Anyone have a daily smoothie to get certain nutrients into you quick and easily?

[samy23]

I've been thinking about making some type of "smoothie for health" for a while, as a way to get some good vitamins/minerals/nutrients into my body simply and all-at-once in a tasty-(hopefully) drink.

Anyone else thought about doing this? or actually doing this right now? what do you put in yours and what are you aiming to get into your body specifically through this smoothie/juice?

[mamadelbosque]

I do. Sort of... I have a drink mix from Juice Plus that I mix with a glass of whole milk basicly every morning for bkfast. Its very tasty stuff

[GreenSmoothie mama]

Pretty much any green smoothie with a variety of greens in it will give you a tremendously nutritious meal.

This is one that we drink regularly that is full of goodness:

2 Ripe Bananas
1 C Pineapple
1/4 C Goji Berries
1 C Soaked Chia Seed
1 Tbs Super Greens (spirulina, chlorella)
1/4 C Aloe Vera Juice (or fresh leaf)
Fresh mixed greens:
Kale, Spinach, Chard, Collard, Dandelion, etc... (equivalent of about 2 bunches of greens)
Water

You can get pretty much a boost of any type of vitamin/mineral/nutrient you wish by the greens you choose to add.

[Sileree]

This sounds like a good idea. Anyone else have some recipes?

[dogmom327]

Here's my favorite. Hoping to do it again soon once this pregnancy induced nausea passed:

2-3 cups dairy product (usually a mixture of yogurt, kefir, raw milk, etc.)
1 cup fruit
1-2 T. coconut oil (melted and allowed to cool a bit)
Honey
1-2 raw eggs

I know people also add greens, kelp powder, nutritional yeast, etc. but personally I can't stand the taste.

[notneb]

This is the basic recipe I use. I switch it around depending on what produce I have on hand at the moment.

2 or 3 Tbsp Yogurt
2 Tbsp Ground Flaxseed
1-2 Bananas
1/2 c. frozen berries (or other fruit)
1 c. frozen spinach (or other greens - kale and collard greens are nice)
Enough water to mix, plus more to reach desired consistency

[Blucactus]

Here's my recipe I've been 'perfecting' for the past year or so. It is SO GOOD. It's really sweet and dessert-like, akin to drinking ice cream (I think). : It notice a big difference in how I feel, and I don't get the munchies as bad in the afternoon when I get my green smoothies...My kids can't get enough of this one (they are 1 and 3)

Several generous handfuls of raw spinach
Water to blend
1.5-2 bananas
1/2 can of coconut milk
baby-spoon full of spirulina
Sprinkle of cinnamon
Sprinkle of vanilla extract

Here's what I do (I only have a hand blender thingy): Wash spinach, stuff into big mason jar, add maybe 4 inches or so of water. Blend until liquid form. Add banana, blend until smooth and liquidy. With a butter knife, stir in the spirulina until it's well mixed, then add the cinn. and vanilla. (if you pour the spirulina and cinn. in at the same time, it makes little 'bitter balls' LOL that's what my 3 y/o calls them...the two powders ball up together against the cold liquid and then there are beads of 'bitter' floating around in your smoothie.) I add the coconut milk last and stir it in well.

Yum.

I am going to throw this out there bc I found it weird,, but good to know: I always drink it right away. It's cool from the water and stuff, but not COLD. For some reason, if the banana has been refridgerated or if I refridgerate a leftover portion and drink it in a couple hours, it gives me a stomach ache. Like my tummy literally aches from drinking the combo really cold. Weird, huh?

[Panserbjorne]

Originally Posted by dogmom327

Here's my favorite. Hoping to do it again soon once this pregnancy induced nausea passed:

2-3 cups dairy product (usually a mixture of yogurt, kefir, raw milk, etc.)
1 cup fruit
1-2 T. coconut oil (melted and allowed to cool a bit)
Honey
1-2 raw eggs

I know people also add greens, kelp powder, nutritional yeast, etc. but personally I can't stand the taste.

dear god. I would never add greens to that.

[Panserbjorne]

our daily fave is an entire bunch of celery and an entire bunch of parsley juiced. We add 2-3 bananas, coconut oil, raw almond butter and frozen fruit.

Some other wonderful combos:

2 bananas, water, several handfulls of spinach and a bag of frozen cherries.

2 cups fresh grapefruit juice, a bunch of kale, a pear and a back of frozen raspeberries.

2 cups water, 4 cups spinach, pineapple, peach and 2 bananas.

you can just do fruit with water and greens powder (I like some kind of fat too) if you dont' want to mess with the fresh greens. There are alot of different kinds out there that are very high quality. May be something to think about.

Also adding things like maca, salba, chia, hempseeds and the like will boost the nutrient profile of your smoothie.

[Panserbjorne]

non-green versions:

2 frozen bananas, coconut water and meat from a young thai coconut, cinnamon, honey and raw almond butter. This is the best milkshake ever.

raw milk, raw butter, raw eggs, frozen strawberries and honey. I like to throw hempseeds in there.

