My lat­est addic­tion is the Orange Dream Machine smoothie. Until recently, I was at the mercy of Jamba Juice to get my daily fix. Since I’ve become the happy recip­i­ent of a new Blendtec, I can now make my own. (okay, I con­fess, my son can now make me them, haha)

There has been a lot of trial and error to get this smoothie per­fected to the point that I like it just as much as the orig­i­nal Orange Dream Machine at Jamba Juice. My recipe is for using a Blendtec. How­ever, I think you can get the same fla­vor pro­files with a reg­u­lar kitchen blender. You might need to adjust the juice or ice amounts depend­ing on if it’s turn­ing out to too thick or thin.

Ingre­di­ents: (makes 2 large smoothies)

• 1 cup orange juice (fresh squeezed is bet­ter but not mandatory)
• ½ cup milk or soy milk
• 2 large scoops of orange sherbert
• 2 large scoops of vanilla frozen yogurt
• 1 ½ cups ice

Direc­tions:

1. Add the liq­uids on the bot­tom first, then the solids and finally the ice.
2. Use the pre-programmed smoothie but­ton if you’re using a Blendtec. (some­times I run it twice to get a creamier con­sis­tancy) If your using a house­hold blender, blend until it’s a creamy smoothie.
3. Poor in a fun glass with a straw and a piece of fruit for a garnish.