Luis’s Strawberry Frappuccino

My oldest son loves strawberries.  If I buy a 5 pound flat and leave him unsupervised, he would eat the whole thing in one afternoon.

He also loves a cold class of milk.  This may or may not explain why at the age of 15 he is almost 6 feet tall

One more thing you should know about Luis?  He has a SWEET TOOTH.  The other night he was craving something sweet but couldn’t find something he wanted. I suggested berries.  He suggested my driving him to Starbucks to purchase him a strawberry frappuccino.  I laughed.

Then, I decided to throw the berries we had on hand with some milk in the blender and see what happened. What we got was something very close to a Starbuck’s Frap.  A little experimenting here and a little tinkering there and I now have what Luis would describes as the  ’perfect’ recipe

Luis’s Strawberry Frappucinno:

• 15-20 fresh strawberries – halved and frozen on a metal baking sheet (do ahead at least 1 hour prior to making)
• 5 cups cold milk (we use 1%)
• 4 tbsp evaporated cane sugar (or good old granulated white sugar if that is what you have)
• add all ingredients to blender and blend on high for 2 mins until smooth.
• adjust according to your own taste.  Heck, go crazy and even use a different fruit

Even though this still contains sugar, I’m willing to bet it is way better for your body than the one SB makes……Personally I like it without the sugar but I was trying to make something that would satisfy the boy’s sweet tooth.