Shakes/Smoothie Recipies

I blend a cup of blueberries a cup of strawberries with 3 handfuls of kale with 2 cups of water and a scoop of protein powder it keeps me full until lunch and taste great

Here's a link that has some really good smoothie recipes!!! Enjoy

http://www.loseweightbyeating.com/green-smoothies-juices-beginners/

My current favorite is 1/2 c. greek yogurt, banana, and either TBS of peanut butter or Nutella. Add a little water and some ice! Gets me going in the morning!

i mix kale, spinach, swiss chard, a cup of strawberries, 1/2 c of blueberries, a tbsp of flax, a tbsp of chia seeds, scoop of vanilla protein powder, a cup of almond milk and a cup of water. Its delicious and it keeps me full until lunch!

I just switched from GNC brand to the Super Advanced Body Fortress Whey Protein powder, I add roughly 1/2 cp non-fat greek vanilla or coconut yogurt, 1/2 banana, 1/4 cp mixed berries and use 2% milk or on occasion soy or coconut milk as a base. I have this daily for breakfast and dinner on the nights I go to the gym, to me it tastes great, keeps me full and gives me the energy I need.

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I use frozen blueberries, strawberries, and/or mangos with fresh banana and pineapple. I use almond milk instead of water. The frozen fruit acts as ice cubes and makes it thick. I add fresh fruit to the mix because it's like ice cream if you use all frozen. My kids love it too. You can mix in spinach, avocado, ground flaxseed, and/or chia seeds in there too. The sky is the limit. I've tried all veggie smoothies and they tasted horrible to me. I do not recommend using mustard greens as the base for a smoothie. I tried it once and it was to bitter and spicy to drink. It was like drinking horseradish sauce from the bottle.

Pinterest has TONS of recipes for smoothies. Personally, I like to use frozen chopped spinach (convenient, already washed, keeps for quite a long time), Unsweetened Almond Milk and Chocolate Protein powder. Sometimes a little ground flax for some Fiber as well.

I use spinach instead of kale because spinach has a better nutrient profile and unsweetened almond milk instead of greek yogurt because greek yogurt creeps me out.

With kids, the hardest part to get past is probably the color, because it can sometimes be a little off-putting. But spinach takes on the taste of whatever you mix it with as long as you don't go crazy with the spinach. I can do up to 1 cup spinach per scoop of protein powder.

Also, blender-wise, I love the Magic Bullets because they're just the perfect size.

**Berry detox smoothie**
Dash of cinnamon
Half a tablespoon of chai seeds
Half a tablespoon of fresh ginger
Frozen mixed berries
Half frozen banana
1 cup fresh kale
One cup almond milk
Sweetener of choice(I like organic agave)

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I recently made a smoothie with just frozen mixed fruit, coconut milk and spinach. My kids and husband even loved it!

My favorite is a banana, a cup of unsweetened original almond milk, a carton of yogurt (usually vanilla - though other flavors work too), a dash of vanilla extract, and a tablespoon of peanut butter, plus maybe some crushed ice.

1/4C old fashioned oats, half a banana (frozen) 1 scoop double chocolate whey protein powder, 1T pb2 chocolate and 1C unsweetend original almond milk. It's one serving about 300 calories.

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My current favorite is 1/2 c. greek yogurt, banana, and either TBS of peanut butter or Nutella. Add a little water and some ice! Gets me going in the morning!

I might have to try that

I'm a big, big fan of using green smoothies as meal replacements. I have one every morning, and for the first two weeks in January, I replaced two meals (breakfast and dinner) with them everyday. It helped me a lot.

My main squeeze:

2 cups coconut water (this can get pricey, so I just use filtered water. Buy a Brita water pitcher for $10 instead of using bottled, or getting an expensive filtration system).
2 cups of organic kale or spinach (if you can't afford organic, wash your greens with vinegar and water).

1 frozen organic banana (it used to be two, but I was kind of worried about overdoing it on the sugar)

1/2 frozen pineapple

1/2 cup frozen mango

1 tsp chia seeds

1 tsp of bee pollen

handful of fresh cilantro

2 tbsp. ground flaxseed (DO NOT buy the packaged stuff. You're just wasting money by doing that. Not only do you not get your money's worth, but the pre-ground packaged stuff is not that fresh.) Buy a pound or two from the bulk section (it costs less than $3 per lb.), grind some in the blender, and keep it in the freezer.)