – thanks for all of your ideas! How do you find time with three kids!?
thanks!
Love smoothies. Great giveaway.
Thanks for the great info on how to freeze the berries. Would never have thought to freeze the bananas. Smoothies sound wonderful. Can’t wait to try it. Thanks!
Love the banana freezer idea!! Thanks!
My girls love those smoothies!
We love smoothies!
Smoothies are favorites at our house! Thanks-
Good giveaway! Smoothies are perfect on a hot day like today!
I would LOVE this!
I would love to start making smoothies, they look so healthy and yummy!
We just visited my sister-in-law (and fam) and she made smoothies, when my kids saw her kids eating them up, they decided to try them and LOVE them. This would be perfect!! I’d love to see more of your recipes even if I don’t win!
We have smoothies frequently — also freeze them in popsicles. Love your blog.
I need a new blender! I think I almost wore mine out making butter in it for fun! Thanks!
Yay smoothies are sooo delicious!
I would love to make smoothies with my son. Please enter me in the drawing. Thanks!
Would love to win!! We have smoothies a few times a week!!
Smoothies are me and my 5 kid’s favorite! (and we need a new blender BADLY!)
we love eating smoothies too! I’ve also really enjoyed reading your blog!
That might be THE only way to get me to eat bananas – and Lord knows I need more fruit in my diet!
I freeze my bananas too. Our favorite smoothie recipe is 1 cup frozen strawberries, 1/2 cup frozen banana, 1 cup apple juice, 1 cup plain yogurt, and a few ice cubes. Delicious!!! Oh, and I’d love to have that little blender!!! (I used to have one, but it bit the dust…and I MISS it!!)
My husband and I went strawberry picking a couple of months ago and I froze a bunch of them. I’m making strawberry muffins tonight… but I’d love to make some into smoothies! I’m sure my husband would love that treat!
I love smoothies!
Last time Albertson’s had cheap strawberries {4lbs/$4.77 – that’s pretty cheap here}, we bought extra and froze them, but they’re all gone now. I’m hoping they go on sale again soon.
YUMMY!!!
I like smoothies. This is a good post and I would like to win that kit and those smoothie recipes.
I’ve never thought of freezing bananas either. I have teenage boys that play multiple sports. They make protein shakes each morning. I too freeze raspberries and strawberries for their smoothies and freezing bananas is a great idea! Plus, who doesn’t LOVE freshly baked, warm banana bread?? YUM.
Thanks so very much for all you do! I can’t even begin to tell you how inspiring you have been, not to mention how much money you have saved me and my family!!!
smoothies!! yum!!
Your smoothies look delicious! My oldest loves to help make banana smoothies. Never thought of freezing the bananas though, when ours goes “bad” we usually send them to my mom for her to make banana bread or bars
my smoothie machine broke during our recent move so I would love to win this one!
We love green smoothies and my son has no idea what makes them “Green”! haha!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Shannon
I’d like to be entered! We enjoy smoothies almost daily. This week I got 40# of ripe bananas for $2 and froze them to use throughout the next few months!
We enjoy smoothies too. Like you, I’ve found that frozen bananas are a terrific addition to them. I’m going to try the peanut butter.
Thank you for having the contest!
Lora
I love smoothies and always use frozen berries. I might have to try frozen bananas for my son though. I don’t like bananas but he loves them. Thanks for the ideas.
thanks for entering our family! We love smoothies in our house, too. Carrot smoothie is our favorite….carrots, orange juice, milk and ice. Mmmm! Have a blessed day.
Pamela
dan pam hawk @ gmail. com (minus spaces)
I was just wondering how to make smoothies- thanks! And I would wear that shirt with pride. I <3 dairy!
What a cute giveaway! We love smoothies too, but haven’t made any in awhile, so this will be a nice treat. Thanks.
Smoothilicious! Thanks!
We love smoothies and peanut butter banana has become one of my favorites too!
I love smoothies.. and the tshirts seem like perfect full body bibs to keep my little man clean!!
Great idea to put the girls in big t shirts when they are eating something messy!
This would be AWESOME to win!! PLEASE pick me!
Ooh, Ooh. I need a blender!
Yeah, smoothies! What a great give-away. I’d definitely love to win this!
Peanut butter & banana smoothies sound interesting…I’ll have to try them!
mmm smoothies are my favorite thanks for the give!
Our blender just kicked the bucket! Would be so excited to win this one!
Yum!!!
We love smoothies here, too. My personal favorite is strawberry, peach, and banana – yum!
This looks like a yummy treat to have on a hot summer day.
My husband love Strawberry/Banana Smoothies!
We love smoothies at our home too! It would be great to replace our ancient blender with a new one! Thanks for the opportunity!
Yum! Smoothies are great and my girls are fruitaholics, so this would be wonderful for us.
Wow we would love this prize!
Smoothies would hit the spot for us here in hot hot Florida.
I can’t wait to try your peanut butter banana smoothie. That sounds yummy!
Those smoothies look delicious. Thanks for the offer!
My kids would love these!!!
The smoothies look delicious! It makes me want to get out my blender and make one!
Thanks for the giveaway! Love smoothies!
Wow, I have never considered making a smoothie — sounds healthy and less expensive!
I’d love to win a smoothie kit, as I’m a definite novice at making them!
I’d love to win this kit! We love smoothies at our house but our blender is over 50 years old and doesn’t always work the best!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
My fave is a blueberry banana smoothie!
I love smoothies!
Love smoothies! Thanks for the tips.
They look yummy! I would love a chance to win.
I recently got into making smoothies as a way to continue to strive to eat healthier. Thanks for the great site, I’ve really enjoyed learning what you have to share!
Yum! I think we need to start making smoothies at our house. Thanks for sharing!
I love smoothies! I buy the large boxed of spinach at Costco to use in our smoothies. My son did not like the fact that they were “green” until I told him it was a “John Deere” shake and then he gobbled it up and asked for more.
We like smoothies-my 7 year old is over my shoulder saying, Yum!-Thanks for the chance!
I love smoothies, but have yet to make them here at our house. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
Ohh. I love to be a winner.
I’d love to try making smoothies.
Thanks for the chance at the giveaway! We LOVE smoothies at our house!
Yummm! Summertime is smoothie time!
We love smoothies……Or favorite are strawberry ones. YUMMMM!
