A few weeks ago when we received more fresh bananas than we could eat from a reclaimed food box, I decided to make a few grab and go smoothie bags for the kids. In fact anytime you have extra yogurt or fruit on hand, these DIY freezer fruit and yogurt smoothie bags are great to set aside for a quick snack {or breakfast}.
Ingredients
2 cups fresh fruit {strawberries, bananas, blueberries, peaches}
1/2 cup yogurt
Directions
Because I’m a bit of a freak, I didn’t want to have to look at chunks of brown {ripe} bananas in my smoothie bags. So as I was placing the yogurt into ice cube trays, I went ahead and pureed a bunch of peeled bananas in the blender and pour them in to some additional ice cube trays. Once the yogurt and bananas were frozen, I simply popped them out of the trays, measured 2 cups of fresh fruit and a 1/2 cup of yogurt {about 4 cubes} and sealed them into quart sized freezer bags.
To make a smoothie, simply empty the contents of the smoothie bag into the blender, add 1 cup juice {or water} and hit the blend button until the concoction is nice and smooth.
Drink up!
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Great idea, thanks for the Share!!!!
You can push all those frozen items thru a yonanas for a yummy frozen treat also.
I always just freeze my bananas whole (with the peel) and it works great, but can be hard to peel. I never thought of doing it this way. What a great idea!!!
I’ve been chopping peeled bananas and freezing for awhile. Try frozen banana, a few drops of coconut essense and soy or milk, blitz in the processor, yummy
add a handful of Baby spinach to that..I love it in mine..extra vitamins and minerals..
Love all the great tips and info. Thank you for taking your valuable time to post pictures and having such a heart to share with others. God Bless you Mavis!!!
Thanks Susan.
I’m having fun. 
How do u peel those bananas ? I have a bunch of black ones in my freezer right now .
Mrs. Hillbilly, If i freeze with the peel then I just take mine out a half hour to an hour before I want to use it (or the night before I will transfer it to the fridge) and I use a knife to cut off the peel if it is resistant to my peeling it if still frozen. However, I have some peeled and frozen in chunks. The “brown-ness” of them doesn’t seem to bother me much.
I let the whole frozen banana soak in a bowl of lukewarm water for 30 seconds (or longer if you like). It warms up just the outside of the banana. You can then slide the peel right off!
As a daily smoothie addict, I must say THIS is a brilliant idea. Frozen bananas on their own never loose that “icy” taste. I’d go one step further and blend in your soon-to-expire greens while you are at it. Thanks for the tip!
i have been doing this for a while i started doing it so I didnt have to add ice cubes to the smoothies I made
Also at that time I was making my own baby food so it was even easier 
Now no bananas go to waste like b4 I started doing it. i also add spinach to mine and some protein powder.