Looking for a good, quick, easy fruit smoothie recipe for lunch. Any ideas?? Thanks a bunch!

I'm new here. I am mostly a lurker but thought I'd let ya know that I do a smoothie every morning for breakfast - super easy.

You can use whatever fruit you like. This morning I had a banana smoothie...

1 Banana
2 TBSP Non-Fat Vanilla Yogurt
Splash of 2% milk...maybe 1/3 cup? Not much...need to get ice wet.
8 oz. Ice Cubes
1 scoop of protein powder

This is about 280 cal.

Another one I do is get the Yoplait Frozen Smoothie Fruit.. 2 servings per bag. A serving is 70 cal. So, do half a bag. If you like 'em thick, add a little bit of ice. A splash of milk again. Augment with a banana if you want and a scoop of protein powder. Depending upon if you add the banana or any yogurt (doesn't really need it), this smoothie will run ya about 250-330 cal.

Enjoy!

Here's a recipe that came from my center:

6 oz cottage cheese blended until smooth (Use 4 oz if your menu calls for it.)
1 peach (I use frozen peaches, they seem to make it a little more thick.)
1 t. lemon juice.
2 packets of splenda
One vanilla pudding supplement

Blend cottage cheese in blender until smooth. Add peach, lemon juice and splenda, blend to desired consistantcy. Stir in one packet of vanilla pudding supplement.

We call it peach cheesecake, very good. You just need to have your 8 ounces of fresh veggies with this or 4 ounces of cooked.

This one is not compatable with the MRC plan!

Gee...sorry...didn't realize I was in a sub-forum... just clicked on it from the homepage and answered the question... that's what I get for just jumping in.

You're right. Sure sounds good though. Wonder if it's doable on maintenance?

I would think so. We still need to get enough protein - I bought a 6lb bag of EAS Protein powder at Costco. I also put powdered skim milk in my shakes and use them when I'm going too long between meals or had a meal without enough protein. You are doing very well, porchmom. Congratulations.

I made the mochacinno recipe from the cookbook - mix the cappucino hns w/ a vanilla shake & ice....makes enough for 2 servings...quite tasty

You've done great too! So am I reading your weight tracker right--did your weight go up slightly once you went to maintenance--and I'm assuming this is normal part of process? Just curious--I'm on week 3 stabilization and don't have all the pieces of the puzzle together. Good to know what to expect.

I wasn't sure how to show this in the trackers: my original goal was 135 but when I got there, I felt I was too skinny. Even though I still want to lose more belly fat, I didn't want to lose any more breast and butt fat! My knees looked so large and knobby compared to my thighs and my arms were looking very stick-like. I had weighted 140 from 6th grade until we started trying to get pregnant when I was 35, (boys are 24 & 25 now!) so when I signed for Maintenance, I agreed to maintain 140 instead of 135 lbs. It is a good weight for my 5'8" frame and I have kept between 138 and 142 over the holidays. I feel like exercising more and hope to walk more consistently once the weather warms up a bit more. I'm very glad for MRC's support for the year of maintenance as I continue to make this new way of eating/living a permanent part of my life.

Enjoy your journey, Porchmom. You have a great attitude and are doing very well. jeanette