Wawona festival blend smoothie
I can’t be the only smoothie hound low on last summer’s berries. A giant bag of Wawona Festival Blend from Costco is part of what’s tiding me over until June. It’s a combination of three tropical fruits: mango, papaya and pineapple, plus strawberries. The mix is non-organic. While mangoes and pineapples are among the least pesticide-contaminated produce, strawberries are among the worst and I don’t usually buy non-organic ones. But I guess I am making an exception in this case. The blend is inexpensive, about 47 cents a cup at my local Costco’s price, and it’s the only source I’ve seen for frozen papaya. It makes it very easy to whip out a breakfast smoothie (yeah, that’s what I have for breakfast a lot of the time).
- 1.5 c. Wawona Festival Blend fruit
- 1.5 cup unsweetened soy milk or other milk
- Put ingredients in Vitamix or other blender. Blend. I like my smoothies very thick and cold: if that's not you, or you have a blender that has trouble with frozen fruit, zap the fruit in the microwave to thaw it a little before you blend it.
Nutritional information: Calories, 315, Fat, 7.9 g., Sat Fat, 1.1 g., Protein, 18 g., Sodium, 157.5 mg., Carbs, 45 g., Fiber, 6.8 g., Sugar 33.8 g., Calcium 720 mg.
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wawona festival blend smoothie
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I’m loving smoothies lately too. I picked up a similar fruit blend at Sam’s. I’ll have to try it with the Soy Milk.
It’s whatever milk you want– I’ll clarify that. I’m glad you’re enjoying your smoothies.
That sounds like a great fruit blend for smoothies. And all my fresh picked strawberries are long gone too. 🙂 I need to use up some bananas and kale so I’ve been meaning to whip up a green smoothie here too.
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Sounds like we’re in the same spot, it is that thin time of year for produce! But it is kale season, and there are always bananas, so if you are going the green smoothie route you are set. I’ve got to give those another try.
Where do the pineapple, mango’s and papaya come from in Wawona festival mix?
I emailed the company but did not get any answer on that.
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