Shakes and Blender Drinks!

You can pretty much put in whatever you want and it will taste good. I usually use two bananas and then any random fruit I have laying around. Post workout I may put in a little hemp protein.

Bananas + some peanut butter is pretty much amazing too.

You can always add a little bit of kale as well, it's an amazing vegetable.

I have this every morning after my workout.

1 Cup of Almond Milk or Smart Balance Milk
1 Cup of Plain Organic Yogurt (Usually stonyfield brand)
1 Tblsp Flax Seed
1 Scoop Protein Powder Vanilla
1/2 banana
~ 1/4 cup blueberries
~ 1/4 cup strawberries

Sometimes I will mix in rasberries and blackberries as well if I have them.  This drink usually comes out around 350 - 400 calories, depends on the type of milk I'm using.  Almond Milk has about 1/2 the calories of the other one.

I have this almost every day, at different times of the day. Sometimes for breakfast, other times at night after a long swim. It's awesome.

Frozen banana, cut up
Tablespoon of Peanut butter
Skim Milk
fat free plain Yogurt
Agave syrup (or whatever sweetener you use)

I never measure anything, you just have to experiment to get the right consistency. Either more liquid, or more like a milkshake.

For variety, sometimes I add other frozen fruits like strawberries, or mangos. Mangos make it taste sort of "tropical." Yum. 

I'm a never measure person as well but here's what I did a couple nights ago when I got home late and didn't want a heavy dinner.  I'm going to be getting home fairly late from my summer speedwork nights so I think I might make more smoothies for dinners.  We'll see how that goes. 

I frozen banana cut up
Handful of frozen mixed fruit
Handful of frozen cranberries (I buy lots when they're fresh around the holidays).
1/2 or so of low fat ricotta cheese (usually use plain nonfat yogurt but this is all I had, worked well)
1 cup or so soy milk
2 large handfuls spinach
1 scoop of whey protein

I am all about some smoothies, especially in the summer. But this is one of my favorites even though this is more of a "fall season drink" it's awesome all year around.

half a banana
~1/4 cup pumpkin puree
naturally more peanut butter
~1/4 cup dry muesli/oatmeal
1/2 cup west soy unsweetened milk
1/2 skim milk
pumpkin spice
and a pinch of stevia

*sometimes I add applesauce instead of the banana

Awesomeness in a glass!

Another one I drink to try and get my veggies in through-out the day:

Spinach (a bowl's worth)
Kale (2 full leaves)
Pineapple (about 1/2 cup)
Plant protein (life's basics)
carrots (about 4-5 babies)
chobani non-fat plain greek yogurt (about 1/4 cup)
avocado (about an oz, or 2-3 slices)
black grapes (about 1/4 cup)

I usually add water, but you can add some fruit juice (papaya or esp. guava juice is really good)

Hope you enjoy  

syntha 6 vanilla ice cream flavor, 1 banana, handfull of ice, blend. Nuff said. enjoy.

Edited by Boogie7247 2010-06-08 7:54 AM