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Say Hello To My Little Friend + 4 Must Try Smoothies
So I bought a new toy.
It’s the Ninja Kitchen System 1100, and I have to say I’m officially in love.
You see, my old blender fell to its fiery death back in October and it just wasn’t high on the priority list of things to replace throughout winter. But with spring all up in my grill, I was really starting to miss my smoothies! Especially post workout — in the summer it is an ABSOLUTE MUST! Obviously I’d love a Vitamix or a BlendTec, and even though I KNOW how great they are and probably worth every penny, I just don’t want to spend $300+ on a blender. Call me cheap. It’s okay, I’ve been called worse. 🙂
So when The Ninja went on Sale at Costco and claimed that it could blend, juice, crush ice, make soup and knead dough, all for $97 — I decided it was time to take the plunge! Well, actually my mom bought it, I used hers for a week, AND THEN I decided to take the plunge. And I’m so glad I did! It’s been great to be able to make some smoothies these last couple of weeks and as such I’ve taken to pinterest, as you do, and found a few recipes that are destined to be Ninja-fied in the very near future. (click on the pictures to take you to the recipes)
Chocolate Banana Smoothie via Multiply Delicious
It’s a classic combo that never tastes bad! I like to freeze my bananas to make my smoothies extra cold. In the summer we end up going through BAGS of frozen bananas, it’s kid of crazy!
Vanilla Macadamia Smoothie via Green Lemonade
If you say macadamia nuts, I say LET’S EAT! Or..uh, rather drink in this instance. I’ve never met a macadamia anything I didn’t like.
Grapefruit Smoothie via Golubka
I think this looks delicious and sounds intriguing. Grapefruit? In a smoothie? I will definitely report back.
Blueberry Cucumber Smoothie via Paleo Diet Lifestyle
Another intriguing flavor combination that I’m looking forward to trying. Cucumbers are so refreshing and blueberries ALWAYS make a good smoothie ingredient, so we shall see….
Of course I’ve already made a million Green Smoothies, but that’s a given right? Whoever invented drinking spinach was a genius!
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Got any To-Die-For Smoothie Recipes in your back pocket? Share ’em in the comments!
Green Smoothies: Breakfast of Champions
5 days a week, I always start my day with this amazon green powder smoothie– and at least one day a week I hear something about it:
“What the heck is that?”
“Did you make that yourself?”
“What’s in that?” or the ever so tasteful “That looks gross.”Â
And the truth is — it does kind of look gross. It looks like lawn clippings mixed with water or something, and just typing that made me dry heave a little. But it is the best tasting, most-efficient, on-the-go breakfast ever so I remind myself regularly that food doesn’t always have to be pretty to be delicious.  And this Breakfast of Champions is definitely delicious. If you are not sold on the delicious factor, what if I told you it had 2 CUPS OF SPINACH in it. I mean, hello, when else are you going to eat 2 cups of spinach?? If you are like me, probably never, since I don’t even like spinach that much. But in this smoothie? You can’t even taste it! So here we go…
Add the following to a blender and give it a whirl:
1 Cup of Almond Milk (I used unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk, but you could use plain too)
1 Frozen Banana
1 Scoop of Protein Powder of Your Choice (you need an emulsifier so it’s milkshake-like)
1-2 TBS of Almond Butter (You could use Peanut Butter if you have it on hand)
2 TBS of Ground Flax Seeds (Or anything else you’d like to sneak in)
2 Cups of Spinach
You all, it tastes like a giant peanut butter and banana smoothie but you just ate 2 cups of spinach. How badass is that? Plus, with the almond butter/milk/protein powder combo you will not be hungry until lunch, I promise.Â
IT. IS. AWESOME! Â
And if nothing else, Popeye (and your mom, no doubt) would probably be proud.
