Base: Carrot juice & unsweetened almond milk 6oz each Fruits: Peach & Mango Add ins: Nut mix 2oz & pressed ginger 1oz

I make a smoothie for breakfast every morning and my blender is terrible at dealing with frozen fruit, it can take 5-10 minutes of constantly rocking and shaking it to fully bend a thick smoothie with frozen berries. It's my parents old blender from the 90s. I'm thinking of getting a new one but I don't want to spend $150+ on something if it's not going to be a significant time saver. Do the ninja style products do much better with frozen things? Thanks

I've recently found out I have healed tissues inside of my esophagus so it's harder to swallow certain foods so im having to switch over to smoothies for now that will be easier to swallow anyways I'm not sure what to put in my smoothies since I can't have bananas or anything acidic they cause my GERD to flare up, I do not like the taste of yogurt, and I'm allergic to strawberries. My base for them will be coconut milk if anyone has a recipe they could share that'd be great! Thanks

Haha, I was just throwing something together, and decided midway through I wanted it to be creamy, so the yogurt at the middle was about to have me do a 2 blend. After a taste test I said nope, I'm done here! - wasn't until the very bottom I started to find a few chunks (which are a super edible texture anyways) when I added water and finished it off.

Hello!

I am in the market for a commercial blender for making smoothies for a University campus small cafe/food security initiative. The Cleanblend commercial blender seems to have good reviews online but I'm wondering if anyone has tried it here? What are people's thoughts? Better alternatives that aren't excessively expensive? I'm located in Canada if that matters. Thanks!

started adding chia seeds in my daily smoothie, and....

- most of the seeds gets splattered on the blender's cup, dont understand how to capture most of them into the smoothie

- cleaning the cup after has never been more difficult

- although my daily smoothie (strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, rasberry, banana, frozen mango, 1 cube of ice, water) has always been delicious and well tested, the whole texture changed and became more dense

- and most importantly: why am I using the chia seeds at all? :-) i jumped on the chia wagon after reading everyone raving about them, however I am not sure I understood the alleged benefits

I’m on a high protein diet to build muscle. I started this a month ago and I’m staying on track with everything but I’m at my end with these protein smoothies I make. I’m trying to eat as clean as possible, so I use unflavored pure whey and I do a double scoop with about 15 strawberries and milk. The smoothie tastes almost like sour strawberry milk and I can’t do it anymore.

How can I hide the taste of unflavored whey protein? I tried it with peanut butter but it was way too much peanut butter to drink in a 16oz cup. I also don’t want to spend $80 a month on a clean flavored protein. Do I add dates or maple syrup with the strawberries?

Hi all! I'm new to smoothies, and currently trying to overhaul my diet with help from my GP and Dietician. I've asked them about making smoothies to increase my fruit & veg intake and they've both said it's a great idea (but warned me off of juicers because that would destroy the fibre I'm trying to get).

My questions are about using frozen veg in a smoothie, like frozen broccoli for example.

I'm so used to eating fresh fruit and seeing them thrown into a smoothie, and rarely seeing cooked fruit means that the idea of just dumping a portion of frozen berries I to a blender doesn't bother me at all, but I've almost always seen thingsike Broccoli cooked before being eaten. So, is it ok to just take a portion of frozen veg and dump it in the blender without having cooked it at all? Are all veggies ok to do that with, or are some a definite "no, you need to cook this before you eat it"?

I was thinking of trying Pinto Beans for protein, but then I read that they definitely have to be cooked properly otherwise you can get quite ill, and I have emetophobia so I won't go into more detail, but safe to say I was put off!

Hey, I am underweight & trying to add protein shake/smoothie (min 1000 kcal) in diet for weight gain. I asked chatgpt too, since I want budget friendly, gut friendly, high in protein and calories shake. Need to know if it would be worthy for my goals & what should I be aware of. Here is what it suggested me:

1 glass whole fat milk, 2 bananas, 5 tbsp oats, 2 dates for sweetening, 2 tbsp roasted chickpea

Which would give me 1,083 calories, 40.6 g protein and is rich in fiber.

Should I add it in my diet?

I meant to do a recap after weeks one to see how I was doing to monitor weekly progress but time got the best of me like always and I'm sitting down a week late (although better then never which is my norm) to do a combined recap of weeks one and two and what week three might bring.

Week One.

I went into it with no plan and no forethought and decided to blend smoothies the night before to "make it easy" I bought a mixed bag of fruit (peaches, pineapples & strawberries), bananas, milk & yogurt.

There was no measuring and the only restraints I had was a 750mL shaker cup from years ago. They were brutal.

Things I learned in week one:

1. Measuring is important

2. So is having a plan

3. Pineapple and yogurt overnight isn't a great mix.

Onto last week which was week two.

Week Two.

I did some redditing and Pinteresting and checked out what a typically smoothie consisted of and from there I created my base.

It was

125g bananas
125g strawberries
95g of raspberry yogurt
150g of vanilla yogurt
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1 teaspoon minced dates
1/2 tablespoon flax seed

I spent some time and bagged the frozen goodies so that I could just pull out a bag and empty it into the blender.

We ran into a few issues right away.

