May Green Smoothie Challenge

mkksemail

SafariGalNYC wrote: »

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tatilove1988

mkksemail wrote: »

tatilove1988 wrote: »

Todays smoothie:

Kale 🥬
Broccoli 🥦
Raspberry 🍓
Banana 🍌
Skyr 🥛
Almond butter 🌰
Peanut butter 🥜
Flaxseeds
Almond milk 🥛

How much flaxseeds do you put in, Tati? Do the seeds add any flavor? I ordered some with my last monthly subscription from Amazon (they arrived yesterday), but I haven't tried any yet 🙂

Cheers!
- MK

Hi MK,

I find that the flaxseed have a mildly nutty flavour. I personally like it, but I find that it doesn’t grind super fine in a smoothie, but I don’t mind that.

Today I added about two tablespoons.

Surely you already know of the great healthy benefits.

tatilove1988

SafariGalNYC wrote: »

@mkksemail - do you use the app or desktop version? On app - go to the main menu and click on friends - then go to the little plus sign on upper right hand side and enter the username of the person you want to friend.

-on desktop - click on your name, then click on friends, then add friend.

-to add a photo - click on your current icon and add photo.

@tatilove1988 - thanks for the herb love! It took about 3 months to get this big, but I bought them as lil younglings, not from seeds.. I forgot to mention, I added a sprig of rosemary to my shake today.. pretty good! I'm going to try basil - blackberry this week!

What a great idea to add herbs to the smoothies; they have so much goodness. I’d like to try cilantro and and parsley as they’re supposed to be great detoxifiers.

I like drinking golden milk (milk with tumeric), I’ll try adding that sometimes to my smoothies.

Can’t wait to see your new concoctions.

tatilove1988

Today’s smoothie:

Beet greens 🥬
Avocado 🥑
Papaya 🍈
Haskap berrie 🫐
Tart cherries 🍒
Banana 🍌
Almond butter 🌰
Peanut butter 🥜
Almond milk 🥛

I ran out of greens 😭 so used only some of the beet greens I had left.

mkksemail

tatilove1988 wrote: »

Today’s smoothie:

Beet greens 🥬
Avocado 🥑
Papaya 🍈
Haskap berrie 🫐
Tart cherries 🍒
Banana 🍌
Almond butter 🌰
Peanut butter 🥜
Almond milk 🥛

I ran out of greens 😭 so used only some of the beet greens I had left.

Lol! While I was reading and looking, i was going to ask you about your beets! I wanted to know if you only put the greens in, or if you put the beets, too?

Do you eat the beets separately? Or do you just buy beet greens?

Do you use dried tart cherries, or fresh? 🙂

Cheers!
- mk

SafariGalNYC

Hi!

Todays smoothie:

Spinach 🥬
Blueberries 🫐
Spirulina
Collagen peptides
Açaí
French melon 🍈
Water 💦

I put it in a wine glass to pretend it’s wine lol

Stocked up on produce yesterday for next smoothies! Berries, 🍐 pears, greens, beets, chards, and the prettiest purple kale!

Cheers 🥂 to your health!

tatilove1988

Omg it’s been such a busy day for me. Sorry for posting the late ladies

Here’s my smoothie:

Beets, beet greens, avocado, banana, haskap berries, yogurt, milk




I had ran out of greens since yesterday, but I got some new greens this evening, so I’ll get back to adding kale, spinach and chard to my smoothies tomorrow.

@SafariGalNYC your smoothie looks good 😍 Today while I was buying my veggies for the week, I saw the purple kale, but for some reason it was double the price of the green kale.
I like drinking mine in a big wine glass too sometimes. Makes me feel all fancy 👒🎩

@mkksemail
Sorry it took me so long to get to you, been a bit busy. I do not juice my beets, use throw them in the blender raw. I cut them up into small pieces first.
I usually buy the beets with the greens still attached. They are very nutritious, maybe even more than the beets themselves.
Are you atil doing your salads or ready to take the plunge and start making smoothies?

mkksemail

tatilove1988 wrote: »

Omg it’s been such a busy day for me. Sorry for posting the late ladies

Here’s my smoothie:

Beets, beet greens, avocado, banana, haskap berries, yogurt, milk




I had ran out of greens since yesterday, but I got some new greens this evening, so I’ll get back to adding kale, spinach and chard to my smoothies tomorrow.

