Drink : Homemade Orange Julius

I've been making these for a few years now. In fact, it's been a really long time since I bought one at the mall. So long that I have no idea how similar this tastes anymore. You'll definitely want a blender to make this. When we needed a new blender I made sure to buy a smoothie maker specifically so it had a pour spout at the bottom. A lot easier for dispensing of anything you make in it - soup, drinks, etc.

I also have a juicer and wanted to use up some of our giant Costco size box of oranges so they wouldn't go to waste. I certainly got a lot more juice out of these oranges than I would have if I had to squeeze them by hand. However, it's still doable, and I've also used frozen concentrate many times to make this.

Ingredients:
* 2 cups fresh orange juice (4 medium oranges through the juicer) or 10 oz. frozen concentrate
* 1 cup milk (once again, I use 1%)
* 1/3 cup granulated sugar
* 2 cups ice
* 1 banana cut up (optional)

Directions:
Prepare everything and put in your blender. Once everything is in the blender just blend until it's the desired consistency. You can also alter the sugar content if you feel it's too sweet or too tart. I tried it with 1/4 cup a while ago and it always tasted a touch too tart, but everyone's tastebuds are different. The banana is nice, but I don't always add it. It does give it a nice smooth taste.

And all I have are Guinness glasses at home unless you count plastic cups for the kids.