Are you too successful at growing your own fruit? Have you got a surplus of strawberries, raspberries or currants?

A great way of make your fruit mountain more digestable is the smoothie.

Making a smoothie from supermarket fruit will cost you an arm and a leg. They are virtually free when you use your own produce.

The recipies couldn’t be simpler. Take the fruit of your choice surplus from the garden or frozen from last year. Blend with mineral water, creme fraiche, yogurt, ice cream or sorbets.

I’m just beginning to learn the joys of the fruit smoothie. And it’s cooler than making jam!