Give me your smoothie recipes!

I get a general idea for my smoothies from http://simplegreensmoothies.com. They have some great ideas and a bunch of variety. To almost every smoothie, except ones I have used banana and pb, I add a few sprigs of mint and some lime juice. This combo makes it so refreshing. I just experiment with mine. Good luck. If you find any good combonations please share.

wow! thanks so much for this website. I have been just trying several "green" recipes on my own, but this website really helps.

I like my smoothies more creamy and less icey so I don't add ice cubes. I make mine with regular yogurt frozen (not frozen yogurt from the ice cream aisle but yogurt from the yogurt section put in the freezer). I keep a variety of flavors and then add frozen bananas and other frozen fresh fruit depending on the flavors i'm going for. I also add a scoop of protein powder (currently have 3 flavors, vanilla, chocolate and mango). Sometimes I'll add chocolate syrup and peanut butter instead of the other frozen fruit. Some of my current favorites are:
Banana Split - Strawberry yogurt, 1/2 frozen banana, handfull frozen pineapple chunks, frozen strawberries, chocolate syrup, chocolate protein powder, milk.
Pina Colada - Pineapple coconut yogurt, 1/2 frozen banana, handfull frozen pineapple, shredded coconut, coconut milk, vanilla protein powder - never have added rum but if you're under your cals for the day you might as well.
Key Lime Pie - Lime yogurt, lime juice from 1 lime, 1 frozen banana, vanilla protein powder, milk and 2 graham crackers - yum.
Peach Mango - Peach yogurt, handful frozen peach, handfull frozen mango, 1/2 frozen banana, scoop mango protein powder, milk.
I haven't made it yet but I'm going to try a S'more smoothie - Boston creme pie yogurt, chocolate syrup, marshmallow cream, chocolate protein powder, milk 2 or more graham crackers.

I've been adding frozen kale to all of these recently and I'm not a big fan of the chunks of kale stems that don't get blended up but it doesn't change the flavor just the texture so I can live with it for the benefits of the kale.

These really end up more the texture of softserve ice cream than a smoothie but they cure any evening sweets craving that I have. I usually make a pitcher full in my ninja and eat half of it and put the other half in a cup and freeze it. I can put one of the frozen cups in the microwave for 45 seconds and viola, almost instant creamy smoothie satisfaction.

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Beet-Chocolate Smoothie

I know right? Sounds terrible, but I love it - of course I love beets.

3 boiled beets (cover and boil beets in 1 1/2 inches of water - reserve the water for the smoothie)
4 tablespoons unsweetened coco powder (more or less to taste)
2 cups unsweetened low fat almond milk

(Makes two servings - less than 100 calories per serving and the health benefits of beets are amazing!!)

Blend everything - add Ice if you like it really cold. I make it the night before pop it in the fridge. My family does not like it at all, so it is not for everyone.

I drink a smoothie every morning, my go to green smoothie is

Handful of spinach, parsley, lemon, celery, something sweet (e.g peaches, apples, kiwi, strawberries etc), coconut water and chia/flax seeds. Blend until smooth and drink. It's really good.

I have extremely basic smoothies every morning - 1 or 2 types of frozen fruit, a banana, orange juice, and flaxseed. If I have spinach I add that too.

Half an apple
1 cup almond milk
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
a few shakes of cinnamon

Blend and it tastes like the milk left over after a bowl of Apple Jacks.

1 ounce of organic pumpkin seeds (unsalted, of course)
1/2 medium banana
1/4 avocado
large handful of kale
1/4 cup blueberries
6 medium slices of gala apple

I like a quarter c of light and fit vanilla yogurt; quarter cup skim milk; a t of french vanilla dry cream and my fruit of choice...mango,strawberries,blueberries...Makes one nice cup, and not a whole lot of calories