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Smoothie Ideas and their calories

JHALLISGETTINGsmall
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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.
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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).
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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.)
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my usual smoothie is just over 200 calories. I cup frozen mixed berries, 1 scoopvanilla protein powder, and 1-2 cups spinach leaves blended with a cup of water and maybe a couple ice cubes.0
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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.0
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I weigh all my ingredients but here's my go to smoothie. 130 cals
2.5 oz baby spinach
1.5 oz baby romaine
100 grams of frozen pineapple
1/2 Granny Smith Apple
Tiny bit of grated ginger
1 Tablespoon of lemon juice0 -
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.
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I usually don't like smoothies but I found this one I love: banana,pineapple, almond milk, cashews and or almonds I add a touch of stevia. Yum. Comes to about 250. I used to put Greek yogurt in but it's just more calories so I stopped but if you need extra protein.0
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