It’s Labor Day weekend and poor Husband has had his wisdom teeth removed just in time to not enjoy any picnic food.  This isn’t helping his weight any- I have the unenviable fortune of being a woman married to a man who can’t gain weight to save his life. Not being able to open his jaw for more than to pass a straw through has put the challenge to me to get hoardes of calories through his lips without clogging up the straw.

So I had to be somewhat creative with the blender.  Yeah, yeah, we do ensure and boost and all of those but sometimes you just need actual food. So I pulled out the tried and true rib stickers and made what I thought turned out to be a really nice little smoothie that makes your belly suck in when you think of just how many calories are in the cup. This is a gluten free recipe and you can always substitute low or fat free ingredients to bring down the calories. Or if you’ve had your teeth out too, suck it up as is.

Rose’s PBBJ Smoothie

1 banana

4 or 5 large strawberries (I used whole frozen from a mixed fruit bag)

4 oz. strawberry fibre yoghurt (I used Wal-Mart brand, comes in a 4 oz container and is nonfat)

3 tbs smooth peanut butter (I used Skippy Natural)

2 tbs sweetened condensed milk (I used fat free Wal-Mart brand)

1/4 c milk

splash of vanilla essence

Cut up the banana and stawberries into 1/2″ chunks. There’s no need to thaw your strawberries if you use frozen. Liquify the banana and 1 tbs sweetened condensed milk.

Add chopped strawberries to the yellow mix and remaining tablespoon of condensed milk.

Add peanut butter and 1/2 of the milk and blend well.

Add yoghurt and a little more milk and blend. Add a splash of vanilla essence and pulse to blend.

My husband liked his smoothies thin so if you need to, add more milk and blend again to thin it out. This smoothie is a good gluten free way to get fruit, protein, calcium and calories and it’s not heavy on the taste. I say this because my British husband thinks peanut butter is a heresy and you really can’t taste it here under the fresh strawberry taste.

Tasty Factor: Nice consistency with big fruity flavour and not much peanut butter taste.

Poopy Factor: What?! You put peanut butter in this? How could you!