I had been yearning for a blender for quite some time so I was thrilled this past October when my mom surprised me with one for my birthday. And I have been on a homemade smoothie making craze ever since.
Event though juicing is all the craze these days, I asked for a blender this year instead of a juicer as I figured there was more I could create with it. I’ve had a lot of fun with it by adding interesting ingredients like spinach, rice protein powder, dates, hemp seed, flax seed and more.
Here are three of my favorite concoctions to date, but for more of the smoothies I’ve created check out my “Smoothies I’ve Made” board on Pinterest.
Tropical Smoothie
Author: Laura Knapp
Recipe type: Things to Drink
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Serves: 2 servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup frozen organic strawberries
- 1 cup frozen organic pineapple
- Slices from ¼ of a fresh orange
- Juice of 1 lemon
- ¼ cup filtered water
- 4 ounces of cranberry juice (Ocean Spray)
Instructions
- Toss all of the ingredients in the blender and start blending. If you feel like the mixture needs more liquid in order to blend properly you can always add more water or juice.
Banana Lovers Smoothie
Author: Laura Knapp
Recipe type: Things to Drink
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Serves: 2 servings
Ingredients
- ¾ cup spinach
- ¼ teaspoon hempseed
- 1 teaspoon bee pollen
- 1 frozen banana
- 2 regular bananas
- 1 cup filtered water
- 4 tablespoons chocolate peanut butter (bonus: use handmade from Whole Foods)
- 1 teaspoon crunchy peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla rice protein powder
Instructions
- Toss all of the ingredients in the blender and start blending. If you feel like the mixture needs more liquid in order to blend properly you can always add more water or juice.
Saturday Smoothie
Author: Laura Knapp
Recipe type: Things to Drink
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Serves: 2 servings
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon bee pollen
- 1 teaspoon hempseed
- ½ tablespoon vanilla rice protein powder
- ½ cup cranberry juice (Ocean Spray)
- Juice of 1 lemon
- ¾ cup frozen blueberries
- ½ cup frozen pineapple
- ½ cup frozen strawberries
- ½ cup filtered water
Instructions
- Toss all of the ingredients in the blender and start blending. If you feel like the mixture needs more liquid in order to blend properly you can always add more water or juice.
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3 Comments
Amanda
March 13, 2012 at 11:54 amI love smoothies and these sound very healthy!
Kay
March 13, 2012 at 11:01 amI love smoothies for breakfast, these look great!
Barbara @ Barbara Bakes
March 12, 2012 at 10:09 pmLove how you boosted the nutrition in your smoothies. They sound wonderful.