@SafariGalNYC your smoothie looks good 😍 Today while I was buying my veggies for the week, I saw the purple kale, but for some reason it was double the price of the green kale.
I like drinking mine in a big wine glass too sometimes. Makes me feel all fancy 👒🎩

@mkksemail
Sorry it took me so long to get to you, been a bit busy. I do not juice my beets, use throw them in the blender raw. I cut them up into small pieces first.
I usually buy the beets with the greens still attached. They are very nutritious, maybe even more than the beets themselves.
Are you atil doing your salads or ready to take the plunge and start making smoothies?

I've yet to actually HAVE my first salad! 🤐. Tmo for sure !!!

No, not doing smoothies yet. I'm going to try to do salads this month, then perhaps branch out into smoothies 😁.

I hope it's ok I continue to hang with you guys and get inspiration 👏

mkksemail

@tatilove1988 , I tried to find you again on Fitbit today - I think I was successful this time. I sent a friend request to a Tatiana P. Hopefully it was you! 😁

mkksemail

A little bit of inspiration, from another challenge 😊

Today's the day! I *will* make and eat a salad today 🥗😁

SafariGalNYC

@tatilove1988 - that smoothie looks great!!

@mkksemail - love that post re us being the gardeners.. so true!!

I’m also a late poster today.

Todays smoothie:

Beet! (Because of Tati of course!)
Elderberry
Purple Irish Sea moss
Dandelion greens
Purple kale
Açaí
Spinach
Collagen
Water

I bought a lot of purple produce 💜

This photo doesn’t do the color justice:

tatilove1988

Looks delicious @SafariGalNYC How did you enjoy the beet taste?

@mkksemail thank you for the inspiration. Here, to inspire you as well. My salad today

tatilove1988

Busy weekend guys. Did I mention I had two toddlers and a baby? 😅

I’ll be posting earlier during the week.

Worry not! I continued eating healthily 🥗

Can’t wait to see your Salads Mary 🤤

mkksemail

tatilove1988 wrote: »

Looks delicious @SafariGalNYC How did you enjoy the beet taste?

@mkksemail thank you for the inspiration. Here, to inspire you as well. My salad today

Omg that looks gaw-juss!!
I am dragging myself towards the greens, fighting myself every step 😝
I washed, cut, and prepped a mountain of greens for salad today. It took so long tho, I warmed up tomato and cheese soup that I'd made earlier in the week, for hubby and I, cuz I was stah-ving!

Tomorrow! Promise ... Salad on the agenda 🤣🥗

tatilove1988 wrote: »

Busy weekend guys. Did I mention I had two toddlers and a baby? 😅

I’ll be posting earlier during the week.

Worry not! I continued eating healthily 🥗

Can’t wait to see your Salads Mary 🤤

Wow, you're amazing!! Xx


You and Mary/@SafariGalNYC are truly inspiring me. Thank you for letting me hang about in your Smoothie Bar 🤩

Cheers!
- mk (Maine)

PS - I go by MaryK (sounds like MaryKay in my day-to-day life, rather than Mary 😊

tatilove1988

Hiya!!

Here’s my smoothie for today

Spinach
Swiss chard
Oats
Papaya
Tart cherries
Flax seeds
Almond butter
Almond milk

I had it as a post walk drink

SafariGalNYC

Loved the beets!

Smoothie same as yesterday- I had leftovers, I made so much!

mkksemail

Salad!!

Hubby and I prepped 12 containers of salad stuff. And I made four sacks of greens and carrot shavings last night into today.

