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Ingredients

  • 1 cup skim milk or 1 cup low-fat milk
  • 1/3 cup nonfat dry milk powder
  • 1 banana, frozen and cut into chunks (overripe)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 dash ground cinnamon (to taste)

Method

  • Freeze an overripe banana, peeled and wrapped, 12 to 24 hours before making this shake.
  • Puree all the ingredients in a blender. Serve immediately.
  • BERRY VARIATION: Add 1/2 cup berries, fresh or unsweetened frozen, and 1 tablespoon frozen apple juice concentrate (thawed) before blending; omit the cinnamon, if desired.
  • "CREAMSICLE" VARIATION: Add 2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate (thawed); omit the cinnamon.
  • 1 shake = 2 Calcium servings; 2/3 Protein serving; 1 Other Fruit serving. Berry Variation adds 1 Other Fruit serving, 1 Vitamin C serving if strawberries are used. "Creamsicle" Variation adds 1/2 Vitamin C serving.