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malanindaa
malanindaa Posts: 19
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does anyone want to share some awesome smoothie recipes, i absolutely love smoothies for breakfast:)

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  • mystikalbeanz
    mystikalbeanz Posts: 192 Member
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    does anyone want to share some awesome smoothie recipes, i absolutely love smoothies for breakfast:)

    ^^ I agree.. I love making banana smoothies when my bananas start to ripen too fast for me to eat!
  • leska1216
    leska1216 Posts: 260
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    In a bender combine any fruit, any yogurt, milk or juice, ice cube or two or not. Blend. Drink.

    I like raspberry, blueberry, strawberry, pineapple, and banana. I use French Vanilla yogurt. Orange juice is first choice, apple juice is second. Also use pineapple juice. Most of my smoothies/shakes are made with 2% milk.

    Experiment with your likes or dislikes. There is no wrong or right recipe for smoothies/shakes.

    Oh, yes, add some fibre, flax seed, all bran, chia seeds, etc for extra fibre and crunchiness.
  • danamarier
    danamarier Posts: 24
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    My favourite smoothie:

    1/2 cup banana
    1/3 cup berries (raspberries, blueberries, whatever)
    1/4 cup mango
    2 tbsp yogurt
    1/4 cup cottage cheese
    1 cup field greens (YES I PUT LETTUCE IN MY SMOOTHIES!)
    1-2 cups of water to get smoothie to desired consistency

    blend it all together- the cottage cheese will blend down to the same size as the berry seeds and you can't taste it, and the lettuce breaks down so much you don't know it's there. You get protein, calcium, natural sugar and fibre.

    It sounds weird but when I "test" it on my friends without telling them the cottage cheese/lettuce part up front, they say they taste great and would never guess it's got some of the ingredients that it does :)
  • peachyxoxoxo
    peachyxoxoxo Posts: 1,178 Member
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    ^^ to the above poster, try spinach or kale instead of just lettuce, it will be even more nutritious. I love green smoothies! :)
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
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    1/2 scoop protien powder ( chocolate or strawberry is great)
    hand full frozen strawberries
    hand full frozen cherries
    8 oz milk

    blend it well it tastes great :)
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
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    can you taste the greens? is it still good?
  • danielg810
    danielg810 Posts: 76 Member
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    low-carb hi-fat KETO smoothie/ morning iced COFFEE shake yum :D

    1 cup almond milk
    2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
    1/2 scoop choc protein powder
    pinch cinnamon
    couple drops vanilla
    6 macadamia nuts
    7 ice cubes
  • skonly
    skonly Posts: 371
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    I use almond milk and whatever fruit I have in the freezer.
  • bpotts44
    bpotts44 Posts: 1,066 Member
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    .5 cup whole milk
    .5 cup plain greek yogurt
    1 cup frozen strawberries
    1 cup cooked oatmeal
    2 tbsp ground flaxseed


    I then add 1 tbsp of agave or honey if I've worked out that morning.
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
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    Add oatmeal, sunflower seeds, or. It's to your favorite fruit smoothie recipe for some added protein and fiber. NYTimes had a great set of recipes in their cooking section:

    http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/08/its-smoothie-time/
  • run17
    run17 Posts: 27
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    The Green Goddess

    2 cups of raw spinach purified first in blender or processor
    1/2 of a cucumber
    1 container of plain greek yogurt
    1 scoop of vanilla whey protein powder
    5 chunks of cantalopue and 5 chunks of pineapple or mango
    Tropical fruit tastes best
    ice cubes
    a little mint extract
    Optional: a scoop of flax meal
    it really gives you energy before a workout
    It sounds gross but you do not taste the spinach at all. Add more fruit for additional sweetness
  • MissMay87
    MissMay87 Posts: 76
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    The smoothie I am drinking right now: 3 ice cubes, 1/4 cup sliced strawberries, 1/4 large banana, 1/4 cup plain non-fat yogurt, 1 scoop vanilla cream protein powder (made one for my daughter without the protein powder). It's delicious. You can see the nutritional info in my diary. I also really like blueberry smoothies. Enjoy!
  • danamarier
    danamarier Posts: 24
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    I can't taste them- but I also stick to those ratios so that I have much more fruit than lettuce/greens.

    My friends can't tell when I get them to test it out :)
  • malanindaa
    malanindaa Posts: 19
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    i love every recipe in theory, ill try them as soon as possible!
    thank you all! :D

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