Hawaii 5-0 Smoothie

Mirj's Note:

Book 'im, Dano. I use canned pineapple and papaya for this, and it tastes great. Imagine how much better it would be if you used the fresh stuff.

• Total Time: 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 1 cup cubed peeled pineapple
• 1 cup cubed peeled papaya
• ½ cup pineapple juice or ½ cup papaya nectar
• 1 ripe banana , peeled and cut into chunks
• ½ cup nonfat vanilla yogurt
• 1⁄8;-¼ teaspoon coconut extract

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
2. Hum Hawaii 5-0 theme song while drinking.

Reviews

[ratherbeswimmin']

I am humming the Hawaii 5-0 theme song as I write this review ;) I made these smoothies for breakfast the last couple of mornings. They were so delicious and refreshing. I made them with pineapple juice one morning and papaya nectar the next. I thought they were equally good. Gave me a great energy boost as I headed to the pool to swim laps. Thanks for sharing this recipe. We will use it a lot this summer as it is Smoothie Central at our house.

[Sue Lau]

This has a refreshing tropical flavor! My bananas were on the large side. I did better to cut one in half- the whole big one was trying to take over the drink! Half one was perfect. Thanks for the recipe!

[ladypit]

This recipe sounds so good. I had to make a bunch of major changes and it didn't work out so well. I omitted the papaya and I think that was the fatal flaw. I used guava juice and then followed the rest to a t except I used a frozen banana. The texture was great and frothy, but it was really missing something which I think was the papaya. So a word of caution, this has fabulous potential but needs all 3 fruits! When I can get my hands on some papaya I will make it again and re-review.