A few weeks ago, I had a craving to add more fruit to my diet, and decided to pick up a long-lapsed habit of making smoothies at home. I've been enjoying them ever since.
How I'm making them:
- enough orange juice to cover the blades at the bottom of the blender
- two big spoonsful of vanilla yogurt
- a banana (cold from the fridge), sliced
- frozen fruit, some combination of:
- mixed berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries)
- cherries
- peaches
- pineapple
One blender full, more or less, makes two good-sized smoothies, and I find that the second one stays pretty good in the fridge for the next day.
I remember that years ago, I added protein powder, but I also remember having trouble finding one I liked, so I haven't done that yet. I wish I could get samples of ones before committing to the big-ass containers in the store. I think I used a vanilla one, after trying a chocolate one that was terribly fake-tasting. If I found a good-tasting vanilla one, I could use plain yogurt instead... but I need to watch out for artificial sweeteners, sometimes those give me migraines so I try to avoid them all.
It's all so complicated! Any suggestions?
I think it's a great idea to add protein although I have no experience with protein powder; like you, I would hesitate to commit to a large amount of it in case it tasted awful.
ReplyDeleteI make so many more smoothies when my son is home (or just drink the leftovers from his). It's like tea, I love them but I just get out of the habit of making them. And I have a freezer full of frozen fruit. Thanks for the reminder! I bought a vanilla protein powder I liked for Angus, but I can't remember what brand it was.
ReplyDeleteYummy! I make smoothies every day, love them. I like Blessed protein powder, it's a plant-based one. I also like Ghost, but I've never tried the vanilla flavour.
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