Smoothies?

The smoothie I love making, and it's good for you is as follows:

1 cup strawberries
1 serving strawberry yogurt - low fat.
1.5 scoops Total Soy Vanilla Meal Replacement powder (or protein shake powder of your choosing-preferable vanilla)
1/2 cup milk
1 cup crushed ice
1/2 tablespoon sugar or one package of your preferred sweetener.

I mix all of these ingredients in a smoothie maker or blender. Blend until it's smooth enough to drink.
If I did my calculations correctly, this smoothie is under 300 calories............and it is quite filling, enough to be a meal replacement smoothie.

1 Scoop Designer Whey 100 calorie French Vanilla protein powder
1 Cup Silk Light Vanilla soy milk
1 C pureed pumpkin
1 tsp, heaping, cinnamon
1/3 tsp nutmeg, to taste
1/3 tsp ginger, to taste
1 tsp pure vanilla extract - optional
5 ice cubes...

This makes one HONKIN' HUGE Pumpkin smoothie and it is SOOOOO delish! Adjust the spices to your own liking...

A traditional smoothie as I know it would be something like banana or strawberries with 1 cup of low fat milk, ice (lots of it) a dash of vanilla essence and cinnamon powder and if you want to you can also add half a scoop of protein powder, sometimes it's better to keep it simple...:o)

http://favouriteveganrecipes.blogspot.com/2011/09/super-yummy-green-smoothie.html

Don't be put off by the ingredients, this tastes AMAZING and is really good for you xxx

My Favorite smoothie to make is the "Banana Bread smoothie"

Makes (1) serving

1/3 small banana (I use frozen ones)
1 scoop of vanilla whey protein powder
1tsp Vanilla extract
2.5 tsp almond butter
2 oz Soy or Almond milk
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup Water

I usually blend Ice in it as well and its excellent! its also approximately 40% protein, 30% carb and 30% fat so a very balanced breakfast or snack for ~300 calories in total

I buy, cut and freeze fruit and veg.
I always have half a cucumber, 1 cup spicanch, scoop of wheat grass.
Usually a banana, 1 cup strawberry, blueberries, currents, blackberries.
I use coconut water for the liquid. Almost always under 200 calories.

I love smoothies... I have had to kinda play with it... I do half a banana, 3 fresh straw berries and one whole peace chopped, I only use about 1/4-1/2 cup of fit and light vanilla yogurt, and a small splash of orange juice or 1% milk, and a few ice cubes and blend till smooooooth. I LOVE it. The skin of the peach has a texture some might not like but I like it:) you can always peel it. I think too much yogurt makes it gross, sometimes I skip out on yogurt all together.

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Any with bananas! Strawberry/ banana is probably my favorite. I like to eat bananas when they just turn yellow, but in the smoothie you get more banana taste if they are a little further ripened. I've used fresh strawberries, but prefer the frozen that have more flavor. I like to add yogurt too.
Blueberries are good to add! Sometimes it's just whatever fruit/yogurt etc is in the fridge. Just keep adding things until it tastes good!

Just posted this in another thread but it fits here too!!

Try this avocado yumminess:

1/4 small pineapple
2 golden delicious apples
1/2 ripe avocado (de-stoned and peeled)
1 medium banana (peeled)

Juice the pineapples and the apples. Put the avocado, banana and juice in a blender and whizz up 'til smooth. Enjoy!!

(From Jason Vale's Keeping It Simple)

The info in the book says:

Contains essential fats, amino acids, fibre, vitamins A, B, B6, C and E, riboflavin, iron, calcium, copper, phosphorus, zinc, boron, niacin, magnesium, folic acid and carotenes.

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