Spinach smoothie
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I used an old osterizer for a long time before investing in a refurbished vitamix. The Vitamix or similar blenders will break the cell wall down further, making the drink more easily digestible and smoother. All smoothies are great, though, as long as you drink them right down before they oxidize. Green smoothies are great. If you Google it, you'll find several sites devoted to the benefits of smoothies and full of recipes as well. Check out Green Smoothie Queen and Green Smoothie Girl, among others. I love the mild smoothie spinach makes and it is my fav, but it's a good idea to mix up your greens. This follows the natural pattern in nature, too. Grazing animals, left to their own devices, eat a variety of greens, not just one kind. Each green offers somewhat different elements to the diet. I use kale, mustard, chard, beet greens, and even Romaine lettuce and celery. Parsley is actually a great green for smoothies, very cleansing, if you can manage the texture--it won't smooth out in your regular blender nearly as well as spinach does
One trick I picked up was to add a quarter unpeeled lime to cut the green flavor. Works very well and has a great flavor, too, with lots of benefits from the compounds in the lime peel itself. I also played with adding more and more greens and less fruit to the mix as I got used to the green flavor. Eventually I was using a full bag of greens to a half apple and half banana. I, too, freeze my bananas so I can have a cold smoothie without diluting it down with ice. Even though raw greens are a great way to build nutrient density into your diet, some of the raw greens have a naturally occurring element that's not great for the thyroid (can't remember the name of it just now)--one reason to mix it up and not just use spinach. Continuing to include cooked greens in your diet also makes some nutrients available that only become available through cooking, interestingly enough. By the way, if you quarter your apple, you can use fresh and not have to rely on applesauce. 0 -
I cut up the apple because we have a ton of them at the house and no one really eats them. I thought they would add sweetness and they do. But I still need a liquid so I still use the orange juice. Might try water next time0
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I've always used water. If you can tolerate the taste of stevia, you might try that for added sweetness, too. Sounds like you're in the midst of an awesome experiment.0 -
I have a blender I order from HSN (forgot the name) and it's pretty darn powerful!
My smoothies usually consists of coconut water, kale, mixed frozen tropical fruit, banana and flax seed.
they have just enough of sweetness to calm my sweet tooth and to fill me up.0 -
Today's smoothie despite the added protein, has not really curbed my lunch hunger. I currently stuffing myself right now.0
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Today's is spinach, banana, choco protein powder, ice. I note after the foam as gone down, it only fills about 3/4 of the water bottle. Tastes a little better with the banana vs apple.
Note: I've been taking more poops after starting on these things.
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Yeah they will help move things along.
No smoothies for a couple days. I am waiting for my avocados to ripen a little.0 -
About to blend one now with frozen banana and dark cherries, spinach, almond butter...now I just need a liquid.....unsweetened vanilla almond breeze???0
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dawnveltman1 wrote: »About to blend one now with frozen banana and dark cherries, spinach, almond butter...now I just need a liquid.....unsweetened vanilla almond breeze???
Yum! I ended up blending about a cup and a half of spinach with some unsweetened vanilla almond milk, and a splash of cranberry juice (100%). Mixed that then added frozen bananas, mango chunks, and dark cherries. Blended after each addition. Added a splash of green goodness, I tsp of almond butter, and a scoop of vanilla whey protein.
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What is the calorie count for that?0
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Sounds great. today I did: spinach, 2 cups of water, flax seeds, almonds, a half an avocado, and some berries. YUM.0
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JeffseekingV wrote: »What is the calorie count for that?
only about 100 WITHOUT the almond butter or protein powder.
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JeffseekingV wrote: »Today's is spinach, banana, choco protein powder, ice. I note after the foam as gone down, it only fills about 3/4 of the water bottle. Tastes a little better with the banana vs apple.
Note: I've been taking more poops after starting on these things.
Another one today. Actually just tastes like a chocolate shake. If anything, I might get sick of the chocolate flavor vs any salad taste.0 -
I went back to my stand by. I know it. It's comforting to have what you are used to sometimes.0
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I want one to taste more fruity. If I take out the protein powder, the taste is vastly different. But it's a good way increase protein so maybe I'll look into a diff flavor.0
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So I have recovered from my peanut butter experiment and have prepped another experimental smoothie for tomorrow morning. Leaving super early for an extensive hike.
