I make Kefir so each afternoon I put a cup of frozen fruit in the blender add Kefir--about two cups and spin. Easy, filling, good for you.

Kefir is a good idea! thx

Yum, smoothies! My favorite smoothie is blueberries, strawberries, banana, some vanilla greek yogurt for protein. I throw some spinach in there to feel virtuous. 😊 Oh, and I use the frozen berries plus add some OJ to mix it easier.

My go-to is basic, but I love the flavor: blueberries, spinach, Alani whey protein powder (Fruity Cereal flavor), banana, plain or vanilla yogurt, and almond milk. It’s bluish purple.

I have GERD and some other digestive issues, and this is very easy on that. :)

ETA: I have added chia seeds, but prefer without when it comes to smoothies.

I have a smoothie almost every day, without a recipe. My go-to is a frozen mix of berries (strawberry, blueberry, raspberry), a handful of frozen spinach, scoop of Cabot unflavored protein powder, and almond milk. It’s purple-ish and has no added sugars. I add MCT oil for a healthy fat.

My favorite also...banana/blueberry/oj/yogurt. I usually add honey to mine.

I dont use a recipe for smoothies. usually just frozen fruit, sugar free yogurt, a splash of juice. i like a mix of strawberry, banana and pineapple with a splash of juice. its pink.

for an "adult" brunch version, you could try strawberries, raspberries, pomegranate, and prosecco (or rosé)

^ oh yum!

For some reason, i always feel like every smoothie needs some banana. Not so much for the banana flavor per se, but it does something pleasing to the texture.

I don't use a recipe either, just whatever I have - fruit, yogurt &/or protein powder, some kind of veg, I don't buy juice so it is water, or even tea for liquid. I've made one with chocolate protein powder, fruit and coffee for liquid that turned out well.

Lemon ginger green tea with melon (cantaloupe or honeydew or both) and yogurt is nice.

My most recent truly Fun Smoothie!

I have no idea how healthy the following (circled) is, it tastes like a melting creamcycle.

I first had one as a ’small meal’ I found on my hospital tray after a few days of no food. The recipe is a photo from the hospital‘s room order menu.

Oooh, the chocolate coffee (would that make it mocha) smoothie sounds like a great addition to your line up. If you google chocolate coffee smoothie there are a lot of choices. I don’t make or drink smoothies, so I cannot give you any personal recipes or recommendations, but I thought I’d chime in on the possible flavors.

I dislike bananas and so does my daughter. We don't usually make smoothies but we do make fruit pops (more or less frozen smoothie) with frozen raspberries, plain yogurt, carrot, sugar, and a little bit of water or milk to thin it down.

Back from shopping. I got Hemp seed which I will serve on the side for people to sprinkle on top. I also got a ton of frozen fruits --- blueb, strawb, mango. pineapple, dragon fruit, frozen kale, fresh bananas, kefir and almond milk. I was reminded that I loved this smoothie from Daily Harvest. WF did not have Lychee so need to source that 2moro. I think I will add in some kefir.

I have all week to experiment ...

*Raising hand to be smoothie guinea pig*

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What time shall I pick you up at HPN?

4 hrs from now!

Be careful thinking the orange smoothie made with instant breakfast is healthy. Carnation Instand Breakfast has 27 grams of carbs and most of those from sugar. I drank it every morning when I was first pregnant because I never ate breakfast and figured it was a healthy alternative for me. I began to have spells of dizziness and my doctor told me to stop drinking it because it would cause my blood sugar to rise and then drop precipitously. Never had another problem.

I love smoothies and use yogurt, spinach, and several kinds of fresh fruit. haven't been making them for a while, but think I will start again!

I was on a pumpkin smoothie kick. Canned pumpkin, vanilla, greek yogurt, cinnamon, nutmeg, frozen banana, ice, maybe some honey.

I have always liked fresh pineapple and juice in mine, plus a handful of spinach and kale, a little honey, and some frozen berries for the slushy part and a little coconut water. It usually comes out green no matter what berry mix I add, but my favorite is to add fresh frozen strawberries or peaches. Oh and a spoonful of flax seed or whatever if I think about it.

I am now experimenting with a combo of dragonfruit, passion fruit, kefir and lychee juice! The last I could only find by ordering in Thai food for dinner last night, LOL.

^That combo sounds good, although I'm not so sure about the kefir. I've used it in the past and did not love it.

When making chocolate smoothies, I often add a tablespoon (or two) of Frangelico or Amaretto, and those would also be good with mocha or coffee smoothies. I've sometimes added Kahlua or coffee liqueur (from New Orleans) to smoothies, since I do not have coffee but like the flavor.

When adding blueberries, I sometimes add Cassis, which I think is currant liqueur, but it does enhance the blueberry flavor. I bought Cassis on the recommendation of Ina Garten.

Passionfruit and dragonfruit are two of my favs. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

(I just went to order a dragonfruit rita's italian ice and they swapped the flavor out for swedish fish!! Grrr. )

Me too, funky.

Lars,

I am not adding booze (naughty you!) because others are making Mimosas and Bloody Marys. Doesn't mean I won't for my own smoothie one day.

I have had fruity kefir in the past. I ended up buying this product, because it came in single servings. Not exactly kefir I guess? To me it tastes like full fat yogurt with just a hint of sweetness.

A Swedish style drinkable yogurt called filmjölk, Siggi's product is similar to kefir, but utilizes different probiotic cultures and has a mild and slightly acidic taste.

PS I am only using kefir because, since this is for cooking club, nothing mundane will do. I think I will rename it a Tropical Filmjölk Lychee/Passion/Dragon-fruit Smoothie.

I love passion fruit.

I've been recommended to drink/eat pumpkin smoothies for some GI troubles I'm having. So far I haven't had the guts to try one, but perhaps this post will inspire me. Pumpkin pie is just about my favorite pie . . . maybe that's why I haven't been able to wrap my head around a drinkable version . . .

@l pinkmountain this is the Pumpkin Spice Smoothie recipe, I loosely followed. I used plain , non greek yogurt, maple extract and stevi, no syrup. I loved it.

Thanks LE! Sounds delish. The recipes I've been seeing on the GI diet web site also have banana in with the pumpkin.