Smoothie Prep Bonanza

My blender SUCKS. My Mom's blender? Amazing. I decided to take advantage during my recent visit.

My smoothies are usually just whatever ingredients I have on hand... not much planning goes into them. This time around I tried to incorporate things like oats and peanut butter for a little more of a protein kick (per Mom's request- she wanted me to make her some too).

Hooray for meal prep. It's a pain in the ass on Sundays but glorious the rest of the week. The idea is to have a mason jar of deliciousness for breakfast so I can hit the snooze a few more times.

I have been hesitant to do the whole spinach/kale mixed with fruit. I love greens, but I was just really unsure about how they'd taste with fruit. Turns out what they say is true... you don't taste the greens at all. This means I can buy tons of organic spinach and kale without worrying it will go bad before I can eat it all. SCORE.

Out of the 7 recipes we tried, only one was a bust. The rest were pretty good. Not amazing, but I think that has more to do with the fact that the produce selection is horrendous where my parents live and we didn't have time to head to the farmers market.

Also, I hate greek yogurt with a passion. The smell of it makes me want to yack. But I was trying to be open to the idea that I might not taste it. Wrong.

The recipe I hated was the first one I tried: blueberry pie green monster. I found it on Pinterest and the chick that came up with this was clearly insane. Nothing yummy about this monster. She raved about how good it was but I gagged when I tasted it. My parents both tried it and said it was pretty terrible. 

Here are the recipes that I didn't hate & will be even more delish when I can get quality ingredients.

*ALWAYS use fresh organic produce when possible. Frozen organic fruit/ fruit juice works too.
*I add flaxseed and/or chia seeds to basically every smoothie for omega 3's
*I usually add bananas to every smoothie but couldn't any ripe ones (unripe bananas end up tasting like you used the peel)

RECIPES SANS CUTSIE NAMES:

2 cups spinach or kale
1 granny smith apple
1 cup blueberries
1.5 cups pineapple


2 cups spinach or kale
1 granny smith apple
1/2 cup blueberries
1 cup pineapple
1 cup mandarin oranges
1/2 cup strawberries


2 bananas
1 cup strawberries
1 cups organic OJ
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
3 Tablespoons rolled oats


1 cup spinach or kale
1 cup pineapple
1/2 cup blueberries
1/2 cup strawberries
1/2 cup rasberries


1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 banana
2 cups rasberries
1 cup organic OJ


1 cup unsweetened almond milk
2 cups spinach
1 pear
3 Tablespoons of oatmeal
4 Tablespoons of peanut butter
organic dark chocolate chunks to taste