Do you know how to make a homemade smoothie?

hapemopirate

Alton Brown has a really good recipe on foodnetwork.com. Just look around for it -- it was on his Buff Like Me episode.

YYUUUMMM

Resalyn

I have this every morning as a meal replacement -

1 can Diet Rite Tangerine
1 serving protein powder - I like MLO Super High Protein - 24 g
1 Crystal Light Energy Wild Strawberry drink mix
1/2 c plain fat free yogurt
handful of frozen strawberries
handful of ice cubes.

Fills up my 32-ounce Rubbermaid glug jug with the flip top - it tastes a little like fruity sweet tarts! Yum!

aippolito1

Bump!


I can't find the blade for my food processor since moving...once I do...I am all over this thread. :P

Jax67

Bumping into my topics.... thanks for all the great recipes :happy:

vannie53

Frozen fruit, soy milk, a little honey always works for me.

aerobicgirl

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.

just curious but have you tried the oats itself instead of cooking them bc i make oatmeal with milk and that maybe a little to much dairy. just wondering??

CrazyAdventures

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.

I have almost the exact same shake everyday, but never used oats or yogurt with it before! I use water instead, and Slim Fast Optimum chocolate royale, though, and have recently started adding 1/2 scoop of unflavored whey protein into it, too.

Steph_135

Because you didn't have enough options already:

My Dairy-Free Protein Smoothie
- Rice Dream (rice milk)
- Banana
- Strawberries
- Rice Protein Powder (Soy is yummy too)
- Ice would be nice, but I never have any

Put it all in a blender, and blend until it looks like a smoothie. I like banana chunks in mine. :happy:

MattDustin

just curious but have you tried the oats itself instead of cooking them bc i make oatmeal with milk and that maybe a little to much dairy. just wondering??
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I have, I'm not sure why, but maybe because they aren't cooked/soft yet, they don't really get blended. They sort of sink to the bottom and you get a mouthful of whole oats, its weird.

For shakes I just cook them with water though, that works just as well. You can always use water too instead of milk in the shake for less dairy

kalmf

This may not need saying to those with a fully functioning brain, but when you freeze the bananas, take the skin off first. I didn't and then couldn't get the banana out of the skin. Idiot.:blushing:

RedneckWmn

This may not need saying to those with a fully functioning brain, but when you freeze the bananas, take the skin off first. I didn't and then couldn't get the banana out of the skin. Idiot.:blushing:

You know....I'm not gonnna lie but I never even would of thought of that. I was going to freeze some. I'm so glad you said something! I'm a moron! :embarassed:

jbuffan218

Bumping to my Topics:drinker:

RedneckWmn

Wow I'm so glad I started this thread! So many fantastic ideas!! I plan to try several of them next week!

Mellie13

I had this one for breakfast yesterday-yummy!
1/2 Banana
1/2 cup Frozen Whole Strawberries
1/4 cup Organic Oikos Greek Yogurt - Plain
1 T Kretschmer Wheat Germ
1/2 Scoop Jillian Michael's - Natural Whey Protein Powder - Vanilla Cream Shake
enough water to give it a good consistancy.