Meal Replacement Shake/Smoothie Ideas?

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  • Helenavee42
    Helenavee42 Posts: 175
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    I do fruit and veggie smoothies at night. My 2 fave recipes are:

    1 peach
    1 orange (peeled)
    1 banana
    Juice of 1-2 limes
    1.5 cups baby spinach
    3 kale leaves (I use the curly kind)
    2 tbsp ground flax seed
    6-7 pieces of ice.

    and

    1 apple (cored)
    1 lemon (peeled)
    1/2 cucumber
    1.5 cups spinach
    3 kale leaves
    2 tbsp ground flax seed
    6-7 ice cubes.

    These make about 1 L smoothies. Oh I also add water to the mix to help it blend better. What you could do with these is make them the night before without the ice and refrigerate then in the morning just throw it back int he blender with the ice and then go.

    I used to do protein smoothies before I cut out dairy and processed foods.

    1 banana (frozen)
    1-2 scoops chocolate protein powder
    1/2 cup 0% greek yogurt
    1 cup almond milk
    2 tbsp peanut butter

    or

    1 banana (frozen)
    6 strawberries (frozen)
    1-2 scoop vanilla or strawberry protein powder
    1/2 cup greek yogut
    1 cup almond milk

    or

    1 cup strawberries (frozen)
    1 cup blueberries (frozen)
    1-2 scoop vanilla or strawberry protein powder
    1/2 cup greek yogurt
    1 cup almond milk
    1 cup baby spinach

    Maybe it's just me but these things always kept me full. You could also take some hard boiled eggs with you for a snack. Just peel them before hand and you're good to go.
  • Kerrieann66
    Kerrieann66 Posts: 8 Member
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    I like to blend an EAS Advantedge shake (100 calories) with a cup of frozen unsweetened fruit (strawberries are 50 calories) in my Magic Bullet! You could add Chia seeds or Flax Seed oil if you want more nutrients/fiber... but I'm always looking for simple ways to track my calories... I buy a case of the shakes at Sam's club for about $20.00 and buy the fruit in huge bags at Sam's for under $10.00/bag - very inexpensive!!
  • starznholes
    starznholes Posts: 170 Member
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    If you have a look on Pinterest you can make some fairly inexpensive shakes. I am a fan of the superfood ones, helped fixed my current kidney inflammation .
    Choose your base, water, milk, soy milk, almond milk, coconut water
    Choose your add in, fruit, yoghurt, nuts, linseed, sesame seed, peanut butter, almond butter
    Power boost it with these super foods. Acai berry, kale, macca powder, cacao powder or another
    My fav , almond milk, banana, kale, macca, sesame, linseed , cacao, almond butter.
    Berries, soy milk, yoghurt, Acai powder and seeds, kale.
    Two weeks you will feel supercharged.
    You can add a protein powder if you wish but it is not necessary.

    These sound great!! Thanks for sharing.
  • Collier78
    Collier78 Posts: 811 Member
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    I purchased a single serve blender at Wal-Mart for around $20...I measure out my ingredients the night before cover with the blade, and pop it in the fridge. In the morning all I have to do is take it out and pop it on the blender, stick a straw in the cup, and go. Super easy, super fast. Below are a few of the things I mix..This morning my shake had 51g of protein in it and stuck with me from 7 am to noon.

    8fl oz Bolthouse Farms Protein Plus Chocolate (juice section)
    33 grams Six Star Nutrition French Vanilla Creme Protein powder
    12g PB2 Chocolate (powdered peanut butter)
    140g frozen strawberries.

    415 Calories, 46 Carbs, 51g protein

    For Fruity I do this one.

    8 fl oz Bolthouse Farms Protein Plus Mango Blend
    70 grams frozen mango
    70 grams frozen pineapple
    33 grams french vanilla creme protein powder.

    I too add pineapple with veggies, but I've found the protein plus juice blends give me that added protein to keep me full longer. I don't care for the taste or consistency of yogurt, but you could use that too for an even bigger protein kick.

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