Smoothie question

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I just buy whatever frozen fruit tickles my fancy, I don't bother with premade mixes. Obviously, just go for whatever is cheapest.

Smoothies can get pretty high in sugar, depending on what you put in them. So if that's any concern for you, think about using fewer high-sugar fruit and yogurts.

My favourite smoothies are:

- fresh spinach or kale
- blueberries, strawberries, raspberries
- banana
- vanilla greek yogurt
- vanilla protein powder
- unsweetened almond milk

Or:

- fresh spinach or kale
- banana
- vanilla greek yogurt
- PB2
- peanut butter chocolate protein powder
- cocoa powder
- unsweetened almond milk

Don't be afraid to toss some kale or spinach into your smoothies, you seriously can't taste it. It just turns your smoothies a digusting baby-poop green - but who cares about that. :P

SteveMFP123 wrote: »

I don't like fruit and veg but I want to get it in me some how so I thought smoothies would be the easiest way but I'm clueless.

I'm looking at this mix, does it look OK and how many 250ml portions would it make roughly? https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sainsburys-my-goodness!-beautiful-berries-smoothie-mix-480g

It's just berries and bananas and pomegranate seeds, so depends on how much you use and what you mix it with. I suspect using frozen fruit would be cheaper, but if you like this mix it could be fine, doesn't seem like it has anything weird added.

I do like vegetables and fruit, but sometimes enjoy a smoothie. For me it's important to use ingredients besides fruit, and I generally make it as a whole breakfast with similar calories. For example, today I did protein powder, a cup of unsweetened coconut milk, half an avocado, some kale and spinach, and one serving (140 g) of strawberries, plus some additional water. Made a huge amount, like three glasses, but I didn't measure. Was 340 calories, 50 from the berries.

For you, it depends on how you are using the smoothie -- a post-workout, a breakfast, a snack -- whether you need it to be filling or are just supplementing veg/fruit, etc.

MelanieCN77 wrote: »

That Innocent shake is 216 cals, way too big a portion of my daily cals to make me consider it. I guess it depends on if you can fit it into your day and sacrifice of calories you could actually be eating/might satisfy more adequately.

I eat fairly balanced and have never taken one, but maybe a multivitamin would help?

What is tricky too with bottled anything...the calorie count could be for 2 servings. That 1 bottle could be 2 servings so double up calorie count if you have the whole bottle. Some makers are sneaky that way!

suzannesimmons3 wrote: »

dsboohead wrote: »

MelanieCN77 wrote: »

That Innocent shake is 216 cals, way too big a portion of my daily cals to make me consider it. I guess it depends on if you can fit it into your day and sacrifice of calories you could actually be eating/might satisfy more adequately.

I eat fairly balanced and have never taken one, but maybe a multivitamin would help?

What is tricky too with bottled anything...the calorie count could be for 2 servings. That 1 bottle could be 2 servings so double up calorie count if you have the whole bottle. Some makers are sneaky that way!

Not sneaky as it tells you on the package serving size....its not their fault people believe the pack is a single serve.

It annoys me that no one seems to sell single serve portions. Sometimes I grab a smoothie while I’m out and I don’t want to try and guess at half of it and then keep it open without a fridge for the rest of the day.

Your basic twenty-buck Osterizer from Walmart makes a fine smoothie. I use frozen fruit. To make it sweeter, especially if has yogurt in it, I add half a frozen banana. Fresh fruit freeze easily. Just pare them as you would to eat them (peel bananas, pit cherries, core and section apples, etc. They can go in the blender frozen with whatever liquid you want to use -- for me usually unsweetened soy milk. I usually do them as a treat and don't have veggies in mine.

I avoid strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, etc., because of the seeds. I just don't like the feel of them. My favorite is probably cherries and banana with a bit of vanilla or almond extract.