I regularly go to Sam’s Club is to get Almond Milk, as my son is allergic to the regular milk, and the almond somewhat helps him with his allergies. He drinks only Silk’s original flavor almond milk, and it is slightly cheaper at Sam’s Club compared to Wal-Mart. At the Sam’s Club I also saw that Fresh Strawberries have started coming to the stores. I have weakness towards fresh strawberries and this Friday I saw it was selling for 3.98 dollars for 2lb strawberries and ended up buying them. I also had some cream cheese also waiting to be used. So I decided to use both the strawberries and cream cheese along with some vanilla ice cream to make this strawberry cream cheese shake.
Trust me it is delicious. My hubby told me to try a small amount first, and then if you like we can make more. So I reduced the amount of ice cream added to the recipe, and along with fresh strawberries, and also added some vanilla extract too. I was planning to add little lemon zest but forgot to add it. My kids loved it as it has ice cream and strawberries. The cream cheese adds subtle tanginess hard to find out in shake. Ice cream makes its full flavored drink.
I won’t say this is healthy drink but it is delicious occasionally you can have one. You can make it for kids birthday parties. I am planning to make this one.
Only problem I encountered with drink was while taking the photography I didn’t get the beautiful pink color from strawberries.
It is easy to make dump everything into blender including ice cream and blend well serve with fresh strawberries. If you add some whipped cream or Reddi whipp or cool whip on the top to make it more stylish.
Here comes the recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Milk ( I used 2 %)
- 1 cup vanilla ice cream( I used homemade vanilla by Blue bell) (Increase to 2 cups if you wish)
- 2 oz cream cheese ( I used Philadelphia original)
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon lemon zest ( optional)
- 1 cup fresh chopped strawberries
Instructions
- In a blender add strawberries, milk, ice cream, cream cheese, vanilla extract and lemon zest if using. Blend well for 5 minutes.
- Serve with fresh whipped cream or cool whip or reddi whip as you wish.
Notes
This recipe is inspired from here
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
techie2mom says
Lovely milkshake!
Reeni says
What a scrumptious shake Swathi! I LOVE that you added cream cheese! I never saw that in a shake before but what a great idea! Very original and creative.
April @ The 21st Century Housewife says
I've pinned this to my Strawberries board on Pinterest, Swathi. Your MilkShake looks delicious - and I love the addition of the cream cheese!
ramya says
Looks ve the berries and yummy shake.perfect for summer
Tanusree says
This is wonderful ! Sounds like a tall glass of "Strawberry cheesecake" smoothie. Yumm...
savitha says
Nice idea of using cream cheese in the milk shake. love it.
deepti says
Looks wonderfully delicious and strawberry being the favorite fruit of my toddler would love to have this anytime!
Jiya Jesh says
Milkshake looks creamy and delicious.
Anusha says
Sometimes its simple things like strawberries and cream cheese that can make one happy beyond description! I would call this a match made in heaven
Anupa says
yummy shake there...they r so filling and refreshing...love it .. time to go get some strawberries 🙂
Bhawya says
Looks so good.. My Fav Drink 🙂
Huma says
Oh this is delicious.
beena stephy says
Delicious milk shake
Choc Chip Uru says
How rich and delicious this milkshake is 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
kaveri says
Addition of cream cheese sounds very interesting...Looks yummy Swathi
Rafeeda says
oh... this sounds really good... looks so filling...
veenashankar says
so creamy so tasty
bhawna says
wow strawberry shake with cream chesse is very yummy idea...looks so yum swati...
Gloria says
Strawberry milkshake looks super delish!!.....adding cream cheese is new to me..will try this soon .
chikku says
Delicious shake...yummy !!
Priya Anadakumar says
Rich, creamy strawberry shake... very tempting Swathi...