Monday, April 23, 2012

Bringing back the fruit smoothies!

For the past 3 years, every morning I make & eat two of the following:

  • 2 scrambled eggs with deli meat and sprinkled cheese
  • oatmeal with walnuts, cranberries, cinnamon, splenda, with applesauce mixed in
  • cereal (optionally with yogurt or banana as another side item)
  • 1.25 liter fruit smoothie (during Spring and Summer only)
Spring is now here!  So, once again, the produce at my local farmer's market is now better and more plentiful.

My typical smoothies fill my 1.25 liter blender (42 oz) and are comprised of ~6 of the following items, which I try to change up each time:
  • ~7 strawberries
  • banana
  • mango
  • kiwi
  • blueberries
  • apple
  • frozen raspberries
  • milk
  • vanilla or strawberry protein (casein or whey)
  • oats
  • chobani or oikos yogurt (usually strawberry, vanilla, or blueberry)
  • chopped ice
Here's a sample of one in the making:

From above:

Finished product makes 32oz - 42oz:

Each spring/summer, I try to improve over the previous year's by perfecting the combinations of fruit so that it tastes just right.  It's nothing amazing, but pretty tasty :-)

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