A variety of seasonal fruits and juices can be blended for an infinite number of smoothies. Blending Your Smoothie I'll tell you right up front that the technique for making smoothies is embarrassingly simple. You can pretty much just dump the ingredients in a blender and flip the switch. What separates a good smoothie from a mediocre one is preparation of ingredients, and matching those ingredients in the right combinations. Of course, you can make up your own, but what I want to concentrate on here is the preparation of ingredients.
Flavors are at their peak, and the fruits are cheap and abundant.
Fruits we freeze ourselves can end up mushy and ugly when thawed, but that's okay for smoothies because the flavor is still there. I found that partially freezing the fruit makes a thick texture and maximizes flavor. Fresh or fully thawed fruit leaves a smoothie too thin. And fruit that's frozen rock-hard makes it so icy the fruit can't release its natural juices. Or, partially thaw packaged fruit.