I try to make a fruit smoothie every day. Sometimes I just get too busy, but on the mornings I can actually REMEMBER to make the silly thing, the smoothie always seems to make my day go "smoother".
Really, I'm horrible.
If you're new to Smoothie's they are so super easy to make. Here's my recipe/combo for a smoothie:
1 cup of orange juice
1 banana
1 cup of blueberries (or strawberries, raspberries, anything)
1 6 oz. carton light yogurt
Just thrown into blender and blend. Easy peasy!
Some of my notes are:
I think the banana and yogurt are musts. These really help bind it all together and make it creamy.
I hate light yogurt. Bleh. I bought some and hated it but had so much left I had to find something to do with it. So I used it in this. And I promise you can't taste the light-ness of it. Just trust me on this one.
Sometimes I add powdered flax or kelp...it adds extra nutrients and protein and you really can't taste it. In that too comes spinach. If I have spinach on hand I throw some in. I know it sounds disgusting...that's what I thought too but I PROMISE you can't taste it. It does give it a funky cool green color though. Just be warned.
So there you have it. Now we can be smoothie buddies and drink our smoothie's together.
One of the things I love about the smoothie is that it packs so much stuff together. Seriously, it would take me FOREVER to eat everything on its own. Yogurt, then 2 servings of fruit, then a glass of orange juice. With the smoothie I just pour it into a glass and carry it with me through the house as I'm tidying and getting the kiddos ready. On mornings I take Cal to preschool I just throw it into a travel mug and go.
As Emma says that's Easy-Peasy-Lemon-Squeezy :)
2 comments:
I typically eat a smoothie every other day (sometimes every day). Frozen dark cherries (excellent source of antioxidants), frozen strawberries, 1 or 2 bananas(depending on their size), and a couple tablespoons of ground flax seed. If I have other fresh fruit I throw it in...this week peaches were on sale. If baby spinach is on sale, I add a large handful of that as well.
DELICIOUS! And I'm with you...I have a better day (with FAR less sugar cravings) when I have a smoothie in the morning!
(Oh, and quite by accident, I discovered this week that a dozen or so dark chocolate chips adds a nice bit of zip...)
I am going to have to try the chocolate chips! I've always wondered how those would be! A little chocolate always makes me happy :)
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