I love smoothies, and just bought a blender to try making my own and even better the blender had a $20 rebate at Sears! I can’t wait to try your receipe above! Thank you!
Thanks, Crystal!!!
My son has a “veggie” issue – but what he doesn’t know won’t hurt him. I added spiniach to his smoothies for the past few years – he can’t see it/taste it (seriously), but he’ll eat it…
The other day I told him about it…he’s old enough to start making his own smoothies and to be interested in what’s really iin them…and he decided that wasn’t so bad so he’ll keep adding it…and he’s trying more stuff too – rhubarb, carrots, broccoli – some a bigger hit than others, but he’s eating more veggies!
A smoothie kit would be awesome!
My husband has really loved making smoothies lately since I got a ton of strawberries on sale. We are looking forward to trying out the raspberries from the garden of our new house soon.
Thanks for all you do!!
my 17 yr old daughter loves making smoothies! we enjoyed reading the ideas for how you make yours.
I’ve been dying to make smoothies lately, but for some reason they intimidate me – I just don’t know where to begin! This kid would be oh-so-helpful.
Would love to win this…thanks!
We love smoothies! Thanks!
Smoothies are just plain fun to eat! Thanks for the chance to win!
I would love to try smoothies. I’m always sneaking veggies into my 2 year old’s meals, so I think this would be a great way as well. It might even work for my husband!
I would love to try some of these reciepes for my grand children. Thanks for the tips on freezing fruit. I wll try those. Hope I win. My email is mama_d7@hotmail.com
We LOVE smoothies at our house. My 11 year old is always coming up with some new combination and loves to experiment.
Great frugal idea! And your kids look so cute with their smoothies! Hope to be the big winner!
What an awesome give away!! And healthy for you too!
By His Grace,
Michelle
I love smoothies. What a perfect summer giveaway.
hollynicole13@hotmail.com
Yummy giveaway!
I tried making smoothies and mine just don’t come out that great. I am going to try again instead of giving up. My husband told me I cannot anymore because I am ruining the blender, but oh well. If I win I will have my own blender. HAHA.
Those smoothies look delicious and your girls adorable!
Smoothies are awesome!
This is such an awesome giveaway! Thank you!
We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE smoothies too and we make them so much that our blender is about ready to die. So I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your smoothie kit and the blender. We add some chocolate protein powder in our smoothies and we love that too, then you get some extra protein in our diet without even realizing it. But I will definitely try the PB banana smoothie recipe too. Thank you.
Mmmm!
Sounds like a yummy giveaway!
-Amanda
My boys love smoothies!
Smoothies are the best!
A blender is on my list of things I need
How cool would that be?? Thanks
Mmm, we’re big smoothie fans, too. Thanks for the fun!
Oh how I need a blender!
I love smoothies. My little ones still aren’t crazy about them because they don’t like anything cold yet, but I keep trying.
Yum yum yum! My kids LOVE smoothies!
We make a lot of smoothies in our house too, but our blender is on the fritz! This would be great!
Yummy! Would love to know if/how you get good deals on the Yo Baby yogurt. My littlest is just starting to eat it but it is expensive around here. Thanks!
My family loves making smoothies, and it’s such a great way to “hide” in those great nutrients such as flax seed oil, or acai!
Yum! I love smoothies!
I’m not good at making smoothies and would love to learn – this sounds great – thanks!
I am interested.
Our blender just broke — I would be so excited to win!
Thank you for all that you do! Smoothie’s are such a nice summer treat!
I love smoothies!
I have got to make smoothies for the girls! Thanks for reminding me to try this out!
Yum. We love smoothies in our house!
Your smoothie recipes sound wonderful! I can’t wait to try them. What an amazing giveaway for these hot summer afternoons. I would love the smoothie kit.
please enter me, I have never tried to make smoothies before.
I love smoothies… so much in fact that a strawberry, bannana, peach smoothie was the first thing I asked for after pushing out my first baby! Thankfully there was a smoothie shop down the road that just happened to be open so I got my wish!
My kids loves smoothies. Thanks for sharing.
Your girls are too cute!
Yum Smoothies! We are huge fans too!
There is nothing better on a hot summer morning than a nice cool smoothie! Our favorites are any type of berry smoothie. I also just sold my son on a peanut butter banana smoothie last week. He loved it and it filled him up which is hard to do with a 14 yr old!
We enjoy smoothies here too, and my dear hubby has been known to wear out blenders…he makes a smoothie everyday
Spinach smoothies are our favorite. My boys call it “frog juice”! Thanks for sharing these great tips!
My kids and I would love this! They’re 13, 9 and 6 months, but of course, I’ll make sure the 6 month old gets his after about 4 hours.
I have just begin enjoying smoothies this summer and sharing them with my toddler son!
My family loves smoothies and would rather have a smoothie then ice cream or any other dessert.
Yum! What a great idea to cool down with. Your pics were super cute too!
I would love to win!!!!
I lost my frozen bananas when our freezer died, and I miss having them around for smoothies! I can’t find reduced fruit very often in our area, but I’m hoping I’ll find more cheap bananas soon!
I love smoothies!
Sounds delicious! Jill
Yumm… we love smothies!
We love smoothies! I also love your blog and love seeing your girls. They are so cute. Thanks for sharing!
Love to have some smoothie recipies…count me in!!
I started putting spinach in my smoothies a while ago and love that you can’t even taste it in there, but it adds so much goodness!
Smoothies are a perfect way to get some fresh fruit and dairy in your diet!
Your models are too cute!
First the free smoothie coupon and now these smoothies? I’m going to go crazy if I don’t get one soon!!
I love smoothies!!
Kelly
kmoon584@gmail.com
Those Smoothies look SO good!! Thanks for all you do!
I’d Love to win this. My kids are really into smoothies. Thanks! grogereva2 (at) aol (dot) com
I would love to try my hand at making smoothies! I’m feeling lucky!
This would be great for our 100 degree weather here in Texas! Thanks for the offer
We do smoothies here too. I never thought to freeze the berries on a cookie sheet, though. However, my dad told me he doesn’t wash blueberries until he’s ready to use them. He just freezes them and bags them. He says it makes them mushy to wash and then freeze. I’ll try it his way once, I’m sure:)
I absolutely love these ideas! Any smoothie with peanut butter in it is a keeper!
