Smoothiemania

Long time no writing, I hope I can justify it by being lazy but the truth is darker than that :P I just lost my 2 phones (one lost and the other decided to stop working) and all the food pictures there gone, so I had to wait until I have the time to re do all the recipes again.

AND since it is beginning of summer I am not  keen in making food that much, I still LOVE food but I find myself more into eating light stuff like oats with nuts or cottage cheese all day with smoothies. so I decided why not share my crazy smoothies recipes, and they are crazy because basically I put in there whatever I have around nothing fancy or precise it just matching things according to their taste.

Powerhouse Smoothie

Today I returned from jogging and I was planning to go later to gym as well, still I didn't feel like eating before the gym but I need to get some energy, so immediately after my jogging (withing the 45 min rang) I had 200g of cottage cheese and made my powerhouse smoothie, and it is crazy because I just put every super food I had in the fridge in there :D good idea to have all nutrients you need with 0 effort.

Ingredients:

1 Banana

1/2 Avocado

5 Strawberries 

1/2 cup diced Pineapple

1 Kiwi

2 tablespoons frozen Spinach 

1 teaspoon Flex seed

1 tablespoon Honey

1/2 cup Ice

Directions:

In strong blender or smoothie maker put all ingredients and blend for 3 mins until completely smooth.

Recipe makes 1 serving of 450g

Calories per serving 417 calories, Saturated fat 4.3g

This recipe good for you because:

• No cholesterol
• Very low in sodium
• High in dietary fiber
• Very high in manganese
• High in vitamin B6
• Very high in vitamin C

Note:

I hate to add milk or yogurt to my smoothies and as well I hate it when it is too thick so I added ice here otherwise usually I freeze my fruits and I don't add  ice at all. In this one I only added the ice because avocado and banana already too thick.

The Hulk smoothie  

This one I stole from my sweet friend Ieva, she was so generous to share her smoothie one morning with me, and I loved it but when I made it myself I added my personal touch by making a slight adjustment to it, she makes it with banana instead of mango which taste really good too but for me I like to add mango because it is very fragrant and overcome the spinach taste completely and I think it adds lovely sweetness to the whole thing which makes it really hard to believe it has spinach in there.

Ingredients:

1 Avocado

1 Kiwi

1/2 cup frozen Mango

1/2 cup frozen Spinach 

1/2 tablespoon Honey

Directions:

In strong blender or smoothie maker put all ingredients and blend until completely smooth.

Recipe makes 1 serving of 400g

Calories per serving 562 calories, Saturated fat 8.3g

This recipe good for you because:

• No cholesterol
• Very low in sodium
• High in dietary fiber
• Very high in vitamin C

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Breakfast smoothie

This one is my all time favorite smoothie for breakfast, when I am not in the mood for food and have no time to eat, I just blend this put it in my gym cup and hit the road and it taste AMAZING and still keep you full all morning.

Ingredients:

1 Avocado

1 cup frozen Strawberries

1/4 cup Oats

1 tablespoon Honey

Directions:

In strong blender or smoothie maker put all ingredients and blend until completely smooth.

Recipe makes 1 serving of 400g

Calories per serving 601 calories, Saturated fat 8.5g

This recipe good for you because:

• No cholesterol
• Very low in sodium
• High in dietary fiber
• Very high in vitamin C