1 00:00:00,090 --> 00:00:08,430 Hello, my name is Mary Ann Kizer, and I'm the family and consumer sciences agent for Jefferson County, Arkansas. 2 00:00:08,430 --> 00:00:15,300 Today, I'm going to talk about smoothies. Smoothies have been around the world for a long time, 3 00:00:15,300 --> 00:00:23,490 but they really started getting a hold in United States back in the 50s, 60s, 70s when the blender was invented. 4 00:00:23,490 --> 00:00:31,260 Because I always say a blender works in seconds instead of minutes and you can use just a nice economical 5 00:00:31,260 --> 00:00:36,720 blender or you can use the more expensive blender depending on where you want to put your money. 6 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:46,560 So smoothies can be used with any type of ingredients, and the one that I'm going to use has one cup of orange juice. 7 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:48,780 And so whenever you buy orange juice, 8 00:00:48,780 --> 00:00:57,630 I always say to buy the ones that are fortified with vitamin D because people in the United States are not getting enough calcium or vitamin D. 9 00:00:57,630 --> 00:01:06,990 And so this has both fortified. And then the next ingredient is just a small container of yogurt that's like a half cup size. 10 00:01:06,990 --> 00:01:13,500 And then the next ingredient is one and a half cups of frozen strawberries. 11 00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:17,190 And so this is very simple. Don't take very long at all. 12 00:01:17,190 --> 00:01:21,540 And it makes two servings. And so what you can do. 13 00:01:21,540 --> 00:01:27,570 It lasts for two days. So you can go ahead and make it today. 14 00:01:27,570 --> 00:01:33,720 And if you live alone, you can go ahead and put half of it in the refrigerator and have it the next day. 15 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:40,230 Or you can have it for lunch and you can have it for supper with your meal instead of, like, drinking milk. 16 00:01:40,230 --> 00:01:48,510 So you go ahead and put the yogurt in there and yogurt. You can use any kind of yogurt that's low fat or fat free is what we're saying, 17 00:01:48,510 --> 00:01:55,230 And then, if you like it, a little more icy, you can add a few more strawberries. 18 00:01:55,230 --> 00:02:14,970 So we've got our strawberries in there and now we're going to press the button. 19 00:02:14,970 --> 00:02:20,850 OK, after about 15 or 20 seconds, you can check it and see if you feel any strawberries, 20 00:02:20,850 --> 00:02:25,110 which I don't feel any strawberries. Now if you don't have strawberries. 21 00:02:25,110 --> 00:02:35,040 There are a lot of strawberries grown in Arkansas. You can use fresh, one and a half cups of fresh strawberries, with 10 ice cubes and do it that way. 22 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:40,650 But I'll have to do mine that is frozen in this particular recipe. 23 00:02:40,650 --> 00:02:51,540 It's located on the USDA website. You can look at kids get cooking and it's from the California SNAP program and I love it. 24 00:02:51,540 --> 00:03:00,350 It's my favorite smoothie, so I'm going to serve it to my photographers here. 25 00:03:00,350 --> 00:03:08,420 And usually when I do, I put two glasses beside each other and see how tall they are. 26 00:03:08,420 --> 00:03:15,440 And then one serving will be one this and dividing it into four servings here or more. 27 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:21,350 Because we'll be going to eat lunch, and so are you all ready for a smoothie? 28 00:03:21,350 --> 00:03:29,960 Yes! Thank you for watching. And if you want this recipe or any other smoothie recipes, call me at the Jefferson County extension office, 29 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:37,880 or you can call your local family and consumer sciences at the extension office. And you can use vegetables. 30 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:45,200 You need to add more vegetables to your diet so you can use any type of greens like green peppers. 31 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:52,460 You can use lettuce, any type of vegetables, carrots, and make your own smoothie this way. 32 00:03:52,460 --> 00:03:54,404 So thank you for watching.