Yummmmmm! I love smoothies!
Yummy! My husband and I love to drink smoothies!
Sounds like a great summer treat, thanks!
We love smoothies too! I’ve never been brave enough to try spinach in them, though.
I love making smoothies!
I bought a smoothie maker one year but the spout on it always jams up with the fruit. Would love a real blender to try them out again!
Great giveaway. Our blender died a couple of months back, so this would be perfect. I’ve been needing a way to take advantage of all the great produce deals lately! Enter me, please.
We love smoothies too! Would love to win.
I love smoothies!
Please enter me!!
Smoothies on a hot day, yummy!
How fantastic! Such a yummy summer treat
count me in!!! i love smoothies!
My two girls love smoothies too!
I finally perfected my smoothie-making system! Yum!
We love smoothies and we make them few times a week. We would love this!
we love smoothies here too! I dont have a blender right now, so this would be perfect!
Fun giveaway! Thanks!
Got great strawberries this week at Target for $.50 after coupons, so I’m all about making some smoothies for my boys!
Any suggestions for using soy milk?
We love orange smoothies!
I just started making my toddler smoothies and she LOVES them!
My daughter and I love smoothies, we make them at least twice a week (I even make my own yogurt). Thanks for the opportunity to win!!
I have been wanting to add smoothies to our day for a while and haven’t done it . Noticed that our Sam’s has big boxes of strawberries for less than $3. I’m going to try it this week. Great idea!
Thanks for these great tips! I’m definitely going to give these a whirl!
I love smoothies — I freeze my odds and ends of fruit in muffin tins then they are cup size and I use my immersion blender to puree them.
Trying to win!
My kids love smoothies. It’s a nice, healthy treat.
We make smoothies often too. It is my secret way to use up that last bit of green veggies before they go bad. My boys love watching the mixture turn green and then red/purple (depending on the berries added.) Would love to win the smoothie maker. I keep killing our blender.
Oooh, love smoothies! Thanks!
We love smoothies here too. Enter me in!
Yummy! I add a scoop of our “green” nutritional powder to our fresh juices for extra nutrients! We’ve been getting a little tired of just juice, however and a smoothie sounds great!!
I never followed this blog of yours before since I don’t live in the USA and most of the deals you post are for there. Since it is the only one you have now though – here I am.
If this is open to Canada – count me in. If not, I do have a friend in Georgia that would love this!
My kids love smoothies. We have a magic bullet and they can make one whenever they want. The problem is we run out of our fruit supply before the end of the month. Would love to win on this site! I follow you daily.
I would love to have this! The kids would love to have smoothies.
We love smoothies at our house!
Smoothies are great… thanks for the giveaway!
love smoothies!
I would love to try it! Thanks.
Mmmmm! Smooooooothies!
Your smoothies look fantastic!
I would love to have this! THe kids would love smoothies.
My whole family loves smoothies as well. I even made popsicles and the only ingredients were strawberries and plain fat free yogurt. My 2 year old loved it! No more store bought popsicles with added sugar for us!
Please enter me! Thank you.
Hey! I recently found my dad’s hand blender and the past two days we have REALLY been having tons of smoothies but I can’t seem to get my 20 month old to eat or drink them
I put it in a sippy and call it “Yogurts” bc she LOVES Yogurt that way but she doesn’t like it. I’m starting to think that maybe she hates strawberries.
Is your 2 year old not a picky eater?
Love you!
Great giveaway! Thanks for all of your hard work!
thanks for all you do on here, I am new around here and it’s so great
Sounds Yummy!!!!
Those smoothies recipes look great. Can’t wait to try one.
Smoothies are amazing! And for personal reasons, I’m a huge supporter of bone health research, prevention, and awareness.
Thanks for the give-away. And as always, great blog!
In case I don’t win the smoothie kit, do you think a food processor would achieve similar results? Currently I don’t own a blender.
Hey Crystal,
Your recipe’s are always my favorite part of your blog! My 2 year old son has a skin disease that affects his asophogus and mouth. I use my magic bullet every day to make his food mushy and soft for my little guy. I would love to win this give away and would put it to good use everyday. Thanks for being such a good role model with your mommy skills!
We love smoothies here! And I could use a new blender. Count me in!
Yummmmmmmmmmmy! Smoothies are the best!
We love smoothies. Thanks for a great site.
Thanks for the smoothie reminder. With extra fussy kiddos, smoothies are a great way to add nutrients to a diet!
I am so enjoying (and learning from!) your blogs, Crystal. My friend and I talk about you and your shopping adventures often since we discovered your site. Thanks for posting how you freeze your berries so they come out okay. I was never taught any of this and am new to eating frugally.
I love smoothies. Peach strawberry and mango is one of my favorites.
I’ve been making smoothies regularly now that I’ve been reading your blog and hearing about you making them–thanks for giving me the idea of such an easy treat!
We love smoothies too. Lately we’ve been getting fresh black and blue berries for them. Yum.
I would love to win!
Thanks!
The smoothies look yummy!! I would love to win.
Yummm
We love smoothies and frozen yogurt pops. My blender has been acting up lately, so I hope I win this. Thanks for the awesome recipes and tips!:)
One of my summer favs too! Thanks for the idea of the freezing the fruit on a cookie sheet first… You are awesome!
Thanks, for posting all the great deals! Smoothies are a great treat to beat the AZ heat.
These look really yummy!
I would love to win a smoothie kit! My son struggles with getting enough calories due to some medication he’s on, so he starts his day with a smoothie packed full of nutrition – it is a great way to give him that extra boost. He thinks they are great and drinks the entire glass without complaint! Thanks for the chance to win!
I’d love to win!
I love smoothies too!
I am so amazed…how on earth do you find time to do all this stuff?!?!? Baking day was incredible! I have a 1, 2 and 4 year old and I dont know how you do it!
Who doesn’t love a smoothie? Thanks for the giveaway!
Those smoothies look yummy on this hot day!
I’ve been on a smoothie kick lately and have been making one a day for a snack! Yum! Always looking for new kinds to try.
We LOVE smoothies, too! I’m excited to stock up on fruit during these summer months!
I love smoothies but have never tried making them. I guess I question how it would turn out if I did it on my own. Sounds like a great way to sneak some nutrition into my picky son though, thanks!
Oh we love a good smoothie! Thanks!
