PB and Strawberry Banana 'Milk'shake
Makes about 30oz. or 4.5 cups
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups frozen strawberries
- 1 ripe frozen banana
- 1/4 cup natural peanut butter (or almond butter or 1/4 c. raw pecans)
- 1-2 Tb. pure maple syrup (or honey or agave)
- 1.5 cups or 12 oz. almond milk (or soy milk)
Directions
1. Blend all ingredients in high powered blender (Vitamix's are the best!!!)
Tips
1. You don't really need to measure everything in the recipe unless you want to. As Rachael Ray says, "I just eyeball it."
2. I usually make a milkshake similar to this for John (obviously not this much) instead of giving him whole milk. Almond milk has 50% more calcium than dairy milk (is also fortified with Vit. D) and your body can digest it better. You pump up the calories and protein with the nut butter, and I occasionally use soy milk to pump up the calories and protein even more!
3. I am careful about not using a ton of soy milk all the time. It's good to trade off. Soy contains phytoestrogens that can sometimes mix up male hormones if consumed in very large quantities (and I mean a large daily amount), but we want to play it safe and reap the benefits but not any side effects.
Fruity Salad Smoothie
Makes 50-60 oz. or 6-7 cups
Ingredients
- 1 cup pineapple
- 1/2 cup blueberries
- 1 cup strawberries
- 1/2 a ripe banana
- a whole (peeled orange)
- 2 large carrots (quartered)
- 2 stalks celery (quartered)
- 1 apple (quartered with seeds removed)
- 1-2 cups of spinach, chard or kale
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 Tb ground flaxseed (or chia seeds)
- water (or you can use part apple cider/apple juice and part water)
Directions
1. Blend all ingredients in high powered blender (Vitamix's are the best!!!), using enough liquid to help your blender along and reach your desired consistency. I usually add a cup at first and add a half a cup as needed.
Tips
1. You can use fresh or frozen fruit, whatever you have available
2. And if you have fresh fruit, I strongly urge you to wash it first! You can scrub it with water, or you can also use Fit Wash, which we love!
3. And seriously, don't hesitate to substitute! If you don't have and orange, but you have some peaches or half a lemon, go for it. Smoothie recipes usually don't need to be exact.
Note, the color of the finished smoothie would be a bit darker, but I ran out of spinach today :(
