Summertime Smoothies

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6/23/11 12:57 P

I love smoothies too and I always put protein powder in them. Otherwise it is just sugar.
My favorite is 1 cup milk, 1/2 blueberries, 1/2 strawberries, 2 ice cubes of greens I made in the juicer, scoop or 2 of protein powder, 1 tsp cinammon, 1 tsp honey. When I have coconut oil I put in a tsp or 2 of that too. I'm not concerned about the calories so much - I am very active. I also don't eat processed carbs so the carbs in this aren't too bad.

Edited by: WOLFSPIRITMOM at: 6/23/2011 (12:58)

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6/20/11 8:36 P

love smoothies, never tried it with the protein powder

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6/13/11 4:59 P

That sounds really yummy! I wonder if I could use almond milk in place of skim milk. I rarely use milk. Maybe soy would be better.

I make a green smoothie with 3 leaves of Kale, 2 bananas, an apple peeled, a pear peeled and a handful of dates, plus, 2 cups of water. I am not sure about the calorie content, but it is packed full of nutrition. I use a high powered blender and don't do much in the way of cutting the fruit up.

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6/13/11 3:07 P

I am getting hooked on smoothies! I realize you have to be careful when making smoothies b/c calories can add up quickly. However, I try to keep mine light and delicious and considering they take less than 2 minutes to make they are right up my alley lol! The Wal-mart in my area had containers of strawberries for .99 so I really stocked up! My quick and easy recipe is as follows:
5-6 sliced strawberries
1/2 c. skim milk
3 T. low fat vanilla yogurt
1/2 scoop vanilla whey protein
crushed ice.... just mix and the blender and voila!
I also have frozen raspberries and blackberries which are equally delish!