Sounds great! My kids & I would LOVE to win this – thanks!
We love smoothies
Mmm, smoothies! We make them all the time here, it’s how I get my kids to eat fruit and veggies without a problem;-)
Thanks!
We love smoothies too. Only problem is that we don’t have a blender.
Have a great day!
I would love to have some smoothie recipes!
I would love to win! The 1000th time is the charm right?
Cool! (Literally!) We love smoothies too.
I make my own yogurt:
(http://b1g1bargainsblessingsbananas.blogspot.com/2009/01/recipe-for-yogurt.html)
We try to add in odds and ends as well. My favorite addition to berry & banana smoothies was chopped, frozen carrots I’d gotten on clearance. If V-8 can do it, we can too!
love, love smoothies! We would just love to win this kit :-0
we can never make enough smoothies over here!
Blessings-
Rachelle
YUM! Thanks! I have frozen so many other fruits, but never thought about freezing bananas! Good tip!
thepolkadotlollipop@hotmail.com
Thank you Crystal, my blender is getting a little old, it was a wedding gift over 22 years ago
We love smoothies! We would eat them everyday if I could keep up the fruit supply.
We love smoothies. Thanks for posting the link to your peanut butter banana smoothies- we are going to have to try this. Also, many thanks for sharing your awesome way to freeze bananas- so much better than the way I was freezing them.
We love smoothies here and are in need of a new blender!
We love smoothies! Please enter me…
Mmmm….love smoothies! My husband doesn’t like them, so I’m thrilled that my 14 month old has decided that they’re yummy! Now I have someone to share with!
Thanks for the easy smoothie directions. I think I’ve always avoided making them ’cause of the tedious and messy task of making them….but you make it sound enjoyable. Thanks!
I love making smoothies at home! Thanks for the chance… those pictures of your daughters are too cute!
jadensmail at gmail dot com
sure! We’d love that at our home!
My kids love smoothies!! Mommy loves them too when I can sneak in some leafy green spinach with some blueberries and nobody is the wiser about the HEALTHY snack they just ate!!
I love smoothies as well but stay away from adding banana…it seems to be the dominate flavor if I add it. Love peaches in mine. I often add purreed squash, carrots, tomato or other mild flavored veggies as well. If you look on the bottles of V8Splash, you can get some good ideas of veggies that work well in smoothies.
We love our smoothies too!!!
We love smoothies at our house, too!
I love smoothies…and I don’t have a blender!
Thanks for the recipe! We love smoothies and our blender brok a few months back. Would love to win!
We love peanut butter, banana and chocolate smoothies (I use a chocolate mix to add more vitamins etc.) my kids LOVE them.
We have never frozen bananas before…thanks for the tip.
We love a good smoothie on a hot afternoon!
A) Your daughters are adorable and it warms my heart to see them eating such a healthy snack without fussing and B) I would really love a blender! That is one thing I’ve never really been able to squeeze into the budget.
We would love to make smoothies. Thanks for all the great tips!
I’d love to start making smoothies now that I’m home for the summer.
We enjoy the smoothies, and our blender is on it’s way out, so we would love to enter.
I have never made smoothies, but would love to try! Thanks for the giveaway.
We love smoothies too!
I would love to try making smoothies. They look delicious and nutritious!
We would love to make smoothies. Thanks for all the great tips and this offer.
I love smoothies! thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks for your commitment to helping us find great deals (and for being a stellar example of a servant of Christ!) Anyway, my kids love smoothies too, I guess it is a food that kids universally love. Thanks again.
Thanks for the giveaway! We love smoothies!
We make smoothies all the time here! WE all love them! I use the magic bullet for them and freeze the berries as you do! My husband puts protein powder in his.
Love, love smoothies, but my blender is a terrible pain. This one looks A LOT easier. Great tip about freezing the bananas rather than using ice cubes as I sometimes do. Thanks!
Would love to win!
We love smoothies, too! I never thought of freezing the berries on a baking sheet and transferring to a freezer bag! I have the hardest time separating out big lumps of frozen berries. Thanks for the idea!
I just tried to make the peanut butter banana one on Saturday. After all the ingredients were in the blender I discovered it was not working. I had some REALLY disappointed kiddos!
This would be awesome! Our blender is very old and inefficient. DH has said it would be nice to get a new blender or smoothie maker, but I don’t want to spend the $$!!
Thanks for the opportunity!!
I sure could use that blender.
Just last week I went to make a milk shake and realized I didn’t have a blender it probably got lost int he move. I’m not a huge smoothie/milk shake drinker so I didn’t know I lacked the appliance. I’ve seen so many good recipes on blogs lately and feel so left out!
I’ve never won on blog giveaways so I hope this is my chance!!
-Glo
I’ve actually never made a smoothie and so want to start!
Those recipes sound Yummy! I will have to try it.
the smoothies sound great. My whole family loves them. you’ve given good ideas about freezing berries
Thanks for the smoothie tips. I have some fresh spinach on hand, so we might just try a green smoothie.
This would be a huge blessing. I don’t have a blender and my husband loves smoothies. I am trying to eat healthier too but I don’t like the texture of many fruits, but I love smoothies. Maybe I’ll be the winner?
We have smoothies almost every day at our house. Thanks for some new ideas!
I’m a big fan of peanut butter and banana smoothies as well. They make great meal replacement shakes with protein powder added and it doesn’t even feel like I’m dieting!
we like them, but i sorta forget. some recipes & blender would be inspiring enough to make some!!!
Smoothies sound great right now. And hopefully, we will be off to pick strawberries this week.
I don’t make smoothies as often as I would like to, but winning this would help me come up with more ideas on what to put in a smoothie for my son.
Your girls are so clean for eating smoothies in white shirts! The perfect treat in this heatwave!
I’d love to win! We haven’t ventured down the homemade smoothie road yet, but I know the kids would love them!! This would be a great kickstart!! My husband loves Smoothie King!
Thanks!
Christina Truelove
Love smoothies here too. My poor blender has about had it b/c of all the smoothies we’ve eaten! Thanks.
Me, please…
your banana peanut butter smoothie sounds awesome!!!
I’m going to try the peanut butter banana smoothie… it sounds yummy!
i love smoothies so much!
My favorite smoothie is an Orange Creamsicle Smoothie…. OJ, Vanilla Yogurt and ice cubes – it can’t be beat!!!!!!!!!!!!
