Strawberry Milk

Do you remember this stuff?

I used to drink this as a child.  It was so sweet.  It made your milk turn pink and was sort of like drinking liquid candy for breakfast.  All you had to do was put a spoonful of it in a cup of cold milk and stir.  I recall the pink sludge at the bottom of the glass that remained if you didn't stir it long enough for it to dissolve.  You'd tilt the glass up to try to get the pink sludge to slide into your mouth, but eventually opted for the long spoon to scoop it out and eat it.  How many cavities was the pink rabbit responsible for, I wonder?  The worst part about Strawberry Quik (besides the pink rabbit) are the words "Artificial Flavor" on the can.

Well, we solved that little problem by making our own Strawberry Milk, but with only all natural ingredients.  Believe it or not there are only 3 ingredients, they were grown locally, and you can pronounce them all!  The other day I showed you how we purchased a flat of Louisiana Strawberries:

First all natural ingredient

Tricia bought a nifty little gizmo that we've been using everyday to make smoothies.  Normally these contraptions are purchased, used a couple times and then placed in a back cabinet somewhere and never see the light of day again.  This single serve blender where you drink right from the container after adding a ring to the top might have staying power, though.

Add 8 ounces of ice cold raw milk (either cow or goat) to a blender:


Second all natural ingredient

Add 8 - 12 fresh strawberries to the container: 

Strawberry Fields Forever

These whole berries will be in a pureed state in just a moment.

Next, we add some local honey.  This honey was contributed by my brother.  He's a new beekeeper and robbed his hives and shared some of the wealth with us.  A tablespoon of the fruits of Kristian's bees' labor should do the trick:

Adding our third all natural ingredient

Put it in Tricia's new contraption, turn it on and watch your milk turn from white to pink!

Puree until you can't see any fruit chunks spinning around.

Turn it over, add the ring to the top and get ready to enjoy some REAL, delicious Strawberry Milk!

Strawberry Milk - done right

This Strawberry milk made with all natural ingredients (and no pink bunny) allows you to enjoy a delicious healthy beverage.  If there happens to be sludge at the bottom of the glass, it is only pureed strawberry chunks and honey and you can feel good about getting every little bit out!

Cheers!