Many many things in the salad!! Hubby says maybe a little too many add-ons fir salad. I'll have to edit next time 😬😉

Greens have:
Red cabbage
Green cabbage
Romaine lettuce
Green Leaf lettuce
Kale
Cilantro
Carrot shavings
Cherry tomatoes

Wet add-ins have:
Hard boiled egg
Cottage cheese
Ricotta cheese
Avocado

Dry add-ins have:
Craisins
Dried blueberries
Black currants
Chopped cashews
Raw pumpkin seeds
Sesame sticks
Flax seeds
Edamame
Dried pineapple
Dried dates
Dried apricots
(We left out the dried figs - or, I should say, hubby helped me understand that was tooooo much! 🤪)


On the plus side, hubby loves salad. So at least one of us will enjoy them this week 🤩. (Well both be eating them tho 🤣)

mkksemail

Hm. When I click to insert image, nothing shows up 🤷‍♀️

tatilove1988

mkksemail wrote: »

Salad!!

Hubby and I prepped 12 containers of salad stuff. And I made four sacks of greens and carrot shavings last night into today.

Many many things in the salad!! Hubby says maybe a little too many add-ons fir salad. I'll have to edit next time 😬😉

Greens have:
Red cabbage
Green cabbage
Romaine lettuce
Green Leaf lettuce
Kale
Cilantro
Carrot shavings
Cherry tomatoes

Wet add-ins have:
Hard boiled egg
Cottage cheese
Ricotta cheese
Avocado

Dry add-ins have:
Craisins
Dried blueberries
Black currants
Chopped cashews
Raw pumpkin seeds
Sesame sticks
Flax seeds
Edamame
Dried pineapple
Dried dates
Dried apricots
(We left out the dried figs - or, I should say, hubby helped me understand that was tooooo much! 🤪)


On the plus side, hubby loves salad. So at least one of us will enjoy them this week 🤩. (Well both be eating them tho 🤣)

Wowww!!! Now that’s a salad!

Hubby said too many things for his own sake lol. He’d rather have that tomato cheese soup 🤪 at least he loves salads, that’s lovely. In my home, I’m the only salad eater 😩

I know it’s a lot more motivating to eat healthy if others in the household also eat healthy, so you could make salads that you know hubby will also enjoy.

I love the mix of green and red cabbage, but for the lettuce, you could pick one type, one type of cheese, one or two types of berry/fruit.
I loooove the addition of pumpkin seeds in your salad. I might try that as well.

Super proud of you MaryK. A picture? 👀

tatilove1988

mkksemail wrote: »

Hm. When I click to insert image, nothing shows up 🤷‍♀️

I have the same problem in the app (sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t), so when I want to insert a picture, I go on the site directly. On your phone the MyFitnessPal mobile site will look almost identical to the app.

mkksemail

@tatilove1988 .... Thankyouuuuuuuuui!!!!! 😊😊😊😊😊

I'm still working on my salad. Lol. Hubby's been done with his double/triple sized one for quite awhile.

(And I skipped the egg and the avocado, too, bc I already had eggs today, and bc I don't love avocado (hubby does tho )., )

Lol I really needed your thread, even if I'm not using it properly.

I'll try (to add the pix) on the full site later tonite. I took pic of the dry ingredients prepped in the containers, then the wet ingredients added on top (separated by Saran wrap), AND the sacks of greens, and hubbies triple sized salad, AND my single sized salad lol

Took them all (pix) for you 🥰

mkksemail

PS - I really don't love veggies ... Can you tell? 🤣

mkksemail

Ok, back on the full site. Let's see ...

Dry ingredients prepped - 12 containers ready 👏 -



Dry add-ins have:
Craisins
Dried blueberries
Black currants
Chopped cashews
Raw pumpkin seeds
Sesame sticks
Flax seeds
Edamame
Dried pineapple
Dried dates
Dried apricots
(We left out the dried figs - or, I should say, hubby helped me understand that was tooooo much! 🤪)


Wet ingredients added on top (separated by Saran wrap) - forgot to add the cherry tomatoes! -



Wet add-ins have:
Hard boiled egg (only in 10 of them)
Cottage cheese (in all 12)
Ricotta cheese (in all 12)
Avocado (only in 8 of them)


Four sacks of greens with carrot shavings prepped and ready! -



Greens have:
Red cabbage
Green cabbage
Romaine lettuce
Green Leaf lettuce
Kale
Cilantro
Carrot shavings
Cherry tomatoes (cherry tomatoes are not in the greens sacks, they're separate 🍅)