My girls love smoothies!
Wow, what a great contest!! Thanks for having it!
Mmmm . . . smoothies are yummy!
Mmmmm… Smoothies!!!
You are so sweet! Even with a newborn in the house, you STILL have time for a fun giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!
We love making smoothies at our house as well.
Great giveaway. Thanks!
Shannon in Indiana
YUM!!! I think we’ll be having smoothies tonight after dinner!
We make green smoothies for breakfast and snacks a lot. I love that I can get so many good things into my girl at one time! We’d love a new smoothie maker! Thanks!
Had a smoothie for lunch. But having a second smoothie maker would make it easier to have enough for everyone – or to make multiple varieties at the same time for when friends come over!
Thanks for the giveaway!!
Those look delicious!
Sign me up!!
Love your blog!!!! I have been blessed with so many freebies and cheapies in the past few months because of it. My family would love to have a smoothie blender, so fun!!!
We love smoothies too -
We love smoothies!
I love smoothies, but rarely think to make them. This makes me want to even more!
Yum!!!
Yum!!! I love smoothies!
thinking about what ingred. we have on hand for a summer smoothie
I love smoothies and my blender broke a couple weeeks ago. I’d love to win this.
Yaaa Smoothies!
We also love smoothies and they make a quick Sunday morning breakfast.
Thanks so much!
I’m in! We love smoothies here as well, though I used to make them much more often. Love your blog!
Mmmmm looks yummy We love making smoothies!
Yummy! A smoothie sounds so delicious right now!
Love your blog!
i’ve been wanting to try making some smoothies. our local market/coffee shop has AMAZING fruit smoothies that I love! Of course, at almost $4 a pop, I rarely buy them!
i’d love to try smoothies.
Yes smoothies are a great and healthy treat. I just made one before reading your blog! Thanks for the great tips on freezing fruits.
Hope I win!
Yum Yum!!! DH & I need to get back into smoothies!
Smoothies! Yay!
I wish I could actually win something on here. I try all of the time during the giveaways..
I’d love to try and win the Smoothie kit!!! Love it!
In this summer heat, smoothies are a healthy way to keep cool too!!
thanks for this post! my husband LOVES smoothies and it was encouraging to know that i can make him smoothies frugally!
I was just talking about making smoothies the other day. How fun!
Smoothies sound great, but I don’t have a blender…this sure would help!
Our family loves smoothies!
I thought you were brave, letting your girls eat strawberry smoothies in white shirts.
Great giveaway! I freeze berries for smoothies as well
I would LOVE to win! thanks!!!
We love smoothies! Thanks for the great giveaway opportunity!
I’ve always wanted to try making smoothies, but have never taken the plunge! I think your post just inspired me to give it a try!
I would love to win the smoothie kit! My son is 18 months old, and I think he would like them.
We love smoothies
jend114@yahoo.com
Thank you for this giveaway! We love smoothies, too!
mmm, smoothies in the summer – how wonderful! I need to work a little harder at freezing the fruit that’s available in the summer so I can stock up a bit when the prices are good.
WOW! You have 446 comments already! We love smoothies in our home as well, so we’d love to accept your goodie!
I love smoothies!
Fruit is my favoite thing in the world!!!!! I could literally live off of fruit…well, you know what I mean!
mmmmm yummy smoothies just what I need on a hot day. Love them they are so delicious. i would love a smoothie kit.. thanks for posting this.
I love smoothies! Thanks for the giveaway!
Wow! And I was just looking at the bananas on the counter and thinking about making banana bread, but with the temps suppose to hit the 90′s, this is a much better idea! Thanks!
my husband would love this!!!!
Love me some smoothies!!
I love smoothies too, especially in the hot, humid summertime!
The smoothies sound delicious! I can’t wait to try one.
It would be fun to learn how to make smoothies.
We love smoothies. Thanks for this chance….I could use a new blender.
I’m going to try your peanut butter banana smoothie…this sounds great!
I love smoothies! Thanks for the great giveaway!
MY SON AND I LOVE SMOOTHIES AND ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW RECEIPES
smoothies are such a great treat! thanks for the recipes.
thanks for the great giveaway. this would help over the hot months.
I love smoothies!
I am a huge fan of smoothies, but never think about making them at home! Thanks for the inspiration!
yay for giveaways!
Great ideas! I will keep smoothies in mind as I put away the abundance of wild blackberries.
My 2 year old loves smoothies. I need a new blender because mine broke!
I need to learn how to make them at home and stay away from the $4 a pop ones out!
Pick me please!
I do love me some smoothies!
Count me in!
Maybe we should try smoothies. Thanks!
I would love to start my 2 yr old on smoothies. Since he is allergic to milk, maybe he can eat more yogurt for the calcium if we make smoothies.
My blender broke last month. How fantastic to win this one!
I’m in! I’d love to have a smaller blender for these smaller jobs. My 2yo and I love smoothies, though my husband and 5yo won’t touch them. I don’t know what’s wrong with those two.
I would LOVE to make my kids homemade smoothies! We’re enjoying homemade pitas right now! BTW – they work GREAT on the grill!
I love smoothies and yet my kitchen is without a blender! I would love to win this
I love to make smoothies. And hadn’t even thought of freezing extra berries from the farmer’s market! Thanks for the idea.
What a perfect & healthy way to cool off on these hot summer days.
Thanks for the freezing banana tip…I’ve never frozen them, but do other fruits.
~eunice
Crystal,
what a great idea! thanks so much for the chance to enter.
(will miss your momoflittles site)
I so want to make smoothies for my kids but our blender broke years ago. I’d love a new one!
Love this post!! The kids are too cute!!!
What a great giveaway! We LOVE smoothies at our house.
I’ve been making lots of smoothies lately. Made some with spinach and my kids had no idea they were eating veggies…Love it!
We love smoothies too and recently came across a recipe for homemade yogurt in your crockpot! If anyone else is interested in this, the recipe can be found at http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/10/you-can-make-yogurt-in-your-crockpot.html . Thank you “crockpot lady”! We’ve been making it for a few weeks now and it works great! This definitely helps to make smoothies more frugal and healthier! Make it with organic milk and you have a great substitute for yo baby! Give it a try!
yum! smoothies!
This would be a great project to try with my girls!
