Breakfast smoothie

Smoothies have been a part of my life for a while now. The variations are ... endless. They make great lite dinners too with a piece of toast...I'm good for the night.

I usually add protein powder, but I like the idea of ground almond. You could also grind flax seeds for a good dose of omega-3's. I've done this in the past. I have an old coffee grinder that I use to grind the seeds. Works great!

Maybe I'll get brave and try the spinach sometime. I actually like veggies, so I don't NEED to do this, but you've piqued my curiosity. :bigsmile:

I've been adding fresh spinach to my fruit smoothies for awhile - I love it because you really can't taste the spinach and it's a good dose of extra vitamins. I try to add about a cup of raw spinach to each smoothie. You just have to get over the green color that it turns the smoothie...:laugh:

i usually make a fruit smoothie at night and refridgerate it so i can grab it quick before work. bananas are always great for keeping you full for a long time. i use orange juice, banana or yogurt, and whatever fresh fruit i have likeblue berries rasberries or strawberries. another think i like to do is juice a tomato and some celery and add it in. you cant taste it, but you get the nutrients. and speaking of juicing, we invested in a really good juicer- its the jack lalaine one, and you can fit a whole apple in at a time. the easier it is, the more likely you are to use it. juicers are also great because if you juice, say, an apple- you can use the left over pulp for apple muffins. you use virtually every part of the apple so its pretty cost efficient and pays for itself soon enough. ive heard that apples and grapefruit are good if you are trying to lose weight so i try to add some of those as much as possible.

Hi everybody! I was just looking through the recipes and saw some good ideas so I thought I'd post one of my own. I made a fruit smoothie this morning (it's hot here right now so a cold smoothie was de-lightful) that actually kept me full for hours. Here's what I put in: 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, 1/2 cup frozen blackberries, 1 whole banana, 2 tbs of ground almonds, and enough water to process. If you want to you can add a serving of fresh spinach for extra nutrients. It's a great way to get a veggie serving in if you're not big on eating veggies. Trust me you won't even know it's there. It makes one smoothie at about 300 calories.

Ya know of all the recipes I've seen, never noticed one adding almonds, great idea!
Thanks
Becca