Monday, March 10, 2014

Smoothie Day

Today is smoothie day. And I like smoothie day.
Rather than make a smoothie every day after I get back from the gym I make up 7 smoothies at a time and freeze them. When I grab one today from the fridge I move another from the freezer so it will be thawed by tomorrow.
I use half pint Ball canning jars with a wide mouth. Most of my fruit is already cut up and in the freezer, but I use whatever I've got on hand the day I make them. If I have a bunch of kale or blueberries that need to be used up, they go in my smoothies that week. Today I used:

Silken Tofu (3/4 package)
2 bananas
2 heaping TBS Peanut butter
Handful of fresh spinach
1 apple
1 orange
8 strawberries
3  chunks of pineapple
2TBS wheat germ
1TBS nutritional yeast
2tsp ground flax
Vanilla almond milk

I just throw it all in my smoothie maker or my blender. I add almond milk as needed to make it blend up to a smooth texture. It makes about 48oz.
A lot of people use protein powder in their smoothies, but I skip it.

Other than being yummy, smoothies help me recover from my work out, and kicks up the muscle building. There are a million recipes and measurements for the perfect smoothie. Do mine have the perfect balance of carbs and proteins? I don't know. I know they have a lot of fruit and vegetables, plenty of protein, and they give me a boost. I can't eat for a couple of hours after the gym and this keeps me from getting all light headed.


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