Raw milk, raw honey, frozen banana, walnuts and frozen strawberries. If you omit the milk and just blend frozen banana and frozen strawberries with honey and add walnuts at the end it's like a banana split.

coconut milk, frozen cherries, frozen bananas, vanilla bean, raw honey and cacao nibs. (think cherry garcia!)

2 cups are so of fresh carrot juice, 4 frozen bananas, handful of walnuts, chai spice and pumpkin pie spice. This tastes like pumpkin ice cream.

There are so many possibilities! Play!

[425lisamarie]

Originally Posted by firefaery

dear god. I would never add greens to that.

Why? I mean is there some list of ingredients that are supposed to go together and that don't?

I don't eat raw eggs at all because they make me sick. I usually do greens (right now I have lots of spinach) water, bananas, and some other fruit. I like to add nut butter for protein.

[Panserbjorne]

Originally Posted by 425lisamarie

Why? I mean is there some list of ingredients that are supposed to go together and that don't?
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I was just affirming her experience. The idea of greens in that (and I crave greens in EVERYTHING) is just too much-even for me. It wouldn't hurt you, but I can't imagine that anyone would be clamoring for more!

To me the sweetness of greens goes naturally with the fruit. Not so much with the dairy-but to each his own!

[425lisamarie]

Originally Posted by firefaery

dear god. I would never add greens to that.

Originally Posted by firefaery

I was just affirming her experience. The idea of greens in that (and I crave greens in EVERYTHING) is just too much-even for me. It wouldn't hurt you, but I can't imagine that anyone would be clamoring for more!

To me the sweetness of greens goes naturally with the fruit. Not so much with the dairy-but to each his own!

Oh LOL yeah that would make me gag lol. Some people say there are no nos about greens with other things but i've never had a problem with it. I don't eat do dairy or eggs anyways so i guess that solves my problem!

[Phoenix_Rising]

Originally Posted by firefaery

non-green versions:

2 frozen bananas, coconut water and meat from a young thai coconut, cinnamon, honey and raw almond butter. This is the best milkshake ever.

raw milk, raw butter, raw eggs, frozen strawberries and honey. I like to throw hempseeds in there.

Raw milk, raw honey, frozen banana, walnuts and frozen strawberries. If you omit the milk and just blend frozen banana and frozen strawberries with honey and add walnuts at the end it's like a banana split.

coconut milk, frozen cherries, frozen bananas, vanilla bean, raw honey and cacao nibs. (think cherry garcia!)

2 cups are so of fresh carrot juice, 4 frozen bananas, handful of walnuts, chai spice and pumpkin pie spice. This tastes like pumpkin ice cream.

There are so many possibilities! Play!

These all sound so good! :

[GreenSmoothie mama]

Originally Posted by 425lisamarie

Some people say there are no nos about greens with other things but i've never had a problem with it.

I don't believe there to be any no nos about adding greens to anything! Well, taste is a preference but I'm addressing food combining.

That's another beauty about greens is that you can combine them with anything since they don't have any of the "bad" food combining properties such as lots of sugar (carbohydrates) or excessive fats.

[LionTigerBear]

I love doing health smoothies! I like trying different things from time to time. Here's what I'm doing now that I'm in love with-- I just started making homemade kefir with raw cow milk, so I do about two cups of my kefir, about a cup of frozen organic berries, blend and strain out the berry seeds, then blend in two egg yolks, and about two tablespoons of coconut oil. : It's so good and it's a full breakfast (for a pregnant mama!) and it gives me lots of get-up-and-go energy in the morning!

Me personally, I can't stand the greens when I'm pregnant. I like doing green juice when I'm not pregnant though.

[Panserbjorne]

ditto that. they can go with anything. Doesn't mean they should.

[dbsam]

Great ideas in this thread!

For those of you that add greens...Do you do anything to the greens or just wash and add? I haven't added them to a smoothie but I added Kale in with other items I was juicing yesterday. Even a little bit of Kale overpowered the entire juice and no one in the family liked it.

[Koalamom]

This may repeat some things in other threads:

Water (no juice or milk and only water works just fine)
Kefir (optional)
bananas
Berries (strawberries a must)
bee pollen
Royal jelly (for energy)
Chia seeds!!!!
Sea greens (spirulina, chlorella)
Hemp protien powder
handful spinach greens (if you are going to add greens, spinach seeems to be the mildest)

[crunchy_mama]

Originally Posted by firefaery

non-green versions:

2 frozen bananas, coconut water and meat from a young thai coconut, cinnamon, honey and raw almond butter. This is the best milkshake ever.

coconut milk, frozen cherries, frozen bananas, vanilla bean, raw honey and cacao nibs. (think cherry garcia!)

2 cups are so of fresh carrot juice, 4 frozen bananas, handful of walnuts, chai spice and pumpkin pie spice. This tastes like pumpkin ice cream.

There are so many possibilities! Play!

Thanks for these ideas. I am going to try these to see if they will help w/ my bs dive in the evening.