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Kefir Smoothie With Frozen Summer Fruit

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Kefir Smoothie With Frozen Summer Fruit | I don't normally trick my family, but in this case, I wanted to do away with any prejudices and get their honest reactions on this easy kefir smoothie. And I'm okay with my treachery because... Everyone finally realized that they really like kefir (IF it's part of a smoothie, that is). Success! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

My family has consumed no less than 3 kefir smoothies… without even knowing it!

Don’t worry, I came clean last night. 😉

I don’t normally trick my family, but in this case, I wanted to do away with any presuppositions and get their unprejudiced reactions.

And I’m okay with my treachery because…

Everyone finally realized that they really like kefir (IF it’s part of a smoothie, that is). Success!

Use whatever frozen summer fruit you have in your freezer — and be sure to come back and let me know what delicious smoothies you create!

3.73 from 11 votes
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Kefir Smoothie With Frozen Summer Fruit

If you have any kefir un-enthusiasts in your family, like I did in mine, give 'em a glass and just see if they can tell... 😉
Course Beverage, Breakfast, Snacks
Author Wardee Harmon

Ingredients

  • 10 dates pitted, whole
  • 4 cups frozen summer fruit Santa Rosa plums, wild blackberries, blueberries, strawberries...
  • 4 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 3 to 4 cups milk kefir
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract optional

Instructions

  1. In bottom of high-powered blender, place pitted dates, frozen fruit, and coconut oil.

  2. Add kefir and vanilla.
  3. Blend until smooth, then pour and serve.

Will you try this kefir smoothie?

This post was featured in 56 Fermented Probiotic Drinks {beyond kombucha & kefir!}.

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Posted in: Drinks & Smoothies Drinks & Smoothies (Gluten-Free) Food Preparation Recipes Snacks Snacks (Gluten-Free)

About Wardee Harmon

Wardee lives in the Boise area of Idaho with her dear family. She's the lead teacher and founder of the Eat God's Way online cooking program as well as the author of Fermenting, Sourdough A to Z, and other traditional cooking books. Eat God's Way helps families get healthier and happier using cooking methods and ingredients from Bible Times like sourdough, culturing, and ancient grains.

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  1. Mindy says

    June 5, 2009 at 2:40 pm

    I was amused by your “coming clean,” and your kids’ response. Oh well.

    Thank you for the recipe! Where do you get your dates? I’ve never shopped for them before. And are you guys continuing to avoid as much sugary stuff as possible?

    Reply
    • Wardee says

      June 5, 2009 at 4:04 pm

      MIndy – I get the dates through Hummingbird Wholesale in Eugene. In the past, I have purchased them through Azure. And before that, in the bins at a health food store (with good turnover). They usually come with pits (save money that way) so I manually pit them as I use them. Most of the time, I get Halawi dates because they’re the least expensive. Sometimes honey dates. We are still doing no concentrated sweeteners. I sweeten with dates a bit and we eat fruit. I sweeten our porridge with some stevia. That’s it. The kids are wanted honey back, though. B. really wants honey in her tea. So do I. *sigh* I don’t know what we’ll do to achieve balance.

      I think I didn’t write that very well if you thought my kids didn’t like the smoothie. 😉 They didn’t like the kefir that well UNTIL they had it in a smoothie. I better go edit my post!

      Reply
  2. Bharti says

    June 6, 2009 at 9:20 pm

    Hi! You have a lovely blog here.
    I experimented with kefir a year or two ago and then lost the grains when we went on vacation. I liked using it in smoothies too. I also liked to drink it flavored with rock salt, black pepper and cumin powder. That’s how they drink buttermilk in India and kefir tastes pretty similar to it.

    Reply
  3. Jami says

    June 10, 2009 at 11:34 am

    😀 Tricking the family how funny….. the smoothie sounds great. I miss my kefir and raw milk – Oy!

    I just invented something delicious along these lines and wanted to let you know about it.

    I blend up some berries (what ever I have) and mix into Kombucha! Yum Yum. I do not use any sweeter because there is sugar in the K-tea already.

    Love,

    Jami

    Reply
    • Wardee says

      June 10, 2009 at 8:02 pm

      Jami – That does sound yummy! Are you using fresh or frozen berries? Do you add right before drinking or as a re-ferment?

      Reply
  4. Jenni says

    May 31, 2011 at 10:01 am

    I just tried this with peaches! YUM!!! I’m very new to kefir–just got my grains from a friend last week. And I’m waiting on my water kefir grains to arrive. Planning on soaking some WW for banana bread next…

    Thanks for all the wisdom you share!

    Reply
  5. Nicole says

    May 9, 2012 at 11:26 am

    Why dates?

    Reply
    • Wardee says

      May 10, 2012 at 5:49 am

      Nicole — for sweetening. And flavor!

      Reply
      • Nicole says

        May 10, 2012 at 5:52 am

        Thanks! 🙂 Going to try this!

        Reply
  6. Handful says

    April 15, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    fruit, kale and chia or hemp seeds. If left the chia turn it into a yogurt/ pudding.

    Reply
  7. Lily-Mae Andrew says

    June 6, 2013 at 1:49 pm

    I’ve not heard of kefir before so I had to search it. There are suppliers here in the UK so I’m going to give it a go. Sounds interesting 🙂

    Reply
  8. Jennifer says

    October 16, 2013 at 8:41 pm

    Can I use prunes instead of dates? Or would it not be as sweet?

    Reply
  9. Jeannette says

    August 4, 2014 at 8:41 pm

    Our smoothies are: 2 bananas, approx. 1/3 cup nut butter, 1/3 cup coconut oil, 3-4 pastured eggs and 1T vanilla. I blend that first until smooth and then add milk kefir and or yogurt to fill blender. Yummy and very filling. No one’s hungry before lunch.

    Reply
  10. Jeannette says

    October 6, 2014 at 8:13 am

    We use 1 1/2-2 bananas for our sweetener plus it adds body and frothiness, a raw pastured egg per person (more froth), a generous amount of coconut oil and nut butter and vanilla to taste. We also make it without nut butter and either add a few frozen cherries, tart cherry juice or nothing at all.

    Reply
  11. Olga says

    October 18, 2014 at 7:58 am

    I don’t think is good to blend the kefir as the blender blade is stainless steel. Would it be better to blend the others & just mix after blended?

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