Fresh Fruit Smoothie

Another good recipe I threw together this morning. It was just the right amount of sweet and the banana helped balance out all the seeds, I barely noticed them.

1/2 Banana
1/4 C blueberries
1/4 C rasberries
4 or 5  med. strawberries
Splash of milk
1 C plain greek yogurt

Tropical mango smoothie

I thought I didn't like mangos but they taste good in a smoothie. I find it odd that some of my favorite smoothies lately are with fruit that I thought I didn't like.  I found this on goodhousekeeping.com and I'm pleasantly surprised. My alterations are in green, and I added the yogurt for the protein.

1/2 cup(s) pineapple juice, chilled                 1/2 C pineapple juice - I had

                                                                        fresh pineapple in the fridge

1 cup(s) diced mango                                         1 C frozen mango

1  banana, sliced                                                 1 banana

2 teaspoon(s) fresh lime juice                           1 squirt of lime juice

1/2 teaspoon(s) grated, peeled fresh ginger       dash of dried ginger

3  ice cubes                                                       1 cup peach greek yogurt

Read more: Tropical Mango Smoothie - Good Housekeeping

BANANAS!!! B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

I thought my smoothie kick was wearing off until I discovered what was missing. I didnt have any bananas left and was making smoothies without them. The smoothies were fine, just not that yummy. Really the bananas were making that much of a difference so I bought one bunch of yellow and one of green banay-nays so I wouldnt run out again. My new favorite is blueberry banana. I dont even really like blueberries but Im really diggin the smoothie.

This time I measured it for you!

1/2 C plain yogurt

1/2 C skim milk

1 Banana

1 C blueberries

As you can see I gave the Magic Bullet another try (I was too lazy to wash the blender) and I found that it doesnt work as well with frozen fruit. Ive also noticed with the blender that the milk and the yogurt need to start on the bottom and then it can get mixing. As you can see with the Magic Bullet I put the frozen fruit on top and it did a much better job.

Mango, Orange and Banana

Finally a smoothie thats not PINK! 

2 C frozen mango

1 banana

1 large orange

1 C chobani non fat plain yogurt

1/2 C milk

Strawberries, Peaches, and Bananas

Ive been trying to recreate the kind of smoothie that I would buy at a fabulous Jamba Juice or somewhere amazing like that. This has been the closest thing and I'm quite proud of how tasty it is. I also bought this fancy $7 reusable cup for my morning smoothies. I make it the night before and then I am good to go. Smoothies can also last up to 2-3 days in the fridge so its been a good plan so far.

2 C frozen peaches

2 C frozen strawberries

2 bananas

1/2 C low fat milk

16 oz chobani nonfat vanilla yogurt

 (I never really measure things so this is me estimating)

Berry smoothie

With some time on my hands (or procrastinating laundry) I decided to fiddle with some things in the kitchen. Lee and I have been trying to get more fruits and veggies in our diet lately and less enriched carbs.  I decided to throw some things in my Magic Bullet and see what happened.

First, I knew I had some of that greek yogurt that everyone has been raving about and then I added some frozen mixed berries that I had stocked in the freezer from Trader Joes.

Does anyone else have problems with their magic bullet? Every time I use it I just get annoyed. Yes its easier to grab and clean but I have to stop every 5 seconds because it smells like the motor is burning and then it doesn't do a good job of mixing things through.  Next time I think I will just use the blender.

Any who, I dumped the yogurt and frozen berries in and it was super thick so I added about 1/2 C of milk.  It turned out pretty good but very seedy from the berries so I think I will go for peaches, strawberries, and bananas next time. I might also try adding a scoop of protein powder and having it for breakfast on the run in the morning or maybe make a bigger batch and leave it in the fridge.