It has
3 cups spinach
1.5 cups pumpkin (I love pumpkin)
.5 cups blackberries
10 raw almonds
Cinnamon, allspice, ginger, splenda
Tomato
Vanilla almond milk
I hope it turns out ok. Excited about the pumpkin.0 -
Been at Disneyland since Friday so no smoothies down there. But I'm back to the Spinach/banana smoothie today0
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another spinach/banana smoothie. It's really hard to guage any affects as it's more of a micronutrient thing. If anything, it might have caused me to gain a touch more weight just because it's added calories0
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You must use pretty small portions of each ingredient to get about 100 calories, without the almond butter or protein. A banana alone is 100 calories.dawnveltman1 wrote: »dawnveltman1 wrote: »About to blend one now with frozen banana and dark cherries, spinach, almond butter...now I just need a liquid.....unsweetened vanilla almond breeze???
Yum! I ended up blending about a cup and a half of spinach with some unsweetened vanilla almond milk, and a splash of cranberry juice (100%). Mixed that then added frozen bananas, mango chunks, and dark cherries. Blended after each addition. Added a splash of green goodness, I tsp of almond butter, and a scoop of vanilla whey protein.
I don't even drink green smoothies when I'm dieting because if there's no banana, it's not as nice of an emulsion, and if there is, it's too easy to slurp down 300-500 calories in 30 seconds, and be hungry an hour later.
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Today, I made the spinach banana version and held off to about 5pm. I usually don't eat breakfast so that's easy. Had a normal lunch. I'll see if I can eat a little less dinner by having this late in the day. will have to see how my protein count does with this method. Or add protein powder to this smoothie if I continue to have one of these in the evenings0
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Going to store my spinach/protein shake smoothie until 4-5 pm, then try to hit the gym right after work (I know during silly hour). Want to see how that affects my appetite and see if this gets my protein number even close. The goal is to eat less for dinner.0
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Anyone know the shelf life of these things? I actually never got around to drinking yesterday's smoothie.0
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I like green smoothies like this. ALso green juices. My favorite is spinach/pineapple combo with whatever else they decide to put. Green Machine is a ready made shake on the market usually in the front grab and go fridges at the supermarket that you'll probably like based on the ingredients you listed. For when you are on the go or don't have time to make a shake.0
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I bought one of those before deciding I wanted to try making them myself. And I went even cheaper and didn't buy the Vitamix either. My normal blender does the job fine.0
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that's good to know. i broke two blenders and need to get a new one so it's nice to know a normal blender would work for those smoothies. they are good and if I can NOT spend 4-5 bucks at jamba or robeks to get one, that will be a good day.0
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I think at the very least, you need one that handles ice. Hell I got one used on craigslist. $10 or so0
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If you want a nice fat smoothie do this : 2 eggs, 1/2 avacado, 1tbsp kerrygold or other grassfed butter, 1 tbsp coconut oil (refined is tasteless), 2 cups kale 1 to 2 bananas, 1 c spinach, 1 tbsp vit c powder, 1 tbsp bone meal or calcium, 1 tbsp flax meal, 1 tbsp lecithin. 2 cups water or coconut milk or almond milk. You can add too 1 tbsp pbutter for more fat.0
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2 cups of spinach or arugula (blend that with water first) and then one banana and one cup of frozen mango. delish. sometimes I leave out the banana and do 1/4 or 1/2 cup of plain non fat greek yogurt-depends on my calories for the day.0
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angelexperiment wrote: »If you want a nice fat smoothie do this : 2 eggs, 1/2 avacado, 1tbsp kerrygold or other grassfed butter, 1 tbsp coconut oil (refined is tasteless), 2 cups kale 1 to 2 bananas, 1 c spinach, 1 tbsp vit c powder, 1 tbsp bone meal or calcium, 1 tbsp flax meal, 1 tbsp lecithin. 2 cups water or coconut milk or almond milk. You can add too 1 tbsp pbutter for more fat.
What is the calorie count on that?0
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