Almond Mango Coconut Protein Smoothie - With Spinach

meagalayne · February 2013

I have been experimenting with finding alternative smoothie recipes that are a good source of protein, fat and spinach in the mornings, instead of my normal oats or omelet. I have always just gone the chocolate PB and frozen berries route for protein shakes but I decided to invest in some extracts and this morning's protein smoothie was fabulous. The toughest part is getting a good, stick-to-your ribs texture but this one turned out great. I like mine thick and this one I ate with a spoon.

Into my Ninja, in this order...

7 ice cubes
30 grams vanilla ice cream flavoured whey isolate
70 grams baby spinach
140 grams frozen mango pieces
8 oz unsweetened almond milk
1/4-1/2 tsp pure almond extract, to taste
1 packet sweetener (or any other sweetener you like)

Blend until smooth. Once it's full blended, mix in 10 grams of shredded coconut with a spatula and serve it up in a *very* large vessel :bigsmile:

Rough stats with my ingredients - 319 calories, 10g fat, 28g protein, 7g fiber
Totally delicious!

eleanoreb · February 2013

yum!!! can't wait to try this. And a good reminder that I need to buy almond milk

thanks for sharing

meshamoo · February 2013

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LMVassolo · February 2013

sounds good! Is there a way to print this recipe so I can take it with me on the run!

alpine1994 · February 2013

holy moly sounds awesome! thanks!

meagalayne · February 2013

Picture! Seriously - Try this sucker out!

eleanoreb · February 2013

woow!! I'm going to make it now..but I don't have a scale. I'll try and convert it to cups or guestimate..

eleanoreb · February 2013

also, where is the coconut? just curious

meagalayne · February 2013

Once I blended everything together I took out the blade, tared my scale and added 10g of coconut and then just folded it in with my spatula, so you can't really see it. It's grated up in there but you can definitely taste it.

eleanoreb · February 2013

oh nice!! just didnt see it on the list, sorry my bad!! I made it with some modifications, was delish, thanks

meagalayne · February 2013

sweet - what modifications? you can definitely use dates or other sweetener in lieu of the artificial junk i'm just lazy and counting calories right now :blushing:

Diannelise · February 2013

Thanks for the recipe! Yum yum

Btw, think coconut water might work here?

VirtuousVal · February 2013

I have been experimenting with finding alternative smoothie recipes that are a good source of protein, fat and spinach in the mornings, instead of my normal oats or omelet. I have always just gone the chocolate PB and frozen berries route for protein shakes but I decided to invest in some extracts and this morning's protein smoothie was fabulous. The toughest part is getting a good, stick-to-your ribs texture but this one turned out great. I like mine thick and this one I ate with a spoon.

Into my Ninja, in this order...

7 ice cubes
30 grams vanilla ice cream flavoured whey isolate
70 grams baby spinach
140 grams frozen mango pieces
8 oz unsweetened almond milk
1/4-1/2 tsp pure almond extract, to taste
1 packet sweetener (or any other sweetener you like)

Blend until smooth. Once it's full blended, mix in 10 grams of shredded coconut with a spatula and serve it up in a *very* large vessel :bigsmile:

Rough stats with my ingredients - 319 calories, 10g fat, 28g protein, 7g fiber
Totally delicious!

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Bumping Bumphytie Bump!

Yummy! Yummolishcious! It is full of Deliciousness! Thanks for sharing your low calorie recipe idea! Have a blessed and prosperous day! †

I have a Ninja Kitchen System too! I just love it! So much better than a ridiculously high priced Vitamix for $500.00.