fruit smoothies

To make a smoothie extra sweet without adding juice or sweetener, I like to blend dried dates with a bit of water first until frothy and then add the rest of the fruit or vegetables and liquid. For a hearty type of smoothie, you can grind 1-2 tbsp of dried oatmeal, seeds, nuts or cereal before adding your fruits/liquid. I like adding coconut cream/coconut milk too with bananas, papaya and frozen strawberries or mangoes whenever I want a tropical taste! For thick cold frozen yogurt type of smoothies, allow fresh bananas to ripen until spotted, peel, slice and freeze them, then blend them along with frozen berries and a bit of your choice liquid! For a dessert, blend avocado, dried dates, frozen banana, chia seeds and chocolate powder. Yumm b:

I'm not much of a green smoothie type of person either. I only make fruit smoothies and eat my greens separately!

Hi! I eat a smoothie every day for breakfast! My basic go to smoothie is: 1/2 banana, 1/2 cup frozen berries, 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 2 tbsp protein powder (I use Sports Now Pea Protein Natural), 1 tbsp Flax (I use Linwood brand) blend it up! Yum! About 265 cal.

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I make smoothies every day! Two of my faves:
Frozen strawberries, frozen banana, whole milk, whole milk plain yogurt, a drizzle of honey, a probiotic capsule, some frozen spinach
OR
half an avocado, a couple tablespoons pure unsweetened cocoa powder, whole milk, honey and whole milk plain yogurt and sometimes pb=an awesome healthy chocolate milkshake!!

I'm scared to add avocado to a smoothie. Do you taste it at all? I love them as a savory food but not sure about sweet...

I have figured out a way to make a green smoothie without the bad taste. This is the only way I get my dark greens. I have a vitamix, which really blends the veggies so you don't even know they are there. I keep a container in the freezer that I constantly add fruit or veggies that are getting over ripe, so they don't go to waste, like bananas, oranges, green beans, etc. You can hide anything in a smoothie! Anyway, I use unsweetened rice out soy milk for the liquid, so it's low cal. Whole Foods unsweetened rice milk is the lowest at 45 cal. Otherwise, I get Trader Joe's stuff.
So, 1/2 cup of some juice (I found a no sugar added, not from concentrate cranberry at Trader Joe's), or apple, orange, etc., just something with low sugar., then 1 cup rice milk, large handful of spinach, large handful kale (or some other "power greens" bag of stuff) scoop of protein powder (I'm vegan, so I use Garden Of Life-not the meal, but raw powder=85 cal), then a cup to a cup and a half of some combo of frozen fruits (rasp, straw, blue berries, bananas, peaches, etc), whatever you like. It generally works out to under 450 cal, and I have it for breakfast most days, or lunch. I promise! You can't tell there is a bunch of greens! Good luck!

1+ cup spinage or kale or some other green leaf; 1 scoop vanilla protien powder; 1 banana; 1/2 cup blueberries or strawberries; 16 oz 1% milk. That is my go to smoothie....

2 cups (total, not of each one) of frozen pineapple, strawberry, bananas and dark cherries. ( or any combo, this is just my personal favorite)
1/2 cup of non fat vanilla Greek yogurt
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
225 calories
Fits perfectly in a single serve size blender
Very sweet, delicious and filling. It's My go-to breakfast or late night snack.