Butternut Squash-Carrot Smoothie

I had frozen butternut squash in the freezer from late last year.  I wanted it out.  Making another smoothie, it occurred to me: put it in a smoothie.  So I did that.  I aimed for ingredients with complementary tones.  This is what I came up with.

Frozen Butternut Squash
Frozen Parisian Carrots (Trader Joe's) ... Could Be Any Carrots
One-Half Frozen Banana 
Frozen Peaches
Frozen Pineapple Chunks
Half or Less Jazz Apple ... Once Again, Don't Sweat the Jazz
A Few Frozen Beet Slices
A Teaspoon or So of Hemp Seeds (Ground or Not (I Used Ground)
Poppy Seeds (A Few Shakes)
Paprika (A Dash)
Orange Juice

Everything is in the blender jar except the juice, hemp, paprika, and poppy seeds.

The juice is added.

Hemp seeds are added.

Finished product after about a minute of blending.  Consistency is excellent.  Stop and check and add liquid if necessary. Blending can be a very finicky process.  I added the poppy seeds and paprika afterward with a spoon but I would blend them to begin with if I had originally thought to use them.  I also would have added frozen mangoes if I had them.  Smoothies are almost an anything goes affair once you acquire the feel for it.