@GoFish No fair!

@MellyMel22 Orange juice is a good sweetener. A little does a lot.
Used to spoon a bit of frzn concentrate in....terribly unhealthy. Fresh is better.

It takes a while, but once you master the ratios, you can tweak the mix for flavor changes, etc.
I love the mall versions. It takes a lot of trial and error to copy them.😊

OJ or mango, and even some bananna would be good sweeteners.
I was gonna say, mango is a smoothie I need to perfect. The mall shop is a smoothie/bubble tea place. They use a mango powder that's super potent, delicious, but hard to match.


Don't know if you were ever an Orange Julius fan. In the 80s their Pina Colada was uniquely delicious.
Years later, I learned the secret ingredient is almond extract.

Their drinks have degraded over time though. Shame, they had a good product.

@SethGreene531 Yes! But they told me they used a sugar water 😟 that’s why I even said well it can’t be worse to use OJ..

I use mango(prefer the juice cause I hate breaking out my large Ninja blender for one drink(I have the mini one but it can’t handle the mango well like the big one), spinach, coconut water, little banana sometimes in it and pineapple(more is better). I stop it before it’s nit icy and I love it. My mom started me on that one.
My all fruit is orange(juice), banana and frozen strawberry. I used to use mango instead of I think banana and it tasted like a creamsicle. I love it icy like the other.
Oh I haven’t heard of powders, I’m behind 😬🤣

I haven’t heard of that either lol.. but almond extract is my secret ingredient in a lot of things I bake that doesn’t call for it 😌

That’s too bad though. So many things have changed for the worse!

@MellyMel22 Yes, OJ is no worse..probably even a little better. Sugar water kills 2 birds with 1 stone, but wow, unhealthy. 🤔 this is familiar. I recall dairy queen using a flavored version of this for their drinks.

Interesting! I've had the fruit-vegi combos and they work well. It's amazing how you can slip a zuchinni or spinach into a fruit smoothie.
The ninja bullet does struggle expectedly with whole portions, so using the mango juice is the go-to.
I love the coconut water idea, it's such a tropical flavor kick.
And with pineapple more is always better, especially where coconut is involved. The banana tops it off.
That sounds delicious!
Darn, now I'm craving a tall glass🤦‍♂😆

I got a knock-off of a vitamix commercial blender...that thing's terrifying 🙉



🤭Ha! Frzn Strawberry, banana, and OJ was the one my mom and her friend would make. She got me hooked on that!
It's a great standard all-fruit combo.

Lol yep, mango powder is all I understand, the rest is just too advanced...matcha, whey, green tea, collagen 🙄

Always wondered what the amazing undertaste was ..almond extract.
Actually this was sad news, because by then I found out about the nut allergy. My fave drink was gone😩

Sadly, that's the way of everything. Nothing improves with age...except cheese and wine.

@thepeculiarpanda That stuff would be next for me and prob first if I already had jelly rings stocked 😬

They’re really good. They used to sell them in the bodega stores in the Bronx and I’m sure all the other boroughs too. They sold them singly lol.. that’s where the addiction started. They’re usually with the Kosher stuff and they usually have more Easter time here.

@MellyMel22 I'm gonna have to keep my eye out for them! Gummy candy is my favorite and I'm always down to try new things. :3

@thepeculiarpanda You must try them! They aren’t hard to chew at all, like the jelly is soft but not all mushy if that makes sense 🤣 not chewy like gummy worms..

@MellyMel22 It's on the list now. 😏
Right up there with Haggis. I'm joking. Lol

@Levenrack I don’t wanna know what that is 😬🤣

@MellyMel22 no, you really don't.

@Younameit Yes. If I’m not using my big oven, I use my convection oven(it’s prob the biggest you’ll find).

@MellyMel22 OMG I Love Olive Bread.

@MisterBander It’s so easy to make. All you need is a little seasoning and olives. If you don’t wanna make the dough, you can use a plain store dough. I did that for a holiday and my uncles thought it was from the city 🤣 So it def works.

@Ducky I do that too. I get a lot, but it’s nit just me so I try to have it around for the kids. They usually eat most of as long as I remember to leave it where they can see it.

@Namor69 Do you remember them sold singly?

@MisterBander They used to sell them in bodegas in the Bronx at least. They sold them singly 😌

@Lostpoet I have a big bag of broccolini in there 😌 That’s all I went there for and the sausage 🤭

@Degbeme I always carry bottled water and prob have 2 full ones on there 🤣

@MellyMel22 🤦‍♂ You must have a bladder the size of a basket ball.

@Degbeme It’s just incase I don’t have one in there and don’t have time to check 🤣

@Ambroseguy80 Well that’s understandable!

@MellyMel22
Ohhh! I'll take note of this. Thanks Mel!!!
I hope I can find these

@mindstruggle If you find it and forget, just let me know.

It has a very slight sweetness to it and isn’t tough like regular broccoli can be sometimes.

@MellyMel22
Yes, I will tell you right away!!

@MellyMel22 That sounds good but it's no fruit roll up and yes, yes I do 😬

@GnomeyGee True.. Wait! Are you trying to get me back on the fruit roll ups already?!

@MellyMel22 It's all part of my evil plan mwahahaha

@Lilnonames Those look convenient!

@MellyMel22 too convenient ,i ate them all in two days😊

@Lilnonames My kids would never allow me to find two packs 🤣