Licuado, delicious to drink, easy to make

The licuado is basically a fruit drink blended with fruit, sugar and milk, water or yogurt. All these years where I used to make "banana shakes" in my blender to use up over-ripe bananas, little did I know I was making banana licuados.

Since I've moved to Guatemala, I've gotten more adventurous with my "fruit shakes," because my philosophy has always been with food preparation "if you can make it, so can I."

I've made licuados with papayas, strawberries, pineapple and mango-- by far the easiest is bananas, probably because I've done them for years. The secret is getting the right amount of fruit, sugar and liquid. And the other secret is putting them in a fancy glass and drinking them with a straw.