Name: Piña Colada Smoothie
Yield: Serves 6 (Makes 6 cups)
Ingredients: 2 cups frozen pineapple chunks; 2 small bananas, roughly chopped (about 1 1/2 cups); 1 1/2 cups plain yogurt; 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk; 2 tablespoons honey

Why This Recipe Works

We used flavorful frozen fruit instead of ice in our Piña Colada Smoothie recipe. We found that ice diluted the smoothie’s flavor. Whole-milk yogurt and low-fat yogurt worked well, but we can’t recommend nonfat yogurt because it produced a “gritty" texture. We sweetened the smoothie with a little honey; it complemented the fruit and added extra body to the smoothie.