Smoothies: can you keep/freeze them?

skintscotsman

Got a smoothie maker for Christmas and I am just getting round to buying some fruit to make some smoothies to replace my Mars Bar addiction!!

Would like to make a few smoothies on a Sunday night to take to work during the week and asked the ol' dear whether or not they wouyld keep.

She wasn't sure if they could be frozen - can someone advise?

And how long do you think they would keep in the fridge?

comping_cat

They would keep a couple of days in the fridge, i would guess you can freeze them, as i have frozen most fruits before, and yoghurts, so im sure as a smoothie it would be fine.

frugglewump

That is such a good idea. I think I'm going ot try making smoothie ice-lollies

bektoria

It would probably depend on what you have in it. I tried to keep a smoothie in the fridge which had banana in it and it did not keep well as it went brown, think it was in for a day. I have made lollies which taste fantastic but maybe you could freeze the mixture in a ice cube tray and then you could get the lumps out and take to work in a flask ?

Bek

frugglewump

Ok, I don't know how it went for anyone else but my experiment in freezing a smoothie was disasterous.

Ick - it went a horrible brown and all you could taste was banana. Also didn't make a good ice-lolly - it was rock-solid. I tried letting it defrost a bit, but just got a bit of juice out of it and this frozen goo.

Shame, as I liked this idea for summer.

paullwill8

I tried doing this with JB smoothies. They didn't really freeze solid and began to leak.
I wouldn't recommend it.

tr3mor

Smoothies without banana in should freeze fine I think. Banana really doesn't like cold temperatures!

frugglewump

tr3mor wrote:

Smoothies without banana in should freeze fine I think. Banana really doesn't like cold temperatures!

Whenever I've left out the banana all I really get is lumpy fruit juice. Is there a good replacement? I thought of a dollop of ice-cream like they do at Benji's but i'm trying to be healthy.

ladygrey_2

how about sorbet added

if I do freeze smoothies is it best to eat them frozen or defrost them first?

rockie4

I quite fancy having smoothies for breakfast but haven't time in the morning to faff about preparing fruit and then washing the liquidiser :rolleyes:
If I make a batch how long do you reckon it would keep in the fridge the recipe I have contains oats, fruit and soya milk......would I get away with a couple of days??

mymatebob

I tend to make my smoothies fresh every morning. Takes no time at all and just rinse the liquidiser, but I have kept some for a couple of days no problem.

They may separate out a bit but a quick stir will put them back together