Smoothie Ideas and their calories

To reduce calories in my smoothies, I will skip the bananas and use things like berries instead. I will use unsweetened almond milk (30 calories per cup) and only use that for half of the liquid (using water for the other half).

JHALLISGETTINGsmall wrote: »

I have been trying to make smoothies for a snack or breakfast. I keep running into High Calorie counts- I mean the banana alone is 100 cals. Would love any recipes folks can share.

Are you actually weighing your ingredients? I always logged bananas at 90 calories... until I started weighing everything. Most of my Dole Bananas end up being around 3.5 oz which is around 40 calories. Which is awesome, because I don't eat dairy so I throw in a banana instead of yogurt.

My last smoothie was 163 calories.
3.6 oz banana - 43 calories
4.4 oz frozen raspberries - 38 cals
2.2 oz frozen pineapple - 36 cals
1.8 oz frozen mango - 30 cals
.5 cup Silk Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk - 15 cals
Water/Ice

I'd say the majority of my smoothies are less than 200 cals. I only go over that if I add peanut butter. (PB & J Smoothie is fantastical.)

I use half a banana with a cup of frozen fruit, half a cup of vanilla Greek yogurt, a handful of spinach and a scoop of protein. Ends up under 300 calories for breakfast with around 25 grams protein and 10 grams fiber.

Paiger816 wrote: »

JHALLISGETTINGsmall wrote: »

I have been trying to make smoothies for a snack or breakfast. I keep running into High Calorie counts- I mean the banana alone is 100 cals. Would love any recipes folks can share.

Are you actually weighing your ingredients? I always logged bananas at 90 calories... until I started weighing everything. Most of my Dole Bananas end up being around 3.5 oz which is around 40 calories. Which is awesome, because I don't eat dairy so I throw in a banana instead of yogurt.

My last smoothie was 163 calories.
3.6 oz banana - 43 calories
4.4 oz frozen raspberries - 38 cals
2.2 oz frozen pineapple - 36 cals
1.8 oz frozen mango - 30 cals
.5 cup Silk Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk - 15 cals
Water/Ice

I'd say the majority of my smoothies are less than 200 cals. I only go over that if I add peanut butter. (PB & J Smoothie is fantastical.)

I think you're underestimating and under logging banana calories by about 1/2. The USDA entry has a 3.5 oz banana (100g) at right around 90 calories (88 to be exact). That 40 calories is way too low.