Hey ladies. I'm new to this section of the forum. I've been calorie counting since January and have lost 40-45 lbs so far. Since the weather has been so miserable I have been craving smoothies, but I do not know where to start with making them. What's your fave recipe? Frozen fruits? Fresh fruits? Go!
This is my favorite...
1 cup frozen mixed berries 80 cals
1 cup light vanilla soy milk 60 cals
1 small container oikos greek yogurt 80 cals
Blend and enjoy!! so thick creamy and FILLING
I use Optimum Nutrition Vanilla Ice Cream protein powder, lowfat Stoneyfield Farms vanilla yogurt, milk, splash of OJ, 1/2 banana as a base. I mix the fruits up from day to day - I have (all frozen) strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, whole dark sweet cherries, peaches, mango, pineapple. I sometimes do the just red, black & blue berries, sometimes just the orange & yellow fruit with more OJ, lately I've been doing strawberry, raspberry, cherry, peach, pineapple, mango. Really good. I do 15-20 g of the yellow & orange fruit, 25-30 g of rasp, blue or blackberries, 50-65g strawberry. I increase some if I leave others out. Never too much pineapple though, it takes over fast.
I've also done banana, lite chocolate syrup, peanut butter or strawberry. Yummy, but you have to be careful with the peanut butter.
Ice
1/2 cup Vanillia Soy Milk
5 Fresh Strawberries
1 small Apple diced
1/2 Grapefruit (peel the cover and also peel the inner skin as if you a gutting the grapefruit slice)
My favorite smoothie recipe is just non-fat Greek yogurt, frozen fruit, and a little sweetener (I use sugar-free Torani syrup). One smoothie is about 1/2 cup yogurt, about 1 cup frozen fruit (maybe a little more, about 140g of fruit), and 1 tbsp syrup. Comes in at around 150 calories. It's very thick (like a Frosty); you could add some skim milk to thin it out a bit.
My blender handles frozen fruit significantly better than it handles ice, so I like this recipe because it doesn't require ice.
Last edited by BlueToBlue; 06-26-2009 at 04:05 AM.
Does anyone know how to figure out the calorie count for homemade soy milk? I use 1/2 cup of soy beans for 1qt of milk with 1t vanilla and 1/8C sugar.
i make smoothies with soy milk, hemp protein powder, 1 banana sometimes other fruit thrown in, great protein for vegetarians.
Or a veggie smoothie with kale or spinach and fruit.
Magic Bullets are great for smoothies.
Last night and this morning I made a quick smoothie and they were delicious. I never knew how easy they were to make so now I will be on a smoothie kick.
These are my favorites - FRAPPUCCINO SMOOTHIE:
1 c ff milk
3/4 c warm water mixed with 2 tsp instant coffee
2 packets of Splenda (or sweeten to taste)
1 c ice
Blend all in blender or smoothie machine. To me this one tastes like Starbucks' bottled frappuccino.
CHOCOLATE/BANANA SMOOTHIE:
1 c ff milk
2 packets Splenda (or sweeten to taste)
1 frozen banana
1 tsp cocoa
I like mine blended without ice, but you can add 1 c ice if you like.
CHOCOLATE/PEANUT BUTTER SMOOTHIE:
Use directions for Chocolate/Banana smoothie above and add 1 tsp natural peanut butter.
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I buy ripe bananas and slice them up, putting one banana into a baggie and freeze. It's nice to be able to just pull one of out the freezer and pop it into the blender.
Smoothie Recipe Help
