With both blender and Magic Bullet out of order, I was scratching my head at what to do with our morning smoothie in progress. "Just eat it," was mom's suggestion, "it's a Halo Halo then."Halo Halo (which is Tagalog for "mix"; see Wikipedia) usually consist of shaved ice, fruit, beans, and/or milk, cream,and/or ice cream depending on the variation. In this version we used frozen fruit and soy milk instead of ice shavings and milk. The chose of ingredients reflect our personal taste; you can customize according to yours.
Halo Halo (Serves 2)
- 1/2 C frozen strawberries halves
- 1/2 C frozen blueberries
- 1/4 C pineapple, cubed
- 1/2 small mango, cubed
- 1/4 avocado, cubed
- 1/3 C Soy milk
- 1/3 C cold water
- 1/4 C pine nuts
- pinch of roasted zest
- 1 banana, quarter and circular cut
* Personal Note: We tend to store our fruits that are in-stock all year long in the fridge (except for the banana), but our fruit, vegetables (pre-blanched), flour, nuts, etc that have short season or use on occasion we store in our freezer.
- In a bowl collect frozen ingredients and leave to side to thaw a bit. Collect none-frozen ingredient at this time.
- Once thawed enough to cut easily, but not runny, dice strawberries. Cut pineapple, mango, avocado in bite-size cubes. Add and mix all ingredients to bowl.
- Add soy milk, water, nuts, and zest to bowl and mix.
- Cut bananas last (as they tend to brown very quickly), add, and mix.
- Divide up mix and enjoy! Better eaten sooner then later as it takes on a mushy quality over time.
