I know I'm late to the party but I just bought a smoothie blender. I have been making my own homemade protein shakes for years now but now I'm making my own protein smoothies now. High protein fairlife chocolate milk, peanut powder, and a banana blended up. Tastes fantastic.
What do you guys do smoothie wise just to give me some ideas. Any breakfast smoothies? Actually with yogurt?
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I was going to say the same thing. Smoothies can pack in a lot of good nutrition...but the can also pack in a lot of calories if you're not paying attention or you think that just because something is highly nutritious, those calories don't matter.
My gym has a smoothie bar and the lowest calorie smoothie they have is around 400 calories...most are in the 600-800 calorie range...all with really good nutritional ingredients. When I was doing a lot of long distance endurance cycling, I made one after long rides that were around 1,000 calories for recovery as it was easy to consume when I wasn't really particularly hungry after a 30+ mile ride...plus I was in maintenance when I was doing all of that.
There is a recent thread under Food and Nutrition about smoothies with several "recipes".
@chloeguo, @moni94, @Poco_Loco, @carolinak74, @pavanreddym2013, @lizadoliddle, @correen_b, @paulperryman, @yungibear
@elmusho1989, @chloeguo, @moni94, @Poco_Loco, @carolinak74, @pavanreddym2013, @lizadoliddle, @correen_b, @paulperryman, @yungibear, @mitch239, @OAS5, @angela937, @WarmDontBurn, @nz_deevaa, @goal06082021, @jessienani, @thelastnightingale, @ChristinaCG78728 I thought you might like this recipe.
A tangy detox one:
1 green apple
Half lemon (i peel it and throw everything in to get the fiber content but it can be squeezed)
Small knob chopped ginger
Handful of spinach
2 tsp flax seeds
Water of vegetable milk of choice (or half and half) - add until desired thickness
A creamy one:
1/3 large papaya
1/2 banana
Coconut milk -add until desired thickness
1 tsp chia seeds
Handful of spinach
Vitamin C one:
1 orange + juice of another orange
1 lemon
2 carrots
Water -add until desired thickness
Grated ginger optional
You know what? I've never actually tried carrot juice. Maybe I should?
I found the idea of vegetable juice 'wrong' as a child, but at the moment, carrots are actually one of my favourite foods, especially when blended (carrot soup is amazing and so low calorie).
This may well be one of those things I didn't try as a child simply because I didn't like the idea, but as an adult, I should revisit.
Thanks so much for the suggestion!