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my favourite smoothies are frozen berries, a banana, and fruit juice - but fruit juice has an OBSCENE amount of sugar so I've made some sacrifices :P I'll usually use light vanilla yogurt or skim milk to help it blend, which to me isn't as good but still tasty.

the great thing about smoothies is you can hide all sorts of stuff in them! i hate veggies so this is my favourite part, lol. some things you might consider:

flax seeds
protein powder
small, very strong cup of green tea
any powdered supplements you take
spinach
carrots

basic and easy. My first smoothie I ever made:

1 cup frozen unsweetened strawberries
1 bannana
3-6 oz Your chioce of yogert (amont based on how you like it -- i perfer 4 oz low fat vanilla)
1 cup orange juice or almond milk. If you use almond milk it may need a sweetner added like honey or equal.
Depending on what liquid you use about 350-400 cals

Another I love and comes out purple:
1 cup almond milk
1- 1 1/4 cup frozen blueberries
1 large or 2 small bannanas
3-4 oz Your chioce of yogert
a tiny bit of sweetner like equal or honey
3-4 ice cub
this i blend on high for about 4 min and it comes out nice and smoth and purple. Love the color
About 350Cals If i remember correctly

This one is my chocolate cravings. I got the idea from another MFP and changed it. has a tiny bit more cals
1 cup almond milk
1 cup frozen cherries
2-3 tablespoons unsweet nestle coco
1 bannana
3-6 oz Your chioce of yogert (amont based on how you like it -- i perfer 4 oz low fat vanilla)
1 tablespoon almond butter (optional)
tiny bit of sweetner like equal or honey
Sometimes I add a few ice cubes
I believe its right over 450Cal

Here is my low cal ice mocha for you too:
1 cup almond milk
1 packet diet hot chocolate (mine is nestle no fat 20 cal packs)
2 tablespoons instant cappuccino mix (mine is hills bro double cappuccino, low cal) or you can use starbusks via, or any low cal option
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Sweetner like equal or honey This one is great with equal.
ice cubes, i start with 4 or 5 then sometimes throw in another for thicker
Only 180 cals and super yum!

We love green smoothies, and they are simple, so very, very good for you, and did I mention that they taste good?

Basic recipe:

1 banana
Big handful of dark green leafy (~ 2 cups?)
1 cup frozen berries/fruit
Enough filtered water to get it to blend (about 12-16 oz)

So, one day it might be kale and blueberries, another day it's spinach and frozen pineapple. Frozen mango is great, too, with celery.

One of our very favorites this time of year is really easy:

Cut up some watermelon into cubes or chunkies
fill the blender carafe about halfway with watermelon cubes.
Stick some big kale leaves (you fold them, or bunch them into little blobs), or spread a nice bunch of parsley, in amongst the watermelon, not in one big clump, though.

Run the blender until smooth.

YUMMY!