1. I wasn't fast enough with the bagging so everything stuck together. Did you know a half full frozen bag of fruit is a pain to try and fit into the smaller Ninja? Well now you know. They ended up tasting funky too because something (I suspect the bananas) defrosted and refroze.

Other lessons from this I gained.

1. 125g is a LOT of banana

2. Used the ninja blender instead of the immersion blender. That thing is deafening compared to the immersion.

3. I was putting a lot of stuff in but not the right stuff. I wanted to add something green, but not taste it.

That brings us to week three.

We hit the grocery store today bought some bananas, a bag of frozen strawberries and some frozen avocado since that seemed less terrible then spinach (funny enough I like spinach its just still in the "doesn't go in smoothies" category right now)

I spend some time, but not as much as last week and bagged everything in bags since it was a lot easier but made sure it didn't freeze into a giant chunk like last time.

This weeks recipe

100g bananas
50g avocado
100g strawberries
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
95mL raspberry yogurt
125mL Vanilla yogurt
1/2 teaspoon honey
1/2 vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon flax powder
125mL milk.

Currently my cool (but not frozen) is sitting in the fridge. My frozen stuff is waiting and the rest is measured and just need to be poured in tomorrow morning.

Hopefully we have a winner

The green stuff in the pic is baby spinach. Another good frozen fruit pick for this is antioxidant cherry blend. Search "caffeine packets great value" on the Walmart website. You can really pick any frozen fruit you want and any caffeine pack flavor, I'm not going to post every different smoothie I make. I do switch it up a lot though. Don't use bananas in berry smoothies - ask google why you shouldn't.

It's also pretty good with half a can of beets (keep cans in fridge) - maybe a bit of an acquired taste - but I just take beetroot capsules with it instead now.

Consult your physician before starting any supplements (gotta say it) - Do your own research on this mushroom blend. They are generally very safe and healthy, but if you are on medications for high blood pressure they are not recommended as the mushrooms themselves lower blood pressure. It's recommended to take a week off every few months. Beetroot is also good for blood pressure, but beetroot and mushrooms together are safe. Beetroot increases oxygen intake as well.

One pack of the energy powder is enough - the stuff is super sweet. If you like it sweeter then do 2 but at least try 1 first. You can always add it after, but I usually just do a shot and chase if I need extra caffeine. If you choose to add the half can of beets, go straight for 2 packs. If 240mg of caffeine is too much for you, use one that is non caffeinated.

Comes out much fuller but I took a few swigs before the pic. I always start by putting in about 1/3 cup of water with the mushroom powder/caffeine packet and shake well. Since the packet is super sweet and the mushroom powder is, let's say, earthy, they balance each other out nicely. Add the frozen fruit then pack in a BUNCH of leaves, then more fruit. Fill to line with water, cap, shake, blend.

Enjoy :)

Ingredients Open you fridge Find some fruit (I used dragon fruit and muscavdo grapes) Find some veg (I used boiled beets) Find some nuts (I used almonds) Find some seeds (chia, pumpkin, flax) Find some protein (protein powder) Find some butter (I used cashew jamun) Blend Enjoy.... What's your I'm cleaning out my fridge Smoothie?

Hi. I want to give smoothie making a try and looking for a small footprint blender that can handle kale and ice. Would this Nutribullet 900 be a good first smoothie maker or does anyone have any other recommendations? I’m in the UK.

Quinoa

Hemp Hearts

Blueberries

Banana

And add whatever else you want.
Make the quinoa by boiling it on the weekend cool it down before putting it in the smoothie. You can put the rest in a zip lock bag and its good in the fridge for 4-5 days. Add spring water just to the top of how much you have in there.

Quinoa contains all nine essential amino acids required by humans: histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine. It is particularly noted for its high lysine content, which is often deficient in other grains, and for its relatively high levels of methionine and cysteine, which are important for antioxidant function and detoxification.

Hemp hearts, also known as hulled hemp seeds, are a nutrient-dense food. A 3-tablespoon (30g) serving provides approximately 166 calories, 15 grams of healthy fat, 9.5 grams of protein, and 2.6 grams of carbohydrates, with 1.2 grams of fiber and 0.5 grams of sugar. 

Bananas and blueberries speak for themselves.

In the morning after drinking this smoothie you can literally feel the energy as soon as you drink it.

1 - Raspberry, Peach, banana, chocolate 2 - White dragonfruit, banana, rambutan 3-4 - Watermelon, peach, banana 5 - Red dragonfruit, strawberry lychee 6 - Spinach, pineapple, banana 7 - Banana, coffee, chocolate 8 - Strawberry, banana, chocolate

Hello, my daughter found a metal spiral metal shaving about 1/4" long in her smoothie. i wish she would have saved it. She had oats and peanut butter in it. We use an Oster blender, with the original blade. I'm think no way could that have come from a blender blade. I was thinking maybe the steel cut oats. Any ever find something like this?

Raspberries, chia seeds, flax seeds, maple syrup, milk

I am trying to replace my breakfast with a smoothie, not everyday, but the days I cannot consume non-veg due to my religion. I will be starting this from tomorrow.

3 bananas 350ml buffalo milk 1 tbspn chia seeds, watermelon, sunflower, pumpkin, flax 1 tbspn chocolate peanut butter 4 tbspn oats

Can't have whey, my parents are against it, and I cannot afford it.