Friday Drop: Eat the Rainbow Pt. 2
Fan favorite smoothie recipes
Like I said last week in Part 1:
It’s actually really helpful to include fruits and vegetables in your diet.
Another easy way to add color, especially after a surgery when you may not feel like eating (!!!) is to grab a smoothie. Here are some of my favs.
The Formula:
At its core, you can create any flavor combos you’d like as long as you follow the formula above. Some fruits are more fibrous and a half cup will produce a thicker smoothie, and vice versa, but in general this combo will always work to put something together.
If you are struggling to eat enough calories
Choose foods that are more bang for your buck in your smoothie: whole milk, whole chocolate milk, juice, etc. and don’t forget to add in the fats.
You can always hide veggies
You can easily add spinach to any of these options. Personally, I think any of the ideas below other than the mocha and chai will hide the flavor of greens, but if that isn’t your thing, you can also get some veg by adding frozen cauliflower, which is about as flavorless as it gets.
Flavor ideas
Tart Cherry
8 oz tart cherry juice + 2-3 beets from a can + 1/2 cup frozen berries + chocolate protein powder
Cherry Almond
8 oz milk or soy milk + 1/2 cup frozen cherries + 2 TBSP almond butter + vanilla protein powder
Morning Mocha
4 oz chocolate milk + 4 oz coffee + 1/2 cup frozen cauliflower + chocolate protein powder
Chai Latte
8 oz chai (cooled) + vanilla protein powder + 1/2 cup vanilla protein + 1/2 cup cauliflower + a dash of cinnamon
Peach Cobbler
8 oz milk or soy milk + 1/2 cup canned or frozen peaches + 1/2 cup oats + vanilla protein powder + a dash of honey and cinnamon (or skip the oats and add cinnamon cereal)
Pineapple Ginger
8 oz milk or soy milk + 1/2 cup frozen pineapple or mixed tropical fruit + vanilla protein powder + fresh or frozen ginger
Lime and Coconut
8 oz milk or coconut water + 1 cup lime greek yogurt + 1-2 TBSP coconut flakes + 1/4 or 1/2 frozen avocado
