Can you tell we are on a drink kick in our house?! It must be this scorcher of a summer we are having here in Indiana, but it seems like lately when we are hungry there are two things that come to mind: 1) it must be cold and 2) it must not make the house hot 
Thus, we have been drawn to cold, blender drinks!
Recently, Momma Amanda came to visit to help get our place spic-and-span in order to put it on the market (I know…what are we thinking?!). When I mentioned our new favorite chocolate peanut butter smoothie drink, she mentioned a fruity drink that another Weight Watchers leader had tried and enjoyed. The original recipe was a simple one–banana, vanilla yogurt, oj. Mr. Amanda and I tried it, but it didn’t quite “WOW” us (and we didn’t quite care for the texture the yogurt gave the drink), so, once again……I Amandified it Now it’s a delicious, fruity, drink that Mr. Amanda and I crave…for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, before workouts, after workouts. Anytime of day. It is fabulous!!!
At this point we have not added any protein powder to it, although you easily could. For us, we just find it is nice to have a lower calorie/PP recipe that can be used for a treat or snack in the middle of the day even if you haven’t just come from a workout
Creamy Banana-Orange-Mango Blender Drink
Ingredients:
2 ripe bananas (not over-ripe), cut up and frozen
1 c skim milk
2 cups low calorie orange juice (we use Trop 50)
1 Tb honey
1 container (3.6 oz) mango sorbet —-Haagen Dazs single serving container (I would assume that frozen mangoes would come close in flavor if you can’t find the sorbet)
Directions:
Note: I’ve been cutting up the bananas, freezing, and placing in ziploc bags (2 bananas per bag, per the recipe) ahead of time to speed up the prep work when you are ready for a nice refreshing drink!
Place all ingredients in a large blender. Using the “Smoothie” setting, blend until smooth.
Makes approximately 5 cups.
DRINK UP & ENJOY!!!
Nutritional Information & Weight Watchers PointsPlus
Servings: 5 (1 cup) or 10 (1/2 cup)
Per Serving: 1 cup OR 1/2 cup
Calories: 118 / 59
Fat: 0 g / 0 g
Fiber: 1.2 g / 0.6 g
Carbohydrates: 28.8 g / 14.4 g
Protein: 2 g / 1 g
WeightWatchers PP: 3 PP / 2 PP
