Nutribullet newbie - your favourite recipes?

eso2012

Hi there,

My Nutribullet just arrived. About to explore all kinds of goodies. Suggestions please?

Hornsby

One Frozen Banana
2 TBS of Peanut Butter
1 Cup of Almond Milk
Scoop of Chocolate Protein Powder
2 Ice Cubes

eso2012

Delish! thanks.

YorriaRaine

My favorite green smoothie is: Baby spinach, lemon and strawberry's mixed with milk and vanilla protein powder.

I also make strawberry sorbet with just frozen strawberry's and a little bit of pomegranate juice (you could use water or another juice).

I also make pancake batter in it by using: One Banana, one egg, 1/2 tsp of baking powder, 1 tbs of protein powder, 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.

eso2012

Does anyone know of a site that lists not just Nutribullet recipes, but also explain the vitamins, minerals, calories of ingredients in each?
I'd like to learn more...
thanks!

eso2012

I also make pancake batter in it by using: One Banana, one egg, 1/2 tsp of baking powder, 1 tbs of protein powder, 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.

I did not know that! May want to keep that as a secret from kids as I have no intention making pancakes every morning

YorriaRaine

I also make pancake batter in it by using: One Banana, one egg, 1/2 tsp of baking powder, 1 tbs of protein powder, 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.

I did not know that! May want to keep that as a secret from kids as I have no intention making pancakes every morning

Well, it still very much taste like banana, but I love it. It is kinda like eating banana bread but pancake style for breakfeast.

eso2012

Here's the Nutribullet site for recipes (also a community - membership fee).
http://www.nutriliving.com/recipes

rockmama72

I have a tip! Freeze your fruit so your smoothie is really cold and slushy. If you use all room temp fruits, it's blah.

knra_grl

You can enter all the ingredients for your smoothies in the recipes section in your foods. I have one entered because I basically use the same ingredients all the time and when I change the fruit that I use I just change that part of the recipe. My basic smoothie recipe is:

fresh fruit - about 150 - 200 g (any berries that I might have or banana, peaches, mango, etc I normally don't use citrus)
baby kale and spinach - about 100 g
hemp hearts - 1 tblsp
flax seed - 1 tblsp
flax oil - 1 tsp
1 cup coconut water
vanilla protein powder - 35 g

other things you could use in your smoothies:
soy milk
almond milk
coconut milk
yogurt

I try to keep mine kind of on the lower calorie end as they are usually a snack or sometimes I have one for lunch

KimberlyinMN

One of the first things I did was to use a permanent marker to mark the 8 oz fill line. Much easier than always measuring my light soy milk. I also pre-filled little snack bags with the berries so I don't have to measure that out each morning. I also pre-slice my bananas and freeze those. I either add the frozen banana or the berries.

1 sliced frozen banana
-OR-
1/4 c frozen blueberries
1/4 c frozen raspberries
1/4 c frozen strawberries (well, it's about 3)

1/2 oz baby spinach
1 scoop Syntrax Nectar Chocolate Truffle protein powder
1/2 scoop Big Train Fit Frappe Mocha protein powder
8 oz light soy milk
1 tsp truvia
enough water to hit the fill line

eso2012

I have a tip! Freeze your fruit so your smoothie is really cold and slushy. If you use all room temp fruits, it's blah.

Great tip, thanks!! I was also thinking starting having frozen berries as staple in our freezer. They are as nutritious as fresh ones - and sounds like would be excellent for smoothies.

eso2012

One of the first things I did was to use a permanent marker to mark the 8 oz fill line. Much easier than always measuring my light soy milk. I also pre-filled little snack bags with the berries so I don't have to measure that out each morning. I also pre-slice my bananas and freeze those. I either add the frozen banana or the berries.

1 sliced frozen banana
-OR-
1/4 c frozen blueberries
1/4 c frozen raspberries
1/4 c frozen strawberries (well, it's about 3)

1/2 oz baby spinach
1 scoop Syntrax Nectar Chocolate Truffle protein powder
1/2 scoop Big Train Fit Frappe Mocha protein powder
8 oz light soy milk
1 tsp truvia
enough water to hit the fill line

You are so organized!! I was thinking, dump everything in till it fills up

Probably a silly question, as I literally just started reading up on juicing/nutribulleting....is protein powder really necessary? Or is it more for people who want to use the smoothie as a meal replacement?

eso2012

You can enter all the ingredients for your smoothies in the recipes section in your foods. I have one entered because I basically use the same ingredients all the time and when I change the fruit that I use I just change that part of the recipe. My basic smoothie recipe is:

fresh fruit - about 150 - 200 g (any berries that I might have or banana, peaches, mango, etc I normally don't use citrus)
baby kale and spinach - about 100 g
hemp hearts - 1 tblsp
flax seed - 1 tblsp
flax oil - 1 tsp
1 cup coconut water
vanilla protein powder - 35 g

other things you could use in your smoothies:
soy milk
almond milk
coconut milk
yogurt

I try to keep mine kind of on the lower calorie end as they are usually a snack or sometimes I have one for lunch

Hi, yes, sorry was not clear. The calories part is easy. I was thinking more about what vitamins and minerals each combination would have....more for targeting (and monitoring) effects.

Now that I have read everyone's replies and read a few things, definitely get the "fruit, protein powder, veg, milk" general formula. Thanks for the tip re: soy/almond/coconut/yohurt. That would be an interesting base for me to experiment.

eso2012

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YorriaRaine

Probably a silly question, as I literally just started reading up on juicing/nutribulleting....is protein powder really necessary? Or is it more for people who want to use the smoothie as a meal replacement?

I don't use my green smoothie as a meal replacement, but I love using protein powder because I have a really hard time reaching my protein macro for the day. MFP uses 20% protein as a default, this should be considered a min, not a max.

That, and I find when I add a foul tasting green like kale (I'm sorry, but its gross), fruit tends to not be enough to get rid of the kale taste, protein powder makes it pleasant to drink again.

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edit:

On a side note, if you use greek yogurt instead, that has enough protein in it that you would not need a protein powder. I just use my yogurt as a dessert item almost everyday so I don't bother including it in my smoothies.

Bloomboom

Thanks for posting this info. I'm looking into buying one of these machines but haven't yet. Good recipes above.

Shelleben82

Ive been exploring my Nutribullet for about a week now, and i ABSOLUTELY love it! :drinker:
My favorite green drink - blend of Kale, Celery, Cucumber, Green Apple, Lemon & Ginger w H2o
For breakfast i love filling it up w Watermelon cubes! The juice is delicious and its a great pick me up!
I also blend a can of Goya Coconut Water w/Pulp & 1 Pear, its amazing!! The best advise i could give you
is to explore with your ingredients :bigsmile: Ill be playing with beets and carrots tomorrow to keep
it interesting!!! btw its helped me lose a lot of bloat!

ParkerH47

My fav combo - spinach, frozen blueberries, 1/2 frozen banana, greek yogurt, small spoon of almond butter (if you don't have almond butter its also great with out - but i found peanut butter weird in this one so don't sub) Plus enough liquid I like about half orange juice half water - i wouldn't say that is SUPER low cal, but its nutritious and I find it pretty filling

my mom loves coconut water, protein powder, spinach, frozen mango, and a pinch of coconut if you have it on hand

eso2012

btw its helped me lose a lot of bloat!

Ok, girl, you totally got me there - I am SO BATTLING with the mighty bloat!! So, in general, bloating is gone after a week? That's AMAZING....