Second time's a charm!
(Note from Nate: Unfortunately I had a minor freak-out a few days go when my entire database crashed. But thanks to the hard work of my web guy and also my friend Sascha, the site is back up and I'm posting the smoothie blog again. Sorry about the comment loss!)
My favorite shakes courtesy of Precision Nutrition:
The Popeye Smoothie
1 cup frozen raspberries
1 cup spinach
1 cup low-fat plain yogurt
½ cup low-fat milk
¼ cup cashews
2 scoops strawberry Metabolic Drive
Combine all ingredients into a blender and blend on high till smooth and creamy.
And yeah, I know what you're thinking. "Spinach in a protein shake? Are you freaking kidding me?"
I felt the same way till I tried it. Trust me.
Matcha Green Tea Smoothie
1 tsp matcha green tea
¼ cup hot water
½ banana
½ cup coconut milk
½ cup low-fat cottage cheese
½ cup low-fat plain yogurt
1 scoop Vanilla Metabolic Drive
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups of ice
Add matcha to 2 tbsp of hot water. Mix with a fork until matcha is completely dissolved. Add remaining hot water stirring constantly. Combine all ingredients and blend on high until smooth and creamy.
And one more just for shits and giggles...The T-BOMB!
I have to apologize to my friend Dan Fern for this one. A few years ago we were both skinny kids looking to gain weight. So we came up with the T-Bomb shake. It was hell to drink, but it sure packed in the calories. Make this at your own peril. And don't blame us if you can't finish it, Nancy Boy!
If memory serves...
1 cup of uncooked oats
1 cup of cottage cheese
1 banana
2-3 scoops of chocolate Metabolic Drive protein
1 heaping tablespoon of natural peanut butter
Enough water to not make it thick as shit
Drink directly out of blender while watching Pumping Iron and high-fiving.
So whatcha got for me? Hook me up with some more protein recipes in the comments. (I'm looking at you, J.C.)
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Glad to see this back! Good work Jason.
Based on a post here, last night I tried:
4 cubes frozen spinach
5 frozen strawberries
half a cup of cottage cheese
1 scoop (50g) of banana split whey
little water
Blend like hell.
First time putting veg in a shake, it tasted fantastic, and a much much better option than plain whey/water/fruit.
- 1 cup of water
- 1 cup of frozen mixed berries
- 2 TBSP peanut butter
- 1/2 Cup of fat free plain yogurt
- 1 scoop of Dymatize Elite Orange Dream protein powder
- Ice to personal preference
Blend until you get the consistency you like...its a refreshing treat in these summer months
For those who forgot they have no metabolic drive left....
4oz Non - Fat Milk
4oz Water
8oz Fresh Squeezed OJ
1 Cup Rolled Outs
8 - 10 oz Liquid Egg Whites
DRINK COLD AND RIGHT AWAY....
No favorite recipe here Nate, just wanted to say that the Popeye Smoothie was awesome- couldn't taste the spinach at all!
A twist on the classic chocolate-peanut butter shake
1 cup water
1 scoop chocolate whey
1 cup cottage cheese
1 tbsp natural peanut butter
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tbsp instant espresso
Something I've found to help the taste of some chocolate whey powders is a tbsp of cocoa powder, especially Ghirardelli. I don't spend a lot of money on my protein so I sacrifice taste, but the cocoa powder has helped a ton. As does the instant espresso.
Vanilla Berry Preworkout Engergizer
10z of Skim Plus Milk (best tasting skim milk I've ever had-better than regular milk)
2 Scoops of Muscle Milk Light Vanilla Creme
1 Teaspoon of 100% Creatine Monohydrate
3/4 cup of mixed frozen berries (less if you want to make it a little less thick)
Put them in the blender in that order, because for whatever reason it doesn't blend well for me if I don't, and enjoy. I usually workout early in the morning, and it gives me a good boost and sustained energy to power through the workout if I have it about 30 minutes before getting to the gym.
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Many green drinks come in the form of a powder that includes a variety of green veggies such as broccoli, kale, spirulina, blue-green algae and other greens. These are harvested when they are young and at their nutritional peak. The process of turning them into a powder preserves all the nutrients, vitamins and minerals that they contain. You then mix a scoop with a glass of water or juice and enjoy. Many of these drinks provide as much nutrition as eight to ten servings of fresh, raw veggies.
Those are a few fantastic breakfast smoothies. Also need to get incoming nutrients in our body to help your hormones. So while I understand that people are busy and you may not.
When people say protein and/or diet smoothies, we usually think of slim-model like this type of protein smoothie.
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