Smoothies that you can make for the next day

caitlynah12
caitlynah12 Posts: 34
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I want to bring smoothies to work but I am already so rushed in the morning I don't have time. I've tried a few smoothie recipes to refrigerate overnight but with the bananas in them it just doesn't work. What are smoothie recipes you make overnight for the next morning?

Thanks :)

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  • JenniTheVeggie
    JenniTheVeggie Posts: 2,474 Member
    What about if you make ziploc bags the night before of the ingredients so all you have to do is blend in the morning?
  • caitlynah12
    caitlynah12 Posts: 34
    What about if you make ziploc bags the night before of the ingredients so all you have to do is blend in the morning?

    i've thought of that. but i leave at 4 a.m (for the gym then work) and my roommates would slaughter me if i blended in the morning.
  • emAZn
    emAZn Posts: 413 Member
    bump for later
  • MonaRaeHill
    MonaRaeHill Posts: 145 Member
    maybe get yourself one of those single serve blenders (I think they are called: The Bullet), take that to work with you (cord and all) and freeze ingredients in ice cubes the night before, like someone above, suggested) and then once they thaw, all you have to do is blend them a bit. Those shaker jars work pretty well, too, if you don't want to fuss with a cord. I used those while on vacation, and would just wash them, in any sink, after they got used. good luck. this is possible, just might take some creative thinking.......good luck! :)
  • jenifr818
    jenifr818 Posts: 805 Member
    What about if you make ziploc bags the night before of the ingredients so all you have to do is blend in the morning?

    i've thought of that. but i leave at 4 a.m (for the gym then work) and my roommates would slaughter me if i blended in the morning.

    Hmm. ... how much do you like your roommates? I mean, if you ever want to get back at them if they leave the house a mess or anything .... :wink: just kidding. I have the same problem, the banana absolutely messes up anything I make the night before. I've just skipped the blending all-together and I'll eat a banana, eat yogurt and strawberry. Only solution I was able to come up with :ohwell:
  • lefreitag
    lefreitag Posts: 6 Member
    What about if you freeze the smoothie instead and then just defrost before your workout? It should be pretty good by after your workout. The microwave makes a lot less noise than the blender.

    Or, you could do a protein shake, minus the fruit, and just shake it instead of blending, and have the fruit on the side.

    Good luck =)
  • maurierose
    maurierose Posts: 574 Member
    What kind of work environment do you have? Could you blend at work if there was a cheap blender you could leave there? The reason I ask is that we got the Oster Blend'n'go cups - they were about $12 from Walmart.com. Oster Blenders are about $5 at a secondhand store, or $15 or $20 online, and the base is "almost" universal - unless you get a specialized "personal size" blender, most of their accessories swap out just fine. I premake smoothies by sticking my fruit (frozen bananas, peaches, strawberries, nectarines, pineapple, raspberries, you name it) in the blend'n'go cup, toss it in the freezer, pull it out in the morning, add my milk and yogurt, and off I go, delicious smoothie in hand. I'd think it would stay cold enough in the cup in a cooler to make when you got to work, especially if you froze your yogurt too (The Greek Yogurt freezes wonderfully in ice cube trays, I pop it into ziplocks in the freezer once frozen and throw that in with my ingredients too. Lazy, lazy, lazy! LOL) I love it. Best purchase we ever made.

    Hubby, on the other hand, does kale, cucumber, baby carrots, peeled apple, ginger, etc etc and adds apple juice for the "thinner" and ice cubes to make it extra cold, and loves his. I'm a green juice wimp. lol

    Not sure what kind of smoothies you're going for, but another one we love is frozen bananas, vanilla yogurt, milk, and peanut butter; I also throw in Carnation Breakfast Essentials/Instant Breakfast powder when I need more protein in mine. Just some thoughts! Hope that helps :)

    Looked... brand new there's one on amazon.com WITH the blender cup and the new base if that helps at all.... http://www.amazon.com/Oster-10-Speed-450-Watt-Blender-White/dp/B0006GQ6P6/ref=sr_1_73?ie=UTF8&qid=1385952871&sr=8-73&keywords=oster+blender

    I have no idea how to do a "real" link. You'd think I'd have figured that out by now, I've been on MFP for quite some time now. :blushing:
  • emAZn
    emAZn Posts: 413 Member
    I thought about this overnight and thought maybe you could use avacado instead of bananas. They make your smoothies pretty creamy w/o changing the flavor profile. I've never tried making them the night before but I imagine they might either refridgerate well or freeze and defrost during the day.
  • StrongAtLast
    StrongAtLast Posts: 137 Member
    I always make mine the night before and they are fine the next day. Sometimes the coloring looks a little off, or you hae to shake them up a bit. If you're concerned about the color, add a little lemon juice so the fruit doesn't brown.
  • silveropes
    silveropes Posts: 36 Member
    I make a protein shake almost every day for my lunch and I make it ahead of time.

    I use
    2 c of frozen strawberry
    1 scoop of vanilla or chocolate protein powder
    1c water

    I blend it up and pour half in my to go cup and the other half in an ice tray and freeze so in the morning all I need to do is pop the cubes into the cup and run out the door so by lunch its pretty much all melted. This may help ya out I hope. It works for me and the roommate problem

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