Hubby's salad - you can't see depth, but this is a small pasta serving bowl, not an entree sized plate 😳 (hubby loves salad). He has all his stuff mixed into the center, with more greens added on top. -



My salad - I do NOT love said, lol. This is a regular sized plate 🤪 -




We'll be eating these salads all week 🥗

@tatilove1988 - pix added! 👏 (ty!)

mkksemail

I'll edit back in the ingredients ...

tatilove1988

Today’s smoothie:

Kale
Spinach
Haskap berries
Banana
Almond butter
Flax seeds
Almond milk

mkksemail

Hello, Green Smoothie Bar 👋!

Today's salad! (Same as yesterday's 😃)




Greens:
Red and green cabbage, Romaine and Green Leaf lettuce, Kale, Cilantro, Carrot shavings, Cherry tomatoes


Wet add-ins:
Hard boiled egg, Cottage cheese, Ricotta cheese, Avocado

Dry add-ins:
Craisins, Dried blueberries, Black currants, Chopped cashews, Raw pumpkin seeds, Sesame sticks, Flax seeds, Edamame, Dried pineapple, dates, and Apricots

Cheers!
- mk 🙂 @mkksemail (Maine)

Thank you again for letting me hang out in your smoothie bar, when I'm not making smoothies (yet). You guys are giving me great ideas/inspiration 🥰)

SafariGalNYC

mkksemail wrote: »

Hello, Green Smoothie Bar 👋!

Today's salad! (Same as yesterday's 😃)




Greens:
Red and green cabbage, Romaine and Green Leaf lettuce, Kale, Cilantro, Carrot shavings, Cherry tomatoes


Wet add-ins:
Hard boiled egg, Cottage cheese, Ricotta cheese, Avocado

Dry add-ins:
Craisins, Dried blueberries, Black currants, Chopped cashews, Raw pumpkin seeds, Sesame sticks, Flax seeds, Edamame, Dried pineapple, dates, and Apricots

Cheers!
- mk 🙂 @mkksemail (Maine)

Thank you again for letting me hang out in your smoothie bar, when I'm not making smoothies (yet). You guys are giving me great ideas/inspiration 🥰)

@mkksemail — yay for your salad!! I love the greens combo!!! I love dried fruit too.. perhaps too much. Dried figs don’t last long around me lol,
Pumpkin seeds - I alway try to add a few, great vitamin e and selenium!

SafariGalNYC

tatilove1988 wrote: »

Today’s smoothie:

Kale
Spinach
Haskap berries
Banana
Almond butter
Flax seeds
Almond milk

@tatilove1988 - those haskap berries give that the prettiest blue-purple glow!

SafariGalNYC

Was running late today for work.. so I did a 1 min run out the door smoothie.

Spinach
Blueberries
Açaí
Jerusalem artichoke
Collagen peptides
🍵 matcha powder

tatilove1988

mkksemail wrote: »

Hello, Green Smoothie Bar 👋!

Today's salad! (Same as yesterday's 😃)




Greens:
Red and green cabbage, Romaine and Green Leaf lettuce, Kale, Cilantro, Carrot shavings, Cherry tomatoes


Wet add-ins:
Hard boiled egg, Cottage cheese, Ricotta cheese, Avocado

Dry add-ins:
Craisins, Dried blueberries, Black currants, Chopped cashews, Raw pumpkin seeds, Sesame sticks, Flax seeds, Edamame, Dried pineapple, dates, and Apricots

Cheers!
- mk 🙂 @mkksemail (Maine)

Thank you again for letting me hang out in your smoothie bar, when I'm not making smoothies (yet). You guys are giving me great ideas/inspiration 🥰)

Beautiful looking salad. I’d love to eat a mix of your salad and your husband’s posted previously. I like my greens as much as the rest.

I also love the way you prepped all your veggies and other salad ingredients. It makes it easy to grab something when hungry. Also when everything is ready for you, it makes it easier fight off junk food cravings.

Good job!!!

@SafariGalNYC Good on you for still whipping up a quick smoothie despite being in a hurry. I must say I never thought of adding artichokes in my smoothies. How was it?