Smoothies, Smoothies, Smoothies! {Recipes}
Our big family of 5 loves, love smoothies! We drink them at least once or twice a day, they are great snacks of you can power pack them and make them full meal replacement. So delish and full of nutrients.
Are your days busy? I know ours are at times. Or do you not have time to prepare or make a meal sometimes? I know this is our story as well many days. We love to pack our smoothies with goodness. When the kids help, its they love experimenting with new flavors. In the morning when we need more carbs, protein, and fiber to start our engine, we put a lot more in them. We usually juice if were not wanting more then just fruit/veggies. When your replacing a meal you also need more then just blended up fruit, liquid or juice. We like to use regular fruit smoothies or juicing as snacks, drinks, or fillers since they are so easy to make. These recipes have more in them giving your body what it needs in the morning or if you have to skip a homemade meal. These things are great and are blender is always mixing up so good ones for us. They are not time consuming and they can even satisfy those sweet tooth cravings. So lets get started!!
BUILD YOUR SMOOTHIE
Pick a Liquid
Milk (kefir, almond, coconut, rice)
Water
Orange Juice
Whatever liquid you like
Pick a Protein
Whey
Vegan
Collagen
Pick some spices/powders
Cinnamon
Allspice
Ginger
PB2 powder
Coco powder
Maca Powder
Herbal Powders
Barley Grass Powder
Pick a Carb/Fiber (optional)
Oatmeal
Flax seed meal
Cooked Brown Rice
Cooked Quinoa
Pick a Creaminess
Non fat plain yogurt, Greek yogurt, yogurt cheese, or kite hill cream cheese
Nut butters (peanut, almond, cashew)
Egg whites or 1 whole egg
Banana and Avocado
Apple Sauce
Beans
Pick some Fruit (frozen is best)
Apples
Oranges
Any kind of Berries (strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, cherries)
Mango
Peaches
Pineapple
Kiwi
Grapes
Melons (cantaloupe, watermelon, honeydew)
Root veggies that our puree like pumpkin, pear, or sweet potato
ect..
Pick some GREENS
Spinach
Kale
Spring leafy greens
Roman
Extra add ins
coconut flakes, other spices (nutmeg, mace, cloves, ect) lime or lemon zest and juice, Omega oils, brain octane, ice if needed, extra sweetness (honey, stevia, ect)
HOW TO MAKE A SMOOTHIE:
1 1/2 to 2 cups of liquid
2 scoops of protein
Dashes of spices
1-2 scoop of powders
1/2 cups of carbs/fiber
1/4 to 1/3 cup of Creaminess (for bananas its about a half a one)
1 cup fruit (if you mixing fruits do a small hand full of each)
2 huge handful of greens
However much extras you want
Method
Step 1. Turn blender on very medium-low and mix liquid, protein, spices, powders, carbs/fiber, and creaminess. Blend until well mixed.
Step 2. Turn your blender up to medium high and add your greens and extras here.
Step 3. Add your fruit combinations and place lid on your blender and turn up to extra high. Some blenders have a tamper where you can feed the fruit into the blade more and if so use that to make it smooth.
Step 4. Blend it it for about 30-45 seconds on extra high until everything this is smooth and creamy.
Serve and Enjoy!
NOTES:
–You will need a high speed blender to make most of these.
–Make sure you blend your carb/fiber up good so it not too grainy.
–With any kind of protein we usually just buy vanilla since you can add chocolate flavor to it.
–You can pick more then one in these categories or less. You don’t have to use 1 thing in each either, just make sure you at least have liquid, protein, carb/fiber, and fruit. Don’t be shy though. Think of your favorite things in each category and make your own.
–If you want to add more liquid then just make it to the consistency that you like it. Usually we just add more water if its too thick.
–We like to freeze and cut up bananas, apples, grapes, ect –or just any kind of fruit a head of time because it works so much better. If some fruit is going bad then freeze it and it makes for great shakes.
–You don’t have to but bananas work good with out freezing them as well especially if you are using them for creaminess. Banana is usually a signature and can go with anything…strawberry banana, blueberry banana, kiwi banana, you get the drift.
–The measurements above when you make them are just “ball park ranges” so if you feel you need more or less then just make it to your liking.
MAKE THE SMOOTHIES ……Our Favorite Combos! (Remember to follow estimated measurements above)
Kale-Berry Smoothie
Almond milk
Protein of choice
Oats
Coconut yogurt
Mixed berries
Kale
Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie
Almond Milk
Hemp Protein
Cocoa powder
Peanut butter powder
Sweetener to taste
Sprouted Flax seed meal
Frozen Bananas
Paradise Smoothie
Orange Juice
Protein of choice
Acai powder
Banana
Pineapple, mango, kiwi
Spinach
Shedded unsweetened coconut
Coconut milk
Lime juice
Pumpkin Spice Smoothie
Rice milk plus water to consistency you like
Protein of choice
Cinnamon
Pumpkin Pie Spice
Dash All spice
Dash Cloves
Dash Ginger
sweetener to taste
Vanilla extract
Almond milk
1/2 frozen banana
Pumpkin Puree
5-6 ice cubes
Green Cherry Cheesecake Smoothie
Cashew or Alomond Milk
Vanilla extract
Little Lemon juice and zest
sweetener to taste
Gluten Free Gram crackers
Kite hill dairy free cream cheese
Seeded frozen Cherries
Spinach
Ice
Nutty Apple Smoothie
Coconut or almond milk
Protein of choice
Cinnamon
Apple pie spice
Nut butter (almond or cashew)
Chopped Apples
Sweetener of choice
5-6 ice cubes
PB & J Smoothie
Almond milk
Banana
Strawberries
Peanut butter powder or regular PB
Protien of choice
Peach Cobbler Smoothie
Milk of your choice plus water if needed
Protein of choice
Sprouted Flax seed meal + Oats
Cinnamon
Allspice
Mace
Ginger
sweetener to taste
Vanilla extract
Almond butter
Frozen Peaches
5-6 ice cubes
Orange Julius Smoothie
Orange Juice plus water if needed
Protien of choice
Almond milk or coconut milk
sweetener to taste
coconut sugar
Vanilla extract
Zest from 1 orange then peal it and use slices too.
5-6 Ice cubes
If you are in a hurry here is one we blend up a lot
Water or Milk of Choice
Protien of choice
Oats
Cinnamon
Banana
Any kind of fruit or greens you have on hand.
If you are in a super duper hurry then just try this..
We call it a “Scoop and Dash Shake”
6 oz of Liquid of your choice (we usually do water of almond milk)
2 scoops Protein
2 scoops sprouted flax seed meal or chia seeds
1 scoop peanut butter powder
Dash of cinnamon and allspice
Shake it up good in a protein shake and chug.
If you don’t have time to drink it right away then just take it with you and add water later and do the same thing… shake it up, and down it. Its that easy! SUPER FAST and SUPER YUM!
Hope your enjoy your SMOOTHIES
RAISE YOUR GLASS, RAISE YOUR GLASS!!