Do you know how to make a homemade smoothie?

RedneckWmn

Does anybody have a good recipe for a homemade smoothie? I need something to put my protein powder in. Any suggestions would be great! Thanks!:drinker:

Mellie13

I use plain yogurt, frozen fruit, about 1/2 a banana, a little juice and ready to go.

msbanana

Banana, Frozen Mixed Berries, fat free frozen yogurt a splash of OJ and Ice yum!!
Or Same ingredients drop the FroYo and OJ and use Fat Free milk and frozen peaches.

hema

I use crushed ice, frozen fruit (peaches, berries, bananas) whatever frozen fruit you like. I freeze my own ripe banana. Some protien powder, ground flex seed, skim milk. Amounts are what looks good in the cup.

jmarie9

soy milk, spinach (you wont even taste it), and frozen fruit... you get your veggies in and it tastes gooood!

SarahNicole317

If you want to keep it low calorie just use frozen fruit, protein, and water. You will never know the difference. Remember that you shouldn't consume fat within 2 hours before or after a workout so I would warn not to add additional dairy to the shake. The fat will slow digestion and you need to get the energy and muscle building protein throughout your body to start repairing!

Cherry Chocolate Shake--

1 scoop chocolate protein powder
1 C Frozen dark sweet cherries
cover with water
blend until smooth

Frozen bananas, like someone else suggested, are good because they make it creamy so it seems like there is ice cream in it!

empiremom

frozen strawberries and 1/2 frozen banana. i like it a lil sweeter so i add 1 tsp of agave and a splash of vanilla. i have this every morning. i love it.

also i use trader joe's carribean frozen fruit with a banana in it as well! it is yummy. (it is mango, pineapple, papaya blend frozen)

DawnOf1969

frozen fruit, 1/4 c skim milk, yogurt or frozen yogurt with a little sugar or sugar substitute in the blender. yum!

DawnOf1969

frozen fruit, 1/4 c skim milk, yogurt or frozen yogurt with a little sugar or sugar substitute in the blender. yum!

kellycrow

for a dairy free smoothie loaded with nutrients and energy to get your day going:

frozen strawberries
blueberries
apple or banana (adds a little sweetness - you can also add a chunk of fresh pineapple)
handful or two of organic fresh baby spinach
ground flax seed
protein powder (mine is vanilla... if not, you can add some vanilla extract... just cuz i like vanilla!!)
water

i also add cinnamon just because i like it....

awestfall

soy milk, spinach (you wont even taste it), and frozen fruit... you get your veggies in and it tastes gooood!

I do this too but I use almond milk and frozen fruit,spinach and plain greek yogurt

RedneckWmn

Wow thanks for all the great ideas! I had no idea about not having the milk!

lwebsmfp

I use:

Vanilla Low Fat Yogurt
Fresh Blueberries
Frozen Strawberries
Banana

Sometimes I'll use frozen mixed fruits (which have strawberries, peaches, mango, and pineapple) instead of just strawberries and blueberries. Fresh Blackberries are very good. I like to eat Raspberries too but they're not high up on my list for smoothies. Cherries are also good to add to the mix!

Great post by the way. I love reading all the different varieties everyone uses and am going to add some of these recipes to my binder.

Laceylala

If you have a really good flavored protein powder, then you can almost put anything in there and it will be good. I've found that the Spiru-tein powders are my favorite. They've got one called Chocolate Peanutbutter Swirl that is to die for good with spinach, ice and water to the tune of like 200 cals if that. YUM

cds2327

I do a cup of either light soymilk or non fat milk...
1 cup frozen strawberries
1 med banana
protein powder
some crushed ice (optional)

mictur

My favorite is 1 cup of frozen blueberries & strawberries with banana and pomegrante juice 1/2 c. with chocolate protein powder

Happyoceangirl

Bumpity bump - YUM!!!

This afternoon -made one (dairy free) with 4 oz OJ, 1/2 papaya, 1 banana, 1/2 cup frozen strawberries, a handful of ice, vanilla protein powder.

I'm thinking the chocolate-peanut butter powder with spinach smoothie sounds strangely addictive. Must try it! LOL!

MattDustin

Okay good stuff, but here is something I haven't seen posted yet. I would assume if you are mixing it with other things its a meal replacement or snack, not a quick post-workout shake?

Anyway, cook up some plain oatmeal, the quick oats, not the flavored packaged kind. If you can, let it cool first, then blend it up with some milk, yogurt, fruit, or whatever you may have floating around. I usually use about half a cup. It gets blended up completely so you don't even taste the texture of it, and it keeps you so full from the fiber!

This is my absolute favorite, I've passed it off as a milkshake before to friends. I don't measure exact amounts, but a guess is:

Maybe half a cup, low-fat vanilla yogurt
Half a cup oatmeal
A tablespoon or so of peanut butter
A banana
A little skim milk
3-4 ice cubes
Chocolate whey protein (I like Optimum Nutrition, good flavor and it has BCAAs and Glutamine for muscle recovery)

Tastes amazing, and keeps me filled for hours! You can also add flax seed or flax seed oil for some Omega 3 without any bad flavor.

kittytrix

My fave is frozen tropical fruit over orange and apple juice in a blender. I usually don't add yogurt but do add a Tbsp of vanilla protein powder.

jmdolan

bump

loverrgirrl

My trainer at the gym recomended a really good smoothie to my however I have altered it just a little bit.

Her smootie:
Almond milk (60 cal as the 40 cal is pretty gross)
Frozen mixed berries
Skim milk powder

My Variation:
1cup of Almond milk (60cal)
2tbsp of Skim milk powder
1/2 med banana (frozen)
1/4cup frozen blueberries
6 good sized frozen strawberries
4 cubes of frozen mangos
5 slices of peach (frozen)
Makes about 2 cups of smoothie

However if you wanted to put in a protien powder just switch it out with the skim milk powder.

I eat this everyday for breakfast and i love it, if its not sweat enough for you just add in some sweetner (i use stevia because it has no sugar or calories).