In these early days of summer, I start to think of ways to have something delicious, quick and something that does not involve turning on my oven. In my family, this means smoothies! I headed to my local Safeway Affiliate store- Vons, to pick up some key ingredients I would need to make my latest inspiration, Tropical Smoothies.
When I got there, as I looked through the dairy aisle for staples in our home such as Sargento String Cheese, Danimals Yogurt Drinks, and Silk Almond Milk, I noticed each item had a “June Dairy Month” tag attached to them. I asked an employee what that meant exactly and she told me that if in the month of June, I bought $40 worth of certain qualifying items, I would receive a voucher for 2 movie tickets to see Ice Age: Continental Drift. Woo hoo! Being a Vons Just for You member- a lot of the stuff that was part of the June Dairy Month promotion was on sale- score for us!
I grabbed a ton of items and was ready to make my family a delicious, healthy smoothie (I added some Reddi-whip to make it more fun!). I decided to really play on the summer tastes and went tropical. I especially enjoy Easy Home Meals that I can make on a whim like this. You can find more Easy Home Meal recipes on the Easy Home Meal website and Facebook Page.
Tropical Summertime Smoothie
Ingredients
1 20oz can of crushed pineapple w/ juice
1 cup (or 2 Dannon Pure Yogurt Cups) vanilla yogurt
1 banana
1 cup Simply Orange Juice
1 1/2cup ice
Reddi-Whip (optional)
Cherries (optional)
Directions
- Combine all items in a blender.
- Blend at Medium Speed until fruit is pureed or reaches desired consistency.
- Pour into glass, top with Reddi- Whip and a cherry. Enjoy!
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Oh my goodness, that looks delicious. There’s a Vons near me; I think I’ll go get the ingredients to make a similar smoothie treat this weekend. maybe I’ll use mango.
Here in Washington, we have Safeway… And I LOVE their new Just for U program! These smoothies look super yummy – we’re shopping soon, and with a deal going on like this one, we’ll totally have to pick up ingredients to try this at my house too!
Yum! We love making smoothies and yours would be a big hit!
Yum! That does look good. Pour me a glass, please.
We have Safeway here in OR and I loved the selection of products available with this promotion. We got all our favorites AND scored our movie tickets.
I love pineapple in anything and this sounds so refreshing! The whipped cream on the top makes it look like a milkshake, just much healthier. Yum!
Sounds so cool and refreshing!
Perfect, throw in a jigger of rum and I’m coming over.
looks so refreshing!
I am definitely making this!!!!
Yum! Adding whipped cream is a great idea. I make smoothies a lot and I think I need to shake it up a bit.
this looks delicious!!!!
This looks delish! Totally making this!
This looks AMAZING…and I love your photos, Yolanda!
Thanks Chelsea! It was very yummy
YUM! So refreshing! I pinned ya!
Yummy! It looks so nice and refreshing. That would be perfect for AZ right now!
That looks SO good! I’m definitely going to have to try that!
I LIKE SOMETHING LIKE A SMOOTHIE RIGHT NOW………………..
Oh yeah! Those photos just cooled me down and made me thirsty….. I want the adult version with a shot of rum and some tiki music in the background!
I am going to make one of these for my kids tomorrow!!
I love smoothies and this one looks great and lots of good ingredients. The whipped topping makes it irresistible
looks fantastic! I want to try it!
Oh, my, that looks divine! I am so make this soon. Thanks for the recipe