Smoothies!

Never used a hand blender before ( I have a regular one) for my smoothies, but do you like green smoothies?? They ar eREALLY good and you can add ANYTHING... spinach, lettuce, greens, cucumbers, cherries, peaches, strawberries, mango, any kind of fruit or veggies you like you like.

I have actually had this one before: Vanilla protein powder, dark cherries (frozen) and silk vanilla milk! YUMMYYYYY!!!!

I would think that you would just have to make sure you mix well with the hand blender so as not to have chunks in it!

My absolute favorite smoothie to make is (this recipe is for two serivings, the way I have it):

1 Banana
2 tbsp Peanut Butter
6oz non-fat plain yogurt
Light Vanilla soy milk to your desired texture (I make it pretty thick for me)

Its roughly 470 calories if you drink the whole thing, good amount of protein, potassium.
Its thick and rich and always hits the spot for me after a workout.

Never used a hand blender before ( I have a regular one) for my smoothies, but do you like green smoothies?? They ar eREALLY good and you can add ANYTHING... spinach, lettuce, greens, cucumbers, cherries, peaches, strawberries, mango, any kind of fruit or veggies you like you like.

I have actually had this one before: Vanilla protein powder, dark cherries (frozen) and silk vanilla milk! YUMMYYYYY!!!!

I would think that you would just have to make sure you mix well with the hand blender so as not to have chunks in it!

I tried making a green smoothie once (in an electric blender), but it was kind of chunky and I couldn't drink it. What recipes do you use for making green smoothies?

If your smoothie is chunky, you didn't blend it long enough!

Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries (all frozen), some kind of fruit juice, coconut water, a huge handful of spinach, hemp seeds and psyllium fibre. Blend until SMOOOOOOTH and enjoy.

I usually throw all the not-so-nice fruits I have left from the week (tooo ripe banana, softish oranges or apples) with left-over yogurt or quark! Frozen fruit is quite nice as it cools the smoothy while preparing it, so you don't need any ice-cubes!

I also tried to blend frozen bananas once - really yummy ice-creamy texture, put some honey in (or nutella! soooo gooooood) and top up with some nuts makes a brill sundae.. Guess it would go well with PB (seeing as you are such a fan of it anyway)

Must mostly I use my hand blender to make guacamole! There's nothing better! yummyumm

All true!

I love guacamole!

Addicted to my green smoothies, Spinach, triple berries, hump seed, frozen pineapples, banana! Yummy!

I like this kind too. I also usually add some more frozen fruit like strawberries, peaches, etc. The peanut butter makes it taste so good! Almond butter would be good too.

This the smoothie I make for breakfast every day (now just FYI I eat 1900+ calories a day because of my high level of exercise)

1 cup water
1 cup Ice
1/4 cup of pureed Avocado (On average it comes out to half of a small avocado)
2 scoops of chocolate Protein Powder
1 cup milk
1 medium banana
4oz Zoi Plain Greek yogurt (I do not eat the "nonfat" because although it had less calories it has more carbs/sugars than just plain)

I blend the ice, water, and avocado unti smooth. Then I add the milk, yogurt, and protein powder and blend until smooth, then finish off blending in the banana. It tastes like a choco/banana milkshake but keeps me full for hours.

The calories in this (with muscle milk's chocolate protein powder) is 677. Like I said, this is higher calorie but this is what fits into my plan

And its only between 300-400 calories depending on whether or not you add the banana

8oz organic milk
1 scoop protein powder (Jay Robb is excellent organic powder sweetened with stevia)
1 TBS peanut butter
1 TBS raw wheat germ
3-4 cups spinach

It is so good because the spinach fades away, you dont taste it all! Wonderful way to get your full serving of veggies and it tastes like a milk shake, you can even add a banana if you like them.

Here's one that my son fixed for me last week. It was very filling and taste much better than it sounded.

1c. Vanilla Soy Milk 240 cal.
handful of fresh baby spinach leaves 7 cal.
1 carrot 52 cal.
1c. fresh or frozen strawberries 25 cal.
2 tsp. sugar-free vanilla syrup (Torani brand from Walmart) 0 cal.
1c diet 7 Up 0 cal.
ice cubes if you like it jucier

mix in blender, add zero cal sweetener if you want 324 cal, 2 big servings, 162 cal/serv.

You need very soft/ripe avocadoes, fresh garlic, chilli (fresh or dried), limes (roughly 1 lime to every 2 avocadoes is how I like it), some salt and pepper - add a bit olive oil if you fancy. Mix until smooth (or how ever you like your consistency.. sometimes I put a couple of cherry tomatoes in as well, helps with the calories ;-)

definitely be trying that at the weekend! thanks!

Then you better get your avocadoes tonight - the ones in the shop usually need some time to ripen up properly :-) Enjoy it! Really fancy that myself now - will get some avocadoes tonight I think :-)

I use 2 tablespoons of chia gel, one heaping tablespoon of Benefibre (Canadian version), one cup almond milk, one cup of frozen fruit such as blueberries and raspberries (my favorites) and a couple of scoops of protein powder (Visalus). It is about 280 calories.

My favorite smoothie to make is a peanut butter banana one: 1 cup milk, 1 tbsp creamy peanut butter, i medium sized banana, and about 4-6 ice cubes. So good!

Also I make a lot of fruit smoothies with berries and bananas. I tend to use milk or OJ instead of yogurt in mine because I don't like the thick texture that the yogurt gives them. Plus the bananas and ice add a thick enough texture to them in my opinion. I really like banana, blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries blended together with some milk and a few ice cubes. It gives me almost all of my fruit servings for the day and is really refreshing after a workout.

Chocolate flavor protein powder, a cup of fat free vanilla yogurt, a cup of mixed berries or strawberry/banana blend (frozen), half a serving of wheat germ, and an 8-10 oz cup of ice.

You can also add the clear benefiber and PB2 if you like.