Monday, June 30, 2008

Speed scratch shakes, for a fraction of the price


Healthy Milk Shake
Originally uploaded by laurasmoncur
Like so many of us who telecommute and work from home, I'm always on the lookout for delicious food and treats that I can make at home for less money.

One of my favorite new e-mail discussion groups is the Yahoo Group from cheapcooking.com. 

List members share their ideas for inexpensive cooking, including shopping tips, recipes and meal stretching ideas. A list member posted this recipe today for chocolate shakes. What a great way to repurpose chocolate pudding!

If you have kids -- or a sweet tooth -- give this a whirl:

Frosty Pudding Milk Shakes
Makes 4 to 6 servings

3 c. cold milk
4 oz. pkg. chocolate instant pudding
1 1/2 c. vanilla ice cream

Pour milk into blender. Add pudding mix and ice cream. Cover and blend on high speed for 30 seconds or until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve.

1 comments:

Nora Rubinoff, MVA, IVAA EthicsCheck™ certified said...

Update -- Eric and I made these this afternoon. A few things we'd do differently:

- Pour milk in blender first, set blender on very slow blend and gradually pour pudding mix in while slowly blending.

- Add ice cream last, and measure it instead of eyeballing it.