Since I travel for work every week, I often need a nutritious filling meal on the go. Lately, I’ve gotten really into smoothies (as you know from all of my Dr. OZ Drink Cleanses). I like smoothies because they’re an easy way work in my daily serving of fruit & veggies as well as other vitamins and protein. BUT, I have to be careful to choose the RIGHT smoothies. By “right” I mean smoothies with low to moderate sugar and lots of protein. While smoothies are tasty, they can be loaded with sugar which packs on the pounds and makes us hungry. Keep in mind that smoothies are good forms of “meal replacements” not “appetizers.” Often, I unintentionally consume too many calories in 1 day because I’ll have a smoothie PLUS my meals – not a good look. If you are trying to drop a few pounds, be sure to drink a smoothie INSTEAD of eating a meal. Keep this in mind as you enjoy these 5 Super Smoothie recipes! Lots of luv, Brit 🙂
Brit’s Berry Blast Smoothie
- 3/4 Grapefruit Juice
- 1/3 Cup of egg whites
- 1 Cup frozen or fresh mixed berries (raspberries, strawberries, blueberries)
Carob Nut Banana Smoothie
- 1 banana (small) cut into pieces
- 1/4 cup skim milk
- 1 tablespoon dried carob powder*
- 2 tablespoons reduced fat peanut butter
- 1/2 Cup of ice
Apple Cinnamon Soy Smoothie
- 1/3 Cup egg whites
- 1 Sweet, crisp apple (medium size) peeled, chopped red apple (about 1 1/4 cups)
- 1 Cup refrigerated vanilla soy milk
- 1/4 Teaspoon ground cinnamon
Lean Mean Green Smoothie
- 1 cup kefir
- 2 T ground flax-seed
- 1 1/2 cups spinach
- 1 banana
- 1/4 quinoa (prepared with milk)
- 1 tsp peanut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla (optional)
Copycat Gladiator Smoothie (Smoothie King)
This recipe is great because you can alter it to fit your own preference and change it up as much as you’d like! (My favorite is vanilla protein powder with strawberries and banana!)
- 1 serving of whey protein powder (any flavor you like)
- 1 Cup of fruit
- 1 Cup of water, or milk of choice
- 1/2 Cup of ice