Smoothie Advice

For my smoothies I usually buy the huge no name bags of mixed fruits (strawberries, cantelope, grapes, mango, pinapple) because they last forever. There are lots of different types of frozen fruit so just buy whatever you like. Then I usually add plain or vanilla pro-biotic yogurt. (greek yogurt is also very good- good protein), and I just add orange juice! or whichever type of juice you like. So I usually use 1 cup of fruit, 1/2-1 cup of juice and like 3 table spoons of yogurt!

I make several different smoothies, but this one is my favorite:

1 cup milk (whatever you like 2%, soy, almond)
1 scoop vanilla whey protein
1 sliced apple w/ skin
1 tbsp peanut butter
1 tsp cinnamon

Blend w/ ice!

I've never used a food processor for this, just a regular old reversible blender. Your imagination is the limit, just be sure to balance the liquid vs solids vs ice, and you'll be fine.

1 cup of milk (cow, almond, coconut)
1/4 cup of yogurt, greek yogurt, or cottage cheese
1.5 cup of frozen or fresh fruits (banana, strawberry, mango, wild blueberry, cherry, pineapple, etc)
1 scoop of vanilla or unflavored protein powder
4-6 medium (automatic-ice maker) ice cubes, 2-3 if large and from a tray
A small handful of greens or other stuff (sprouts, baby spinach, chia)
Lime or lemon juice to offset the greens

Protein is good at any meal, especially breakfast, powdered or not.

I don't know if your food processor is strong enough to really puree spinach like the high-speed blenders like a Vita Mix, but it's a great way to add greens to your diet.

Also, banana or avocado makes the smoothie emulsify better. You can freeze ripe bananas for smoothie use.

If you want to make a smoothie more meal-like, add some oats.

It's really easy to make a 500 calorie smoothie without realizing it, especially when adding protein powder. Be careful and consider splitting the biggies into two servings.