So, my newest obsession is smoothies. Not really a new thing for me, but I'm branching out in ingredients, flavors, and preparation. So ... I decided to make a whole mess of smoothies. I did some research, and my protein powder can safely be frozen, so I decided to make baggies full of smoothie ingredients, freeze them, and then I'll have them ready to make!
I started with this ...
A huge pile of healthy crap. spinach, strawberries, pineapple, oranges, carrots, blueberries, pears, tomatoes, frozen mixed fruit, vanilla protein powder, non-fat yogurt of varying flavors, and bananas. I apologize for the condition of those 3 bananas on top. I cannot eat ripe bananas, they have to have green edges. If they don't have green edges, they get fed to the kids. If they don't eat them before they get really ripe, I pop them into the freezer to use for baking, or smoothies!
So, I put a scoop of protein powder in, and a cup of spinach, and topped each ziploc sandwich baggie off with mystery fruits and a "blop" of yogurt. Remember, I don't measure, so I can't say how much yogurt I put in there. about 1/3 of a little cup.
I ended up with 15 sandwich bags of smoothies, all ready to just dump in the cup and whiz around! Here's the trouble ... 1 sandwich baggie makes TOO big of a smoothie! So, if you are going to use this clever trick (and you totally should) either fill the baggies 1/2 up, or be prepared to have the leftover smoothie for lunch. Either way works fine!
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