We love smoothies too!!!
I’ve made smoothies before but not on a consistent basis- only and I totally agree with you- if we’ve found the yogurt on a super sale and we have some fruit that needs to be eaten=). I’ve also used instant milk in smoothies too.
I love smoothies. Most of the time I make my own smoothies. Its not only frugal but also healthy. Strawberry smoothie is my favorite.
Thanks for the great ideas! I never thought to freeze fruit on a baking sheet first!
We love smoothies around here.
Your girls are so cute!
Thanks for the great smoothie ideas!
Smoothies are a staple in our house too!
smoothies are the best summer treat!
I love smoothies!
Those are great ideas! Thanks.
We love making our own smoothies at home! I always tell my family that ones made by me have a special ingredient of LOVE in it.
Smoothies are the only thing I can eat for the first few months of being pregnant- nothing else sounds good or stays down!! Thanks for a great website!!
i was just thinking of using up our extra fruit today. Great idea!
We love smoothies also!
my family loves smoothies too; strawberry banana smoothies are our favorite!
Stawberry smoothie sounds good
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Love this post! Thanks!
Great idea to freeze the berries individually!
We love smoothies! Thanks for the chance.
I would love to win this!
Smoothies are a hit here as well!
I am in desperate need of another blender! My daughter broke ours and another one is not in the budget. Thanks.
Hey I dont know what happened to my comment but I would like a chance.
We would love to win sshhh!! don’t tell my children that I sneak cottage cheese in ours to up the protein….
You’re amazing, all you do is very appreciated! And, we LOVE smoothies!
We love them at our house too! My fav is Raspberry banana! Yum!
My husband is a BIG FAN of smoothies. He would love it if I surprised him with a smoothie kit! It would be great to try a bunch of new recipes.
Great giveaway!
Smoothies are one of our favorite treats!
My husband and I love smoothies and used to make them all the time when we were first dating/engaged. For some reason we stopped when we had kids – probably had something to do with not sleeping and not being able to find time for anything, even going to the bathroom (our first was a demanding little guy)
. I’d love to get back into smoothie making – it’s a great way to get some great fruits into a toddler!
Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
We are smoothie people almost every night! Goes really well with popcorn
We love smoothies! Thanks for the giveaway!
We love smoothies! All I can say is YUM!
I would love to do this with my girls but unfortunately dont have a blender to do it with. My girls are 3 & 5 and we have only lived in florida for a year. They get very hot easily and this would be a great treat to give them
Oh, perfect giveaway for the 90 degree days we are having in Chicago!
I love to add the yogurt that I get on special at the grocery store to ours- it’s great! Ginger gsnap1979@gmail.com
Yummy! We love smoothies!
We love smoothies here! The kids think they are wonderful!!!
GREAT giveaway! Thanks for the chance!
A smoothie would be great right now.
I have never made a homemade smoothie before, probably because I dont have the proper equipment. I hope to win this great giveaway!!!! Thanks so much.
I’ve been on a smoothie kick since it’s already really hot in the mornings here in Austin. Such a good breakfast and easy way to get a chunk of your 10 fruits and veggies for the day.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I started making smoothies because my little dude refused to eat breakfast before school, but would gulp down a healthy smoothie! I added almond butter to most of them to give them a little more substance so he’s make it until lunch time.
Thanks for the chance to win!!
We make smoothies all the time but never thought to freeze bananas. That is a great idea. Next time they are on sale, I will stock up.
Thanks
Lori
Yum! We’re going strawberry picking on Friday–what great inspiration to pick extra fruit.
I would love a smoothie kit as they are wonderful with this very hot weather.
Peggy June 25, 2009 at 2:50PM
Thanks for the give away offer! Would love that!
Carrie
we love smoothies, your post had a lot of great ideas. I am going to find some extra bananas to freeze this week.
Your girls are adorable in their oversized T’s and enjoying a smoothie!!
Smoothies are wonderful and it is nice to try different combinations. I’ve yet to try spinach, but need and want to.
We LOVE smoothies! I’ve bought some lately when they went on sale at the grocer, and the kids made quick work of them. Thanks for the opportunity!
Love smoothies at our house. I froze some strawberries yesterday for later!
Great giveaway. I really need to try smoothies myself to get a little more fiber in my boys (every bit helps).
Mmmmmm…… sounds good. Never made them before, but would love to try if I won.
Please enter me!
i took my daughter to have her 1st smoothie the other day-she absolutally loved it. she now askes everyday if we can go back and get more, so this would be great to get for us i could just make them at home!!!
i’ve been wanting to try my hand at smoothies!
I really need to try that peanut butter recipe.
We love smoothies around here, and we have been making your peanut butter banana smoothie ever since you posted it. Yummy!
Looks de-lish!!!!
Great ideas!!!
Love to try it out!
Looks yummy!
I would LOVE this!
Our blender died…or part of it did and we are in need of a new one. This would be perfect timing.
Have you ever had the bottom of a blender just stop spinning? This is our problem. It is stuck, like can’t turn the blades at all stuck. The motor works, the glass is perfect and this little disc with the blades is stuck.
Hope we get a new one
Heather
Thanks for this great giveaway! I would love to win this. I love making smoothies but my blender doesn’t always want to cooperate
Enter me too please.
How fun! I hope I win.
I love smoothies! Homemade are a great way to save money considering that Jamba Juice and such places are more expensive and usually crowded when you craze one during the summer!
I would love, love, love this blender! What a great idea to sneak nutritious food into your kids’ bellies.
We love smoothies in the hot summer weather. Thanks!
Those smoothies look very yummy!
How can you not love smoothies? Thanks for the giveaway!
we have been loving smoothies lately. a new favorite is mango, frozen banana, a few strawberries and orange juice. YUM!
Thanks for the banana tip. I always use overripe bananas for bread, never thought to put them in a smoothie!
I always want to try Smoothies and would love get this prize and see what all I can do with Smoothies. I wish I liked more fruits & veggies and think that this would be a way for me to get more into my diet. (the dislike is a texture thing with most of them)
I would love to learn how to make smoothies:) please enter me in.
We looooove smoothies. My favorite is blueberry banana!
Thank you for the chance!
I have just recently found your blog and have been telling all my friends about it! Thank you for being a great resource to help other moms out!
