Fruit Smoothie Universe

Found this recipe today and I just had to share it, how about fruit smoothie pancakes, I will definately give this a try and see what kind of cakes you can get out of this but heres the recipe from Susan Reece:

Smoothie in a Pancake
1 cup plain or vanilla nonfat yogurt
1 banana, peeled
½ cup fresh strawberries, cut up
¼ cup fresh blueberries
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 t. soda
¼ t. salt
2 eggs, slightly beaten (or ½ cup egg substitute)
1 T. butter
Additional fruit
Combine yogurt and fruit in blender until completely smooth. Set aside.
In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir in eggs and yogurt
mixture with a wooden spoon. Heat a 12” nonstick skillet or griddle over medium
heat with a portion of the butter. Pour ¼ cup of the batter onto the skillet and
cook until bubbles start to appear on top. Turn the pancakes and cook briefly on
the opposite side until lightly brown. Remove pancakes to a warming plate and
continue process with remaining batter. Serve with added fruit.
Servings: 6

This morning I got up and started to put together my monday morning eye opener which consists of a fruit smoothie with many healthy ingredients, including a large tangelo, but to my dismay I opened the fruit drawer of my fridge and low and behold! no tangelos. In fact I had no fruit whatsoever to choose from in the fruit drawer except a couple of lemons! My first thought was how could this be? I know I had one left for monday and I knew my wife was going to resupply the fruit drawer on monday. Here it is Monday morning and life was already dealing me lemons. I was reminded of that quote  but I’m not sure who the author was but it went like this: “When life deals you lemons, make lemonade”. I don’t know about you but I am not a fan of lemons, in the two plus years that I have been making, drinking, experimenting with fruit smoothies I have never even thought of the lowly lemon as a part of my diet. In desperation and the fact that I am addicted to my citrus in the morning without even thinking about it I picked up one of the lemons and peeled the tough skin back and put half of the lemon in the blender along with my other stuff.  I kinda winced when I went to sip from the glass thinking it would be very sour but truly I got the shock of my life! What a wonderful flavor and the aroma coming from the drink was soothing, It almost felt like I was in an orchard and the sun was coming up…ahhh. Afterwards, I began to do some research on the lemon and found it to be a very versatile fruit with many healthful qualities. I am really rambling here but if you have never tried a lemon in your fruit smoothie regimen I would urge you to give it a try. If you add other fruit to your drinks as I do you will find that the combination will knock out the sourness of the lemon and leave the zest the lemon is known for. I will have more on the health benefits of the lemon in a later post, until then drink to your health!