Anyone do breakfast smoothies?

[mommyatty]

I’m still trying to figure out how to eat a decent breakfast. My latest harebrained scheme is smoothies. I have an immersion blender, so cleanup is super-fast. And I can make one literally faster than I can make toast.

Anyone have any good recipes? Is it weird to call it a recipe? I’m looking for things that are high in protein and low-ish in fat and calories. I made one over the weekend with banana, strawberries, and low fat Greek yogurt that was fabulous. I want to try a green smoothie but frankly they scare the hell out of me.

[mae0111]

I used to do them every day, but too cold for me in the winter. My go to was 1/2 avocado or 1/2 cup Greek yogurt, handful of spinach, cup of frozen blueberries, and a scoop of Dole frozen mixed tropical fruit - had pineapple, mangoes, peaches, strawberries, and grapes. Sometimes I threw in 1/2 an apple and a tablespoon of ground flax seeds for fiber. Fill the rest with water and blend. It was pretty thick but melted fast. No need to add ice if you use frozen fruit.

[kimberlybb]

I also love smoothies when it isn’t so cold out. One of my favorite combos is frozen bananas, dairy free yogurt, Peanut Butter powder (PB2), a handful of spinach and a sprinkle of coconut. I also sometime throw dry oats in it too. I can’t taste the greens so don’t be afraid  Another good grab and go option is overnight oats. It takes me 5-10 minutes to prep 6 breakfasts for the week. I combine ½ cup of quick oats, cup of almond milk, ½ and apple, ¼ cup cinnamon, honey, and raisins in mason jars. I reheat them in the mornings at work. I also sometimes do oats, dairy free yogurt, PB2 powder, honey, and mini chocolate chips when I want something cold.

[mustardseed2007]

My recovery drink is one scoop of protein powder into coconut water and shake. I don't make it into a smoothie b/c it takes too long. Also in the winter it's not appealing so I do room temp coconut water...I know it sounds gross but it's not as gross as it sounds...

I used to do a chocolate protein powder + ice + banana + 1 scoop of PB. Pretty good.

[2chatter]

I make them for DD with the opposite qualifications - high fat, high calorie - but the common ground is nutrient dense. Spinach is good in smoothies IMO, Greek yogurt is my go to, try Açaí packets, start freezing the fresh strawberries that aren’t appealing to eat raw, PB2 is good, DD likes the smoothie green packages but I am not sold without a lot of honey.

For me smoothies that I love and would eat every day end up higher calorie than I want.

[freezorburn]

Love all these ideas, because I've been in a rut lately with my breakfast smoothie. My go-to a little ice (keeps the blueberries from sticking to the top of the blending cup), frozen blueberries, yogurt, banana, and a bit of whatever juice is in the fridge to make it less thick. If I have some other fresh fruit that is over the hill but not quite bad yet, I'll throw that in, too. I've mostly been doing this since that episode of pneumonia back in October. Partly for the live cultures in the yogurt, and sick of eating yogurt just as is, and also to keep my fluid intake up, as that seemed very important during my recovery. Have just been keeping it up out of habit, but I think I want to try some new things too.

[mommyatty]

Thanks guys! My other weirdness is until I prove I have my shit together and will actually do this, I’m not buying anything extra to make these. I might get some PB2 because I can think of good uses for that beyond smoothies.

Another issue is my travel. Most things I was doing that required prep get screwed up because of travel. Like my awesome breakfast sandwiches. I don’t love them frozen, so I prep them ahead of time weekly and it’s weird to prep 2-3 instead of 5. Maybe I should just learn to love them frozen and get over myself.

[2chatter]

mommyatty - with the travel, DH solved for that by eating the same thing every morning, in town or out, by buying at Starbucks. He won’t admit it but he’s big on consistency. So is there either a national retailer (jamba juice?) or can you stay at hotels with fridges and have them grocery shop and stock your room before you arrive? Immersion blenders are portable. When I traveled monthly I had the hotel stock my room with dinner foods and baking supplies (I baked for the office when I was there). It was a great way to stay on track and not get sucked into bad eating when away. I’d have the shuttle pick me up from the office at 7pm and turn down dinner invites, then make dinner, then work from the room.

[waverly]

Not sure if they fit your criteria but my two recipes are:

Frozen fruit whatever is your favorite and goes good together, banana and orange juice (or other juice but I like orange the best)

Peanut butter, banana, coco powder, and milk. I suppose you could do yogurt for creamier.

I don't measure I just experiment with different amounts but for the last one there are actual recipes online.

[campermom]

I used to. I would buy fruit in bulk, cut it all up and put little baggies of all different combinations in the freezer. Then I just added almond milk and protein. It saved a lot of time.

[mommyatty]

Jan 17, 2018 6:50:46 GMT -5 campermom said:

I used to. I would buy fruit in bulk, cut it all up and put little baggies of all different combinations in the freezer. Then I just added almond milk and protein. It saved a lot of time.

This is my plan. Add yogurt and milk to a frozen bag of stuff. I did it this morning and it was great. Plus if it’s in the freezer I don’t feel like an ass if it doesn’t get used this week like I do with food rotting in the fridge. I can just pull it out of the freezer next week.

[campermom]

Jan 17, 2018 15:03:48 GMT -5 mommyatty said:

Jan 17, 2018 6:50:46 GMT -5 campermom said:

I used to. I would buy fruit in bulk, cut it all up and put little baggies of all different combinations in the freezer. Then I just added almond milk and protein. It saved a lot of time.

This is my plan. Add yogurt and milk to a frozen bag of stuff. I did it this morning and it was great. Plus if it’s in the freezer I don’t feel like an ass if it doesn’t get used this week like I do with food rotting in the fridge. I can just pull it out of the freezer next week.

Here is one better-I've put Greek yogurt in an ice cube tray, frozen them, popped them out and added a yogurt cube to the baggies. I still need liquid, but that saved one more step in the morning!