Smoothies

peridotpumpkin2203
peridotpumpkin2203 Posts: 11 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Looking for some nutritious smoothies that will both fill me up as well as provide me with everything I need to start my day!

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  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    edited April 2016
    Kale, chia seeds, flaxmeal, almond milk, 1/2 banana.
    Or, you can do what my inlaw does: butter pecan ice cream, sweet condensed milk, and flax seeds to make it healthy.
  • withoutasaddle
    withoutasaddle Posts: 191 Member
    JanetYellen wrote: »
    Kale, chia seeds, flaxmeal, almond milk, 1/2 banana.
    Or, you can do what my inlaw does: butter pecan ice cream, sweet condensed milk, and flax seeds to make it healthy.
    Lol I like your inlaw
  • Brrrite
    Brrrite Posts: 14 Member
    A banana, natural peanut butter, milk, bunch of spinach, and ice. Yum.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    The combinations are endless. Choose the foods you like and blend away.

    My smoothies usually consist of

    Vanilla almond milk
    Choc/peanut butter protein powder
    Avocado
    Spinach
    yogurt or cottage cheese
    Raspberries/blackberries
    Thickened cream
    Gelatin (collagen)
    Chia seeds
  • sarahkanzalone
    sarahkanzalone Posts: 192 Member
    Like people said if you like it throw it in there my favorite is

    Vanilla protein powder
    Plain Greek yogurt
    Peanut butter powder
    Frozen strawberries
    Almond milk
    Sometimes a banana depending on what I'm eating the rest of the day
  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
    i love smoothies and make amazing ones with lots of nutrient dense stuff high cals.. but no matter what i put in them they could be my whole days of calories they dont fill me up.. aleast not for very long haa.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    edited April 2016
    fishshark wrote: »
    i love smoothies and make amazing ones with lots of nutrient dense stuff high cals.. but no matter what i put in them they could be my whole days of calories they dont fill me up.. aleast not for very long haa.

    Good comment. Yep, smoothies can be much higher in calories than a solid food breakfast.

    But the women's media want you to think smoothies make you lose weight. Anything to sell their articles.

    A calorie deficit makes you lose weight.
  • sarabushby
    sarabushby Posts: 784 Member
    Regrettably I'm the same, for the calorie content they just don't fill me up long enough. That said, I can recommend slicing & freezing any over-ripe bananas you have then they're ready to blitz when you want them with some fat free yoghurt, skim milk & flavours like vanilla essence, fresh or frozen berries, cinnamon, dark chocolate etc.
  • abadvat
    abadvat Posts: 1,241 Member
    When i really don't have time to cook myself breakfast in the AM (post workout / 1st breakfast) I blend 7 egg whites, 3 full eggs, 1 pint of full fat milk, 3 scoops (75 gr) of oats a good handful of spinach and a good handful of berries + ice.
    Tastes of nothing and packs a good variety of macros.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    abadvat wrote: »
    When i really don't have time to cook myself breakfast in the AM (post workout / 1st breakfast) I blend 7 egg whites, 3 full eggs, 1 pint of full fat milk, 3 scoops (75 gr) of oats a good handful of spinach and a good handful of berries + ice.
    Tastes of nothing and packs a good variety of macros.

    @abadvat How many calories?!
  • peridotpumpkin2203
    peridotpumpkin2203 Posts: 11 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    fishshark wrote: »
    i love smoothies and make amazing ones with lots of nutrient dense stuff high cals.. but no matter what i put in them they could be my whole days of calories they dont fill me up.. aleast not for very long haa.

    Good comment. Yep, smoothies can be much higher in calories than a solid food breakfast.

    But the women's media want you to think smoothies make you lose weight. Anything to sell their articles.

    A calorie deficit makes you lose weight.
    Orphia wrote: »
    fishshark wrote: »
    i love smoothies and make amazing ones with lots of nutrient dense stuff high cals.. but no matter what i put in them they could be my whole days of calories they dont fill me up.. aleast not for very long haa.

    Good comment. Yep, smoothies can be much higher in calories than a solid food breakfast.

    But the women's media want you to think smoothies make you lose weight. Anything to sell their articles.

    A calorie deficit makes you lose weight.

  • peridotpumpkin2203
    peridotpumpkin2203 Posts: 11 Member
    Thanks for your comments!
    Typically mine have consisted of,
    1/2 banana
    50g blueberries
    Handful of spinach
    Handful of kale
    250ml Alpro coconut water
    1/2 tsp chia seeds
    And occasionally a scoop of chocolate protein powder
    I've kinda gone past the hungry stage now, I seem to be used to it! Luckily the majority of my calories are on the chia seeds /goji
    Just thanks for your recipe ideas!
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    peridotpumpkin2203 wrote: »
    Thanks for your comments!
    Typically mine have consisted of,
    1/2 banana
    50g blueberries
    Handful of spinach
    Handful of kale
    250ml Alpro coconut water
    1/2 tsp chia seeds
    And occasionally a scoop of chocolate protein powder
    I've kinda gone past the hungry stage now, I seem to be used to it! Luckily the majority of my calories are on the chia seeds /goji
    Just thanks for your recipe ideas!

    That would fill me up for like 5 minutes.

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