A few of you lovely readers left me a couple of ideas, but I still need MORE! I’ll be sure to try out something to do with coffee because that seems to be a HOT idea out there. I need to get my hands on some whey protein first though, so the smoothie can still serve as a meal. (I’m just not in love with having to buy one of those hugeass tubs of it…can you buy whey protein…or some other kind of protein…in a smaller container?)
Today I decided to go with a recipe from the book that inspired the whole concept of Smoothie Week. This is my Rebar cookbook. Rebar is a fantastic vegetarian restaurant back home in Victoria. I only ate there a couple of times, but it is extremely well known and I’ve never heard a bad word about it. They also have a bakery, Cascadia, that makes fabulous baked goods.
I have been thinking about something tropical because I had a container of fresh frozen pineapple in the freezer that I wanted to use up. Hence…Double Happiness!
In the blender:
(I don’t have plain soy milk, so I used unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze.)
Today’s smoothie boasts a much more palatable color…pink! It is tasty and refreshing…and may potentially bring me good luck! I think I would use more coconut milk next time because I can barely tell it’s in there…but I LOVE coconut flavored things, so if you don’t then this would be just right. :)
Over all this one has been my favorite so far, although I do feel like the Green Monster from Monday definitely FELT more healthy. Not sure that it actually was, but the idea of drinking 2 cups of spinach sure makes things FEEL that way!
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You can buy smaller tubs of the Ultimate Protein stuff that I buy at Planet Organic for about $20 (http://awakenyourbody.com/products/ultimate-protein/). It's supposed to be a super healthy kind and it's by Brad King who is going to be on News 95.7 with Andrew Crystal within an hour (http://www.news957.com/). I think if you want to listen to him. He occasionally does a radio segment on there and I started listening to him last year.
I got an email this morning that suggestd putting tofu into smoothies!
might be worth a try!
Hey there... look at the bulk barn for individual packages of protein!
Actually I think GNC tend to have individual ones too.
Oh ya...tofu!!!
And thanks Amy! Duh...I can't believe I didn't think of that. ;)
That is DEFINITELY a smoothie for me!!!
Not only is pink my FAVORITE color but I LOVE strawberries, pineapple AND coconut!!! YUM!!!!
My morning smoothie: 1/2 portion vanilla whey isolate protein powder (about 12g of protein), 1/2 c ff soy milk, 1/2 c water, 1/2 c frozen blueberries, 1/2 frozen banana and 1 tsp flax oil. Delicious and creamy.
I have that cookbook! A friend of mine in Victoria sent it to me. Have you tried the New Age Sloppy Joes? They're awesome! My daughter and I bake the tofu according to instructions in that recipe, lightly salt it and eat it as finger food. So Yum!
A smoothie I love but haven't had in awhile (because I bought the giant tub of protein and feel like I need to use it up!):
cottage cheese
strawberries/other fruit
banana (optional)
splenda
water (to thin it out)
I don't measure so your guess is as good as mine. Tastes like a cheesecake!
That looks good - why don't you try putting raw oats in your smoothie?
I don't have any suggestions, but I was just thinking today that it would be nice to make a smoothie with pineapple and coconut milk! I'll definitely be stealing this recipe :D
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