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What is a milkshake?
A shake is the general generic term given to any of a variety of different mixed drinks that usually contain fruit and other ingredients.
There are as many shakes as there are shake makers, because the sky is the limit when it comes to improvisation, variation and innovation within the shake universe. The shakes range from the very traditional (your average strawberry banana shake) to the highly unorthodox and experimental. And it’s not uncommon for even the most seasoned shake maker to veer into dangerously icky territory during particularly wild improv shake-making sessions.
If you’re going to try making your own smoothies, there are a few things you need to know. Smoothie ingredients fall into three categories: fruit, liquid, and toppings. Let’s look at each of these in turn.
First, let’s talk about the fruit. Fruit forms the base of your smoothie. Fruit flavors will usually dominate, so you can choose your favorite fruits to give your smoothie its main flavor identity. Now, not all fruits work in smoothies. Some fruits do well, others do horrible.
Creamy fruits, berries, and stone fruits like peaches work well in smoothies. Melons can work well in small amounts (or you can mix a bunch of melon with other ingredients for one of your wildest smoothie experiments). However, many popular fruits don’t work very well in smoothies. Apples, for example, don’t really make a great base material for smoothies. Use apple cider as a liquid base instead of an apple-flavored shake.
Since there are so many different types of fruit, I can’t really tell you which ones will work and which ones won’t on a case-by-case basis. Just keep in mind that some of the fruit you add to your smoothies might not end up working well. And that’s totally fine.
Once you have chosen your fruit, you need to add a liquid. Juices work great. Water tends to be a bit tricky because your smoothie can easily end up tasteless. It’s weird how you can have tons of fruit and other ingredients, but the diluting power of water just takes the flavor out of all flavors. My (current) favorite liquid shake is coconut water. You can find some at health food stores, or do what I do and order it directly from Amazon for a discount.
Finally, no smoothie would be complete without a few extra ingredients. This is where the sky really is the limit. You can add nutritional supplements (particularly the powdered kind), nuts (use raw nuts or be prepared to regret adding nuts), and leafy greens (spinach, kale, and parsley are great, but use carefully to that your shake is not more nutritious than it actually is). tasty).
Since each of those three categories contains nearly infinite potential for variation, you can see that the total number of shakes is basically infinite. Don’t be afraid to mix something weird! Instead, be brave, get out your blender and get to it – it’s smoothie time!