What's your favourite smoothie recipe

I prefer to eat my calories

I have a variety, but lately I like avocado, kale or spinach, protein powder, frozen strawberries, and coconut milk or homemade nut milk (I include nuts in my nut milk so it's higher fat than storebought). Sometimes I add flaxseed. Also a fan of my Thanksgiving special: pumpkin (or other winter squash, pre-roasted and chilled), spinach or kale, cranberries, protein powder, the coconut or nut milk. That's actually good with avocado added also and the berries varied or mixed.

I go through phases -- usually I like to eat breakfast, but sometimes I find myself enjoying smoothies. I've been getting back into morning running and they save me time and taste great after a run when I'm normally not in the mood to eat until a bit longer than I have.

To get the spinach and Kale to break down well, create ice cubes with it first and just pop the cubes into your smoothie. I use Kale, Flax, and water and freeze into ice cubes. The water helps cut the calories of the smoothie. To make a smoothie I use 3 or 4 kale flax cubes, 1/2 cup blue berries, 1/4 cup plan yogurt, 1/4 cup Kefir and sometimes 1/2 banana. Alternately, I cube and freeze any fruit in the house that is on the verge of spoiling and use in place of all or part of the blueberries. Kale and pineapple go great together and only takes a very small amount of pineapple but I've frozen watermelon, apples, cantaloupe, grapes, just about anything.

Spinach, carrots, mint, 1/2 a banana, blackberries, and 1/2 cup of light and fit Greek yogurt.

My partner and I make smoothies every morning for breakfast and LOVE them. So much room for variety, deliciousness, nutrients, and protein. Our go-to recipe has a number of ingredients but is a great base and makes a fantastic smoothie every time. Frozen fruit and spinach help cut down on costs, as does buying dry ingredients in bulk when possible.

Recipe:

140g (1 cup) frozen fruit #1
140g (1 cup) frozen fruit #2
1/2 cup milk (or non-dairy milk)
1/2 cup OJ
1/2 cup water (we sub whey liquid if we have it)
1 nugget frozen spinach
50g Greek yogurt
50g cottage cheese
10g chia
8g flax
8g oats (gluten-free for celiacs)
1 scoop (usually 32g) flavoured protein powder
any 'flavour extras' (PB2, powdered almond, cocoa powder, etc)

Serves 2. We put ingredients through cottage cheese into the blender to 'steep' (make the frozen ingredients easier to blend) and mix the rest of the ingredients together in a separate bowl with a little water so the chia swell up and to take the 'edge' off the protein powder if necessary. Leave for 5-10 mins to shower or whatever, then add the bowl ingredients into the blender, blend, and serve. Soooo good every time.

Some favourite variations include:

- 'PB&J' (raspberries, strawberries, vanilla protein powder, add PB2)
- chocolate blueberry (blueberries, peaches, chocolate protein powder, add cocoa powder)
- apple berry crumble (apples, blackberries or cherries, cinnamon bun protein powder, add powdered almond if desired)
- tropical (mangoes or peaches, pineapple, mango protein powder)

You're only limited by your imagination and the ingredients at hand. I know every breakfast is a delight for us. Good luck!

make a smoothie every morning for my husband and daughter (18 months old) and we all LOVE them. Vitamix
2 bananas
1 cup milk
splash of oj
handful of kale
cup of frozen fruit
1/2 cup or so of greek yogurt