Smoothies????

To make them filling, add protein and fat.

When I had smoothies (don't much anymore as I find eating food more satisfying than drinking it), I would add protein powder/gelatin (non setting) for protein, and avocado/nut butter/coconut oil/coconut etc for fats. Mine were always green - lots of vegies (spinach, kale, herbs, celery, cucumber, silverbeet etc) and some fruit - a ripe banana or a handful of berries normally. Apple is also good, or citrus...

I do greek yogurt, ice, either strawberries/blackberries, almonds, spinach, lemon juice, lots of chia seeds, a tad of dark chocolate and if I'm feeling spunky, a touch of chocolate redi whip. Oh, and shredded unsweetened coconut.

I do .. baby carrots, yogourt, flax seed (must be ground), banana, and frozen berries.

Finding filling smoothies has been a challenge for me. I've found three ingredients that make a big difference: 1) frozen mixed berries (strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, blackberry combo); 2) half of a small avocado; 3) 1/2 to 1 cup of 0% Greek yogurt.

The berries are fiber-filled but low calorie…
The avocado is high in healthy fats…
The yogurt is high in protein, low fat, low carb.
So, here are several things to try that should fit into almost any eating plan—given the various macronutrient balances.

Good luck :-)

P.S.- I don't usually have the avocado and yogurt together, but either works well with berries.

my mid-morning snack, between g breakfast and lunch, is a smoothie and tis delicious and filling

10 raspberries
12 blueberries
2 small strawberries
1 small banana
1/4 avocado
6 red grapes

Do you blend all this in a blender for a smoothie?

At my house there are smoothies made daily. I actually don't have a blender and instead use an immerse hand blender (I think that's what it is called). Anyways I use my hand blender with a nice mixing cup.

Here are a few that we make at home:

1. Almond milk (unsweetened)
Banana
Organic peanut butter (unsweetened, unsalted)/Organic Almond butter (unsweetened)
Flax seeds
Cocoa nibs
Protein powder
Fiber powder (sometimes)
Fresh Kale/Frozen spinach
Spirulina powder
Frozen mango
Frozen blueberries

The mango and the blueberries change - sometimes it is frozen strawberries, frozen peaches, frozen sweet cherries, frozen raspberries, or apples, grapes. Dates are a good additive too sometimes - but only a couple.

For those who don't like to have anything nutty in their drink (I personally don't like to drink any kind of nut butter) I do this one:

2. Almond Milk (unsweetened)/ or Kefir (Plain)/ or Water
Banana
Protein powder
Fiber powder (sometimes and usually only about half a scoop/serving)
Fresh Kale/ or frozen spinach
Spirulina powder
Frozen Strawberries
Frozen blueberries
Sweet Cherries

Again, I often switch out the berries to other things like mango, peaches, raspberries, etc. I do like the sweet cherries though (just a few) to help fight against the bitter kale. There are lots of options out there - the best thing you can do is add some green to your shakes, some protein to your shakes and measure everything (believe it or not although smoothies can be healthy, they can also pack a butt load of calories in it.

Oh yes, by the ways I do not use whey protein powder - I personally prefer either Raw Protein (Garden of Life Brand) / Sun Warrior (Brown Rice Protein) or Vega One.

Do you blend all this in a blender for a smoothie?

If you have a juicer and like greens in your smoothie I find it easier to juice those and then blend it with the things like the banana and protein powder.

In for the info, had not tried smoothies before

Frozen Blueberries
Banana
Honey/agave nectar
Mint
Soya/Almond milk

You could also add spinach and flaxseed to it, if you wanted.

I love green smoothies, I have one pretty consistently every day either between breakfast and lunch or lunch and dinner to tide me over and get some extra nutrition into my day.

What and how much I use depends on whether I'm making just one for myself, or a bigger batch for my boyfriend and I, but these are some of the things I use most often:

Coconut water as the liquid (fresh from a young coconut is obviously best, but that can get expensive, so we tend to just pick up a few boxes of the Whole Foods brand)
Banana
Cucumber
Baby spinach (2-3 cups)
Apples
Frozen mango/pineapple/mixed berries

Trader Joe's has really good prices on decent sized bags of frozen fruit, I've found. We go there once a week to stock up even though my boyfriend works for Whole Foods, it's still a better deal! I like my smoothies really cold, so using frozen fruit instead of ice is great.

Am I the only one who likes to use eggs in a smoothie?

4 eggs
2 bananas
1 gala apple
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 cups of milk (skim, whole, or 2%) it depends on how it fits on my macros

It's funny, the thought of drinking raw egg makes me gag, but I'll happily lick the spoons after mixing cake batter!

I keep bananas in the freezer for my go-to recipe.
Almond milk
Flax meal
Spinach

I'll add more frozen fruit or yogurt if I've got it. Never use any protein powder though. I'll have an egg white omelette if i feel I need the protein.

I make mine like that:

1 banana
1 cup frozen fruits
Half cup water (or juice whatever you prefer)

Put this into the blender and mix it! YUM It's very healthy.

Also make

1 banana
1 cup of almond milk
Little cinnamon/Or vanilla

Mix it in to the blender! It's delicious, not very high on calories and also very fullfilling.