Winning this would be awesome!
mrs.frugal(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
I love smoothies…would love to try some of this.
We love smoothies!
What a great giveaway!
I need a new blender – mine is horrible!
Please sign me up! Thanks
We have not have smoothies yet- probably because we don’t have a blender- but I would love to try them. Sounds like a great way to get the kids to eat fruits and dairy.
Would love to try something healthy for my boys. Sounds like a great idea!
We love smoothies too! I sometimes add a spoonful or two of GoLEAN vanilla protein powder. Our fave is strawberry-banana with orange juice and a either plain or vanilla yogurt.
Yum! Smoothies!
I would love to win this kit. Smoothies sound great!
Those sound so yummy and refreshing! Thanks for doing the giveaway for us!
ahiltzy@yahoo(dot)com
Smoothies are wonderful especially in this hot summer weather
I have a great blueberry smoothie recipe. It’s a summer staple
Love smoothies! Thank You!
P.S. I’ll miss you on your other two blogs, but I know your reasons too. It was a tough choice to make I’m sure, but I know God will bless you for making the call. Thank you for the time and heart you put into being a blessing and a valuable testimony on the web!
I love to make smoothies. Please enter me in your contest! Thanks.
We love strawberry smoothies!
The thing about smoothies is that they are so yummy and are actually pretty good for you too! Plus, if you’re active, a smootie is an awesome post-workout snack!
We love smoothies, but I don’t have a blender, so winning this would be awesome.
I’ve never made smoothies but I bet my girls would love them!
We would love to win this! My boys eat smoothies every day for breakfast! Thanks for all your hard work!
Yummy! I think I’m going to make a smoothie right now! I just need to mix up some milk first. We have tons of frozen strawberries from when we went strawberry picking!
Yum!
I need to start making these. Great ideas — thanks so much.
Sounds super yummy!!
I would love to get started making smoothies- they look delicious! Your girls are beautiful!
what a great giveaway. thanks for the chance
Oooh that reminds me to pull the frozen fruit out of the freezer…. gonna make hubby and I some smoothies!
I make a smoothie for my husband’s breakfast about every other day! He never has time for breakfast so I whip one up in a to-go cup. We’ve just about worn out our blender!!
Yay, smoothies!
Your freeze-things-from-chicken-to-fruit-on-a-baking-tray-so-they-don’t-clump-together-in-the-freezer method is absolutely brilliant and has changed my life. On the one hand, I’m smacking myself in the head for not thinking of it myself – but on the other, am glad to have come across it. Manyt hings!
Thanks for a wonderful blog! And thanks for the Peanut Butter and Banana recipe! Yum!
I would have never thought to freeze bananas for smoothies. I do puree and freeze mangoes though when they are on sale. I LOVE making mango strawberry banana smoothies. I usually add some Arbonne protein powder and fiber shakes in too for even more benefits.
Smoothies are wonderful healthy snacks – we love them! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Thanks!
We have recently discovered homemade smoothies and how much you can save over those “smoothie stores”. Thanks for the giveaways…your site is the best!
Hey there, love your blog. I have found that smoothies are a great way to stretch dollars and to not let anything go to waste.
Your blog gives me a bunch of great tips that I plan on using when I get married and have kids! But for right now I’m a single career girl waiting (patiently
for God to send me the right man, but I’ll be ready to roll in the kitchen when my lucky day/man comes!
God Bless!
Enter me please! I love smoothies!
We’ve worn our our blender, so we could use a new one!
I would love it! =) Thanks!
Great offer and great recipes.
I’d love to have a blender. Please enter me in the giveaway.
julieadp at gmail
I would love a new blender.
Julie
Smoothie kit sounds great!
Thank you for the opportunity to win such great prizes….this will be a def. addition to my families summer snacks
My kids and I love to throw whatever we can find in the fridge for our smoothies!!!:) YumYum!!
This would be fun to win! Thanks for the chance!
Thanks for the opportunity!
Oooh…great giveaway! We love smoothies around here, and I can’t wait to try some of your recipes!
yummy!
What a great idea! We love smoothies as well but I never thought to freeze my own fruit! I am new to saving money and to your blog. I have enjoyed it thoroughly. It is simply ideas like this one that make me feel inspired! Also, I saw where you are shutting down your other blogs. Reading about how you came to that decision was great. I will miss reading them but I am so glad that you can just be with your family and trust that the Holy Spirit will guide you. I am trusting that I will be lead into many great ideas and deals in my quest to save money for my family. You are one of the instruments God has lead me to. Thank you for being obedient.
Great recipes. My daughter loves smoothies.
Silken tofu is also a nice addition to make it more meal like
Enter me please!! I am borrowing my grandmothers blender because mine finally broke after 10 years! LOL
We love making smoothies! It is a great idea to clean all the berries and then freeze them. Thanks for the yummy recipes!
Smoothies (yay)–we love them!!
Thanks for the chance
Smoothies are great for the reluctant milk drinker at our house. Thanks Crystal!
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Sounds good to me!!
We are not usually smoothie people, but maybe I need to change that…those strawberry smoothies look good!
I would love to win this one. Smoothies are yummy!
Smoothies are a great summertime snack! Thanks for doing this fun giveaway!
Please enter me too. Thanks!
We love smoothies up in here!
I love smoothies. I have a problem burning through blenders though. I would love to win this!
I have never made a smoothie in my life! This is inspiring!
I love homemade frugal smoothies!
We enjoy smoothies using various odds and ends. I usually leave them a little thick as I can’t eat ice cream very well. So they double as my cold treat. Thanks!
Would love to win. Smoothies make a great breakfast!
We are going to the pick-your-own strawberry field this week. I always freeze some extras to keep on hand for smoothies- YUM!
Thank you for the opportunity to win such a great prize. I like smoothies and they are quite filling. My preference is the berry smoothies.
We make smoothies several times a week. My kids love green smoothies. Thanks for doing this giveaway!
I’d love to try that!
We love smoothies! I have never tried cleaning the berries and freezing them but that is a great idea! Thanks for the yummy recipes!
We love smoothies, too! Yes, bananas + yogurt + any other fruit laying around + some kind of juice (and maybe ice) whipped in the blender = great smoothie
YUM! I love smoothies. I’m hooked on green smoothies right now. A friend shared the idea and it is a great way to get more veggies in. I have an older blender so it takes a while for mine to blend up the frozen fruit, but I love to use berries of all kinds, pineapple, bananas, and spinach for the greenies! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the idea of chopping up the bananas before freezing them – I’ll have to try that!
