With our upcoming nuptials scheduled for next week, we've started receiving items from our gift registry! The first present to arrive? The Nutribullet - and JUST in time for Wedding Diet Crunch Time! After a long dry spell in the kitchen, my creativity has been restored (sadly, eating light for me generally means deconstructed meals, like a piece of cold chicken or tablespoon of peanut butter, straight out of the jar). I've had so much fun creating the recipes below and I hope you'll try them. There has definitely been some trial and error (chocolate avocado spinach smoothie was... not so good, and pumpkin spice latte smoothie went directly into the trash) but the recipes below all pass the "make again" test :)
So far I've had the best luck adding the liquids first and then the rest of the ingredients. If you are wondering which post-workout protein powder is used, it's GNC Wheybolic Extreme 60 in Vanilla. The nutritional facts below are courtesy of FatSecret, my awesome calorie-counting app! It recognizes millions of foods - just measure what you eat, and you can store it all in the FatSecret app in seconds!
Enjoy!
Vanilla Custard Soy Protein Shake
1/2 cup skim milk
1 tbs agave nectar
2 capfuls vanilla extract
1 raw egg
1 ripe banana, peeled
1 serving silken tofu
318 calories, 15 grams protein, 7 grams fat
Green Vanilla Custard Protein Super Shake
1/2 cup skim milk
1 tbs agave nectar
2 capfuls vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 ripe banana, peeled
1 cup spinach
361 calories, 19 grams protein, 11 grams fat
Jumpin' Tofu Monkey (Tofunky)
1/2 cup coffee
1/2 tbs cocoa
1 tbs maple syrup
1 ripe banana, peeled
1 serving silken tofu
217 calories, 7 grams protein, 4 grams fat
Vanilla Tofunky
1/2 cup coconut water
1 tbs agave syrup
1 capful vanilla extract
1 ripe banana, peeled
2 servings silken tofu
280 calories, 10 grams protein, 5 grams fat
Post-Workout Green Vanilla Smoothie
1 cup coconut water
1/2 tbs agave syrup
1/2 avocado
2 cups spinach
1 and 1/2 scoops vanilla whey protein powder
368 calories, 35 grams protein, 16 grams fat
Post-Workout Strawberry Vanilla Milkshake
12 frozen strawberries, with hulls and stems
1 and 1/2 scoops vanilla whey protein powder
1 and 1/2 cups coconut water
254 calories, 34 grams protein, 2g fat
Low-Cal Breakfast Smoothie
10 frozen strawberries, with hulls and stems
1/2 mango, peeled
1 handful spinach
1 and 1/2 cups coconut water
Only 180 calories!
Mango Pineapple Green Smoothie
1/2 mango, peeled
1 cup pineapple, with core
1 cup spinach
1 cup coconut water
195 calories
