Good smoothie/shake recipes

[elite08]

more the merryer i say on calories

[maddog612]

agreed.

[maddog612]

ok, here is an interesting one:

Vince Gironda's Hormone Precursor Shake:
-1.5 cups half and half
-12 raw fertile eggs
-1 or 2 scoops Nitrean (your choice flavor) (note: this is a protien powder, I think)
-1 banana

I tried one with 6 raw eggs. Not bad actually.

[Bramasole]

After the recent discussion on the cons of raw eggs (not just salmonella) and doing some reading up on it myself I stopped using them in shakes.

[maddog612]

Bramsole,

can you link me to these sources? I am interested in what they have to say. Thanks.

[Bramasole]

Disclaimer: On the web you can find just as much searching for "benefits of raw eggs" as you can for the opposite "dangers of raw eggs" or "raw eggs biotin deficiency"
What I did notice is that those touting the benefits of raw eggs rarly were scientific sites nor did they have any sort of proof to back up their claims.
I am not a scientist. But I do find these sort of things interesting to dig into for the real facts. Wish I had more time for this one.

To be on the safe side I decided, for me, I am just going to stick with the cooked ones.

Here is one link: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/02/09/raw-eggs.aspx

Here is another: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/21/2/173

Here was the discussion on our forum http://stronglifts.com/forum/raw-eggs-give-me-the-runs-t12903.html

[maddog612]

cool. i will check these out.

[Subvert]

How about these from Mike Mahler's site:

Power Shakes

Blueberry Vanilla Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients:

1 scoop of vanilla pea protein isolate (Pure Advantage brand)
1 scoop of Sun Warrior vanilla rice protein powder
1 tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice
1 tablespoon of Udo’s choice oil
8oz of low sugar almond milk
8oz of ginger tea
2 cups of blueberries
1 scoop of Foundation Formula vitamin/mineral powder

Place in a blender and blend for 30 seconds. Great shake to have for breakfast or an hour after hard workouts.

Coconut Power Shake

This is a great shake for anyone that wants to gain weight. It can also be used for serious fuel two hours before a tough workout.

Ingredients:

2 scoops of Sun Warrior vanilla rice protein powder
1 can of reduced calorie coconut milk (get at Trader Joes)
2 cups of frozen mangoes
10 ounces of water

Blend for thirty seconds and you are ready to go.

Nutrition Breakdown:

30 grams of protein
42 grams of carbohydrates
27 grams of fat
570 calories

Chocolate Peanut Butter Dessert Shake

This is a great treat for anyone on a reduced carbohydrate diet or for a healthy dessert alternative. I often have this after dinner for dessert.

Ingredients:

2 scoops of Sun Warrior chocolate rice protein powder
2 tablespoons of peanut butter
8oz of vanilla or chocolate Almond Breeze almond milk (reduced calorie)
1 cup of ice

Blend for thirty seconds and you are ready to go.

Nutrition Breakdown:

40 grams of protein
19 grams of carbohydrates
20 grams of fat
416 calories

Vanilla Berry Blast Recovery Shake

This is a great shake to have after a tough workout.

Ingredients:

2 scoops of Sun Warrior vanilla rice protein powder
2 cups of frozen blueberries
10 ounces of water

Nutrition Breakdown:

30 grams of protein
46 grams of carbohydrates
2 grams of fat
322 calories

Great Workout Insurance Shake

This is great pre-workout shake to ensure that you have adequate fuel to power through a tough workout.

Ingredients:

2 scoops of Sun Warrior vanilla rice protein powder
2 cups of frozen strawberries
1 tablespoon of Udo’s Choice Oil with DHA
10 ounces of water

Nutrition Breakdown:

30 grams of protein
34 grams of carbohydrates
15 grams of fat
391 calories

Super Protein Shake

This is a great balance of fat, protein, carbs as well as spices and plant sterols. Sip it slowly over the course of the early afternoon and take your time for better digestion and utilization rather than down it fast which far too many people make the mistake of doing with protein shakes.

Ingredients:

2 scoops of vanilla Sun Warrior rice protein
8oz of tea (green, black, and ginger)
8oz of low carb almond milk
1 cup of frozen fruit (blueberries, strawberries, mangoes)
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice
1 tablespoon of Udo’s Choice

[DoNotDisconnect]

I always have one of these with breakfast

1/2 pint whole milk
30gs strawberry whey protien (myprotein)
1 banana
1 handfull of sunflower seeds
1 giant tablespoon peanut butter
a couple of capfulls of olive oil
a handful of fine oats
1 giant tablespoon of honey

Tastes lovely.

[Tenmagnet]

The problem I had with raw eggs is that they made me fart like crazy, and I read that study that said 90% of raw egg protein get fermented in the lower colon. Since switching to scrambled eggs for breakfast, I've been gaining a lot more weight, and my room-clearing egg farts are gone.

Here's my smoothie recipe.

1 cup mangos
1/2 cup raspberries
1/4 cup oats
1/4 cup hemp hearts
No flavour protein powder.
Water or milk

This tastes AWESOME. The raspberries really do a good job of covering up any nasty oat/protein flavour.

[Munnings]

Heres a pretty good one i jsut whipped up:
> Two scoops vanilla protein
> 500ml whole milk
> 170g rasberry yogurt
> xg whole frozen rasberrys
not sure how many gs of rasberries, enough to make it rasberry flavour haha

[Moacin]

This one is pretty intuitive, but I thought I would post it because it was totally delicious

8oz 2% milk
2 Tbsp natural peanut butter
1/4 cup plain low fat yogurt
3/4 cup frozen berries
1 scoop protein powder(vanilla)

I was having an ice cream craving and I threw this together instead. It was like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in shake form.

[iCookie]

150g broccoli
100g brussel sprouts
50g spinach
50g bok choy
50g lettuce

I'm not gonna lie to you. This tastes AWFUL, but it only contains 125(!) kcal and will keep you full for 4 hours. Great if trying to lose weight.

Also it contains much nutrients, and I3C as an added bonus! (I3C blocks estrogen)

[Roadrunner]

Here's mine:

Unsweetened all natural Oats (about 1 packet)
Frozen Rasberrys (handful)
Frozen Blueberrys (handful)
100ml of pasteurized egg whites
Scoop of isolated whey (unflavoured)
1 table spoon of Udo's 369 oil blend
1 teaspoon of cinnamon (very good for you)
1 table spoon of unsweetend cocoa (un-alkalized) Hershey's is good but don't get 'special dark.'
1/2 teaspoon of wheatgrass (I don't put more than this because the taste is overpowering)
Fill the rest of the blender with water and there you go.

[scumdogg]

A good site with lots of protein shake recipes and some good cottage cheese ones is http://pimpmyproteinshake.blogspot.com/. Most/all of the shakes call for guar gum or xantham gum to help thicken them and give them that creamy consistency. I picked up some guar gum at the health food store but didn't notice that big a difference when I included it in the recipes that I tried. This one is going to become this week's dessert http://pimpmyproteinshake.blogspot.com/2010/01/surprise-shake-alert-pumpkin-walnut.html