Banana and Honey

Ingredients:

  • 3 bananas (plus a few extra slices to decorate)
  • 250ml (9fl oz) vanilla ice cream 3
  • 300ml (½ pint) milk
  • 2 tablespoons honey

Method:

Blend all the ingredients together and pour into tall glasses.

Serves 4

Just Chocolate

Ingredients:

  • 6 heaped tablespoons chocolate ice cream
  • 4 tablespoons drinking chocolate
  • 300ml (½ pint) milk
  • 1 chocolate flake (crushed)

Method:

Blend the ice cream, drinking chocolate and milk together and pour into tall glasses. Decorate with the crushed chocolate flake.

Serves 2

Strawberry

Ingredients:

  • 450g (1lb) strawberries
  • 600ml (1 pint) milk
  • 250ml (8fl oz) strawberry ice cream

Method:

Remove the stalks from the strawberries and save a few for decoration. Blend the remainder to a smooth purée. Pour the milk into the strawberry purée and blend together. Add the ice cream and blend for another 30 seconds. Pour into tall glasses and decorate with the remainder of the strawberries.

Serves 4


A blender is a great addition to any kitchen. You can buy them from about £15 and as well as making milkshakes, they are wonderful for a variety of different soups which we’ll have some recipes for later in the year.