Love those smoothies! Thanks for all our help to help us save, Save, SAVE!!
well, we love smoothies, and have learned more about making them and saving money on them (freezing on a cookie sheet is ingenious!!). Thanks for posting!
Our family loves smoothies too, I find by adding some ice to the smoothie also helps strecth it and make more for everyone and makes it much thicker!! We would love to win your giveaway!! Thanks
Yep, we’re big smoothie fans too, although I haven’t tried green smoothies yet. Next time…
great giveaway! i love smoothies!
My 13 year old daughter loves to make smoothies for us
I’d love to make summer smoothies – thanks for the tips!
Hope to be the lucky one, I enjoy smoothies a lot and will try your recipe ideas at home soon.
We love smoothies at our house! Thanks for the tips on freezing!
I’d love to win this as our HB blender broke!
Smoothies are a big treat at our house. Thanks for such a informative moneysaving site
we love smoothies. we have green drinks, which are like the one you described but we do this:
1 apple
1 banana
handful of grapes (they freeze great)
a few handfuls of spinach
1 scoop of orange juice concentrate
flax seeds
and throw in any juice i have in the fridge or a few ice cubes
SO GOOD.
I especially like smoothies made with bluberries! Must try your peanut banana recipe though…Yum! Thanks for posting it.
That sounds like a great idea! I’m sure my girls would love it!
Smoothies sound great
what a fun giveaway!! we love smoothies–especially green ones!
Especially loving smoothies this summer w/ 108 degree heat index and being 7 months pregnant! Tried mango smoothies for the first time a few weeks ago after getting a box of mangoes for a great price! Would love to win this giveaway! Thanks for your great site!
We love smoothies too! Thanks for the give away!!
i would LOVE to win! my boys are pretty much obsessed with jamba juice, so they would love if i made some for them!
great giveaway
I love smoothies! My husband usually doesn’t like banana smoothies, but I’m going to try your peanut butter banana smoothie. Thanks
aww your girls are sooo cute M!!! Good luck to everyone!!
I’ve got a bunch of frozen peaches, I bet those would make great smooties!
Awesome giveaway…and I’m all for making anything with Peanut Butter. Yum!
My husband is the chief smoothie maker at our house. In the last month of my pregnancy I inhaled strawberry ones and kept him busy making them.
Summertime smoothies are the best! My favorite is too use soy protein powder, oj, banana, and frozen cherries, best breakfast ever!
We love to eat frugal smoothies frequently as well. Sign me up for the giveaway!
thanks!
Thanks!!!
Woot Woot! Love it~ What a fun summer idea!
I need a blender! Hopefully we win so we can start making smoothies too.
Great giveaway! Thanks!
Crystal – my kids love your recipe for peanut butter smoothies!!! It has become a regular treat around here!!
These sound great! Can’t wait to try them!
These smoothies look yummy!
Love the spinach idea! We recently switched our diet to only natural and healthy foods, so smoothies are going to be a staple for us this summer, when ice cream is not an option!
My kids are absolute nuts about smoothies!
Thanks
Would “love” the t-shirts and blender! We have been without a blender for a few months–waiting on a deal!
We love smoothies. Especially when we can use grandma’s vita-mix
Yum! That is a great tip on saving ripe bananas! I have some strawberries and mango in the fridge right now waiting to be made into a smoothie!
This would be awesome!!!
OUR FAMILY WOULD LOVE THE FREE KIT!! THANKS!!!!
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PB sounds good…bring on the blender!
I will have to try this now! Thanks for the ideas and the give away!
I love to make smoothies. Thanks for the cookie sheet tip. My friend told me she freezes banana’s but didn’t tell me to put them on a sheet. now I have a bag of 5 banana’s cut up and in one large chunk! Nellyo521@aol.com
thanks for the giveaway! smoothie’s are yummy and healthy!
Great giveaway!
Very fun! We would enjoy this!
We love smoothies and our blender died last week!!!
YUMMY – Thankyou Carmen
my kids would love this! thanks for the chance!
my son loves smoothies but i have never made one. would love to try
We are smoothie lovers here as well.
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I would love to win! Thanks!
I know the kiddos would love a fruit smoothie!
This would be great!
Summer smoothies are yummy!
We love smoothies too…I make them at least 3 times a week for breakfast and sometimes snack!
How nice! We would really enjoy this.
we love smoothies
We eat smoothies almost every week
yummy1
I was just thinking today that I need to make smoothies more! I would love this!
I love, love, love smoothies and my blender is terrible. My family of 5 could really use a better one. Thanks.
I declare this the summer of smoothies! It’s 100+ degrees and miserable outside.
We just had smoothies last night! Yummy!
I’ve never frozen bananas! Thanks for the great ideas – my kids LOVE to make smoothies in the summer!!!
We’re just starting to make smoothies here!
Smoothies would be even greater if I had a smoothie maker! Love reading your blog!
My family loves smoothies and I love that they are so good for you too! I would love to win this giveaway!
I have gotten really into Smoothies during my first pregnancy and had them a lot during the first trimester when I couldn’t stand the thought of eating fruit but a Smoothie went down fine! I’d love to win this.
We are just getting into the smoothies as it seems to be the only way I can get my stubborn almost two year old to eat her fruits and vegetables these days. I think I might try the spinach – I think the kids would love a green smoothie and we could all benefit from a little extra healthfulness.
I would love to win this kit!!
Great idea! Thanks for the giveaway.
Count me in for the giveaway!!
Smoothies are a definite favorite in our house, I have never tried freezing bananas I will try it though! We never seem to go through them all. Thanks for the contest.
My boys just love smoothies! I would love to win this.
Thank you!
Your girls are so cute! I think my little girl would definitely enjoy a smoothie.
Smoothies are great
We’d love to win a smoothie kit!
This would be a great win for me! My 7 year old who weighs all of 43 lbs eats like a chick-a-dee during the summer and we’re trying to increase his calories so he doesn’t lose any weight (and hopefully get him to gain some). Smoothies was suggested to me as one way to do that. Thanks for the chance to win!
great ideas!
Love smoothies! They’re so great for a fast breakfast.