Anyone got any good smoothy recipes? Im trying to eat a lot more fruit so ive been making about a blender full of smoothies every day. Ive been using 1 banana and a bunch of frozen strawberries, peaches, mango, grapes, and milk. Thinking about getting some designer protien to mix in with it too.

7/22/2008 6:10:13 PM

Fruit
Ice
water

7/22/2008 6:12:02 PM

^Substitute water with fruit juices or milk. Better smoothie.

7/22/2008 6:16:15 PM

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"smoothy"

7/22/2008 6:17:47 PM

Smoothie?

7/22/2008 6:27:26 PM

very vanilla soy milk is the way to go. but either way, don't use yogurt--shit's gross

7/22/2008 6:37:19 PM

i use a bunch of fruit, some ice, a scoop of berry protein powder, a pack of flavored yogurt, and some milk.

7/22/2008 6:44:37 PM

^ except i use plain vanilla yogurt instead of flavored. yogurt, fruit, ice maybe a little sugar.

7/22/2008 6:50:19 PM

bananas, blackberries and french vanilla yogurt with some juice and ice

7/22/2008 6:50:34 PM

And vanilla protein powder has always been the best tasting protein powder to add to smoothies in my opinion (I did work at a health food store that had a smoothie bar when I was in college).

Two favorite smoothie recipes:

- milk
- frozen bananas
- peanut butter
- chocolate protein powder



- half and half pineapple and OJ
- frozen strawberries
- half a frozen banana
- frozen blueberries
- vanilla protein


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7/22/2008 7:09:47 PM

Strawberry Yogurt Smoothie

1 Cup Vanilla Yogurt
1/4 Cup Orange Juice
6-8 Ice Cubes
1 Cup Partially Thawed Frozen Strawberries

Crush Ice for a few seconds in blender. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend until smooth.

7/22/2008 8:02:58 PM

cup of yogurt(figuratively, they are usually 6oz now), like 1/2 cup of milk, banana, scoop of chocolate protein....good as a mf

7/22/2008 8:14:23 PM

I like including canned peaches for texture

7/22/2008 8:46:53 PM

I was reading about green smoothies that you add kale and spinach etc. that are supposed to be really good for you. Im gonna try to make a green smoothie as soon as I get the ingredients.

7/22/2008 8:53:47 PM

Obligatory...my breakfast 'smoothie'

Protein Blend
Yogurt
Pumpkin
Frozen Berries
Whole Flax Seeds
Water

7/22/2008 8:57:00 PM

I do this one sometimes:

Some sort of fruit yogurt
frozen blueberries
frozen raspberries
frozen cherries

If it's too thick I'll add a little milk or soy milk, depending on what's in the fridge at the time.

7/22/2008 11:15:49 PM

I do -
Frozen Strawberries
Frozen Blueberrys
1 Banana
Some nonfat vanilla yogurt
and milk (I used to do vanilla soy milk to bump up the protein and you can't tell the difference)

And blend!

No need for ice since the berries are frozen, and the yogurt and (soy)milk are great for calcium and what not.

7/22/2008 11:38:24 PM

1 banana
4 strawberries
Cup of Strawberry & banana yogurt
ice
1/4 cup water or juice

7/22/2008 11:53:30 PM

I can't stand using ice or milk in a smoothie. All mine are just frozen fruit and enough juice to get it to blend. On a very rare occasion I'll throw a tiny bit of yogurt in there. Banana is key to get the texture right, and cherries, peaches and strawberries are my favorite additions. Blueberries and raspberries and such taste good, but I don't like what they do to the texture. I'm a texture freak, I guess.

7/23/2008 9:24:43 AM

Using all frozen fruit makes the flavor a lot stronger because you won't need to add ice. I like to buy my fruit when it's on sale at the grocery store and/or when it's in season at the farmer's market. The drawbacks are that you'll have to chop it up yourself, and you'll have to add more juice to get it to blend.

*frozen bananas
*frozen peaches/apples/blueberries/pineapple/strawberries (pick two)
*tiny scoop of vanilla protein powder (adds a little flavor and helps texture)
*pour orange juice into blender until it's almost to the top of the fruit

7/23/2008 10:49:19 AM

yeah, using frozen fruit is best...i make an awesome bananas foster smoothie, but i don't have the recipe with me here

also, i like to use sugar-free vanilla pudding mix to thicken and add flavor (i don't care about the calories, really, but the sugar-free actually isn't as sweet as mix with sugar, so the fruit flavors are more dominant, IMO)

7/23/2008 11:35:28 AM

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"I'm a texture freak, I guess."

me too

7/24/2008 11:32:19 AM

i dont really like thick smoothies...i'd rather it be drinkable

7/24/2008 11:47:07 AM

Vanilla Ice Cream
OJ
Sprite

simply but delicious - maybe closer to a shake i guess

Pineapple juice is good to throw into the mix as well

7/24/2008 11:48:51 AM

1 sliced banana
2-3 big scoops of vanilla icecream
1 - 1.5 cups of milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup of sugar

best banana smoothie (milkshake) ever

7/24/2008 12:34:12 PM

The ultimate key to smoothie consitency is the ripeness of the banana. You want to peel the banana when it has over-ripened. It needs to be yellow with alot of spots on it.

7/24/2008 12:39:36 PM

fresh strawberries
very ripe banana
coconut milk
canned pineapple
ice

7/24/2008 4:50:45 PM

^^a speckled banana is a ripe banana

7/24/2008 5:37:55 PM

banana
peanut butter
milk
ice (if wanted)

makes a great breakfast or post workout shake...simple, quick, cheap

7/24/2008 5:51:30 PM

just stop by harris teeter in the evenings and grab those ripe banana bags for $1, you'll get about 10 bananas perfect for freezing/eating immediately for $1

7/25/2008 8:40:54 AM

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" - milk - frozen bananas - peanut butter - chocolate protein powder"

Take out the chocolate powda and add some strawberries. Pretty tasty!

MarthaStewart.com has some good ideas

7/25/2008 10:18:34 AM

I put high fructose corn syrup, frozen yogurt, and OJ in all my smoothies. Defeats purpose of a healthy drink, but gosh darn it, they're delicious! (Much better than just plain old sugar)

7/25/2008 3:06:08 PM