[Tesseract]

I'm just starting to experiment with smoothies due to this damn liquid diet, and I'm wondering what you like to put in your smoothies and how you make them. Do you like to make a creamy smoothie with some type of plant milk, fruit/veggies and ice, or just frozen fruit? Got a favorite flavor or secret ingredient? I wanna know!<br><br><br><br>
So far, I've been making banana-orange-pineapple-strawberry with orange juice and pienapple juice for the liquid, and frozen strawberries for the slushy part. I add hemp protein powder and today I remembered to put in my flax oil!<br><br><br><br>
Today I made chocolate-PB-banana with one banana, some Chocolate Almond Breeze, a couple spoonfuls of chocolate PB, and a few ice cubes. Yummy!

 

[VegWithEdge]

i dont like frozen fruits so i use all fresh- i also like semi think smoothies... not too thick not too thin. i always wing my smoothies but my favorite is<br><br><br><br>
a few good sized strawberries<br><br>
half of a banana<br><br>
ice cubes<br><br>
sweetener (i use splenda despite what people say about it)<br><br>
and orange juice or soy milk just to make it frothy<br><br><br><br>
throw them all into the blender and add oj or soy milk while its blending<br><br><br><br>
simple, quick, and deeeelish <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/lick.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":lick:">

 

[wildflower]

i'm not going off on rant about how bad splenda are..but do you know they are owned by animal testers? does that make you feel any differently about them?

 

[VegWithEdge]

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i'm not going off on rant about how bad splenda are..but do you know they are owned by animal testers? does that make you feel any differently about them?</div>
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dont give me crap about what i use... seeing that in my original post i said DESPITE WHAT PEOPLE THINK<br><br><br><br>
hmm kraft owns a bunch of non veg products should i boycot them and eat nothing?

 

[Keelin]

My favorite:<br><br>
1 cup plain or vanilla soymilk<br><br>
1/4 cup pureed pumpkin (cooked or canned)<br><br>
1/8 tsp nutmeg<br><br>
1/4 tsp cinnamon<br><br>
Blended with a few ice cubes.<br><br><br><br>
It tastes just like pumpkin pie... only good for you! <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/grin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=""> Chocolate peanut butter banana smoothies are also delicious, I must admit.<br><br><br><br>
I really want to get my claws into some hemp or brown rice protein powder for my smoothies, but can't seem to find any around here.

 

[Pandora]

I like to make a cooling smoothie drink with the following;<br><br><br><br>
Vanilla Soy Milk<br><br>
A banana<br><br>
Cacao powder<br><br>
Ice cubes <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/wink3.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=""><br><br><br><br>
VERY tasty

 

[Tesseract]

<b>Non-Mod Post:</b> Can we PLEASE not fight about Splenda?? The topic is... <b><span>Smoothies</span></b>! Let's stick with it! Who's next?

 

[courgette]

My regular smoothie is unsweetened cranberry juice, a little steviaplus, some unsweetened soy milk, frozen strawberries, frozen blueberries, fresh spinach and a little hemp oil. I love smoothies in the summertime.<br><br><br><br>
Hope you feel better soon.

 

[spectrum42]

I found some cantaloupe 2/$1 so I've been using them this week. 2/3 cantaloupe and 1/3 raspberry, a little bit of vanilla and some ice cubes made a really good smoothie.<br><br><br><br>
Others that we make a lot:<br><br><br><br>
frozen banana + cocoa powder + almond milk<br><br>
frozen peaches + vanilla + almond milk<br><br>
banana + pineapple + coconut + rice milk<br><br>
frozen strawberries + soy yogurt + orange juice

 

[bethanie]

Well, first off you need to keep your freezer stocked with sliced frozen banannas. I will usually buy them and use half for eating and half for freezing. this provides a creamy base for your smoothy without dairy. My daughter's been making them for us just about every morning this week. She's discovered a wonderful ingredient, pecans, which she claims, "Adds some protein." We usually use a peach, a bannana and a little soymilk. I'm not vegan, so organic plain yogurt when I have it...though that is rare and it is definitely not a must. I don't generally use sweeteners, though you can if you need to.<br><br><br><br>
Frozen banannas also make great ice cream. Last year we pureed them with some good dark chocolate I had on hand for some excellent chocolate ice cream.<br><br><br><br>
B

 

[Tesseract]

Thanks, bethanie! I can't imagine why I would need a sweetener when I already have sweet things like bananas and orange juice or chocolate milk in my smoothie. Plus the hemp powder makes it even a smidge sweeter. I'm going to try freezing the bananas! <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/dancingbanana.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":nana:">

 

[Gnome Chomsky]

I like<br><br><br><br>
Bananna<br><br>
Orange juice<br><br>
silken tofu<br><br>
frozen berries<br><br>
lime juice and sweetener to taste<br><br><br><br>
It's thick as ****! <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/smiley.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=""><br><br><br><br>
ebola

 

[elibrown]

My favorite smoothie is the one I posted a recipe for on the recipe boards...I think I called it Amazing Omega 3 Blue Velvet smoothie or something like that.<br><br><br><br>
The basic idea is fresh papaya, frozen mango (most of my frozen fruit I buy fresh and then freeze because I prefer that to using ice cubes), a couple of strawberries, a big handful of blueberries, some plain soy milk and a little flax oil.<br><br><br><br>
I don't like bananas but I've found that mango and papaya have a really nice creamy texture when they're pureed.<br><br><br><br>
I too am anti-sweetener in smoothies. Unless that's what you like, of course. But fruit is nature's candy, why does it need to be sweeter? Smoothie King I know uses canned and frozen fruit packed in corn syrup, and adds turbinado AND honey to most of their smoothies. That drives me crazy!<br><br><br><br>
I LOVE smoothies! Eating large, starchy breakfasts with too much protein makes me tired and sluggish all day, so I make a smoothie every morning for breakfast. Yum.

 

[Tesseract]

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Smoothie King I know uses canned and frozen fruit packed in corn syrup, and adds turbinado AND honey to most of their smoothies. That drives me crazy!</div>
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Oh, so that's why they taste so good! <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/tongue3.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="">

 

[Astarte]

Frozen blueberries, raspberries and bananas plus orange/cranberry juice. I like it with vanilla soymilk as well, but I don't always have it on hand. I don't like to put extra sweeteners in it, since the cranberry juice always makes it nice and tart. Lovely <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/grin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="">

 

[Lumos]

Thick vanilla soy yogurt (frozen is best) or silken tofu with a splash of liquid along wih banana, oats, blueberry and peanut butter!<br><br><br><br>
I also love pineapple, frozen banana, and cocont juice with soy yogurt.<br><br><br><br>
Chocolate, banana, and peanut butter is also amazing.<br><br>
Pineapple and rasberry<br><br>
So many good combos.

 

[Ravenfire]

I don't like to use ice in my smoothies so I make sure to freeze half of my fruit before using it. My favorite is banana, mango & strawberry with a bit of vanilla rice milk, a bit of orange juice and just a squeeze of agave nectar.

 

[elibrown]

Mmmm, you guys have given me some great ideas...

 

[dee-vee]

vanilla rice milk + hemp protein powder + frozen bannana + flax oil + peanut butter + coca powder + a little sugar.

 

[granolacruncher]

I know it sounds super simple but our favorite is frozen strawberries and apple juice. Very simple, but very refreshing on these hot virginia afternoons. If I have fresh mango hanging out I love adding that too.