Smoothies

Now that J is drinking smoothies with his yogurt... we have started looking for variations.  I've put the smoothie recipes on index card and made a scoring system.   I also write the ingredients down.

I bought Smoothies for Life! Yummy, Fun, and Nutritious! by Daniella Chace and Maureen B. Keane (Paperback - Apr 22, 1998) mostly because they have nutritional data and numbers are so important to J!!!


I just made a smoothie (He didn't finish it) with a whole banana, 4 T protein powder, 1/2 c milk, 1/2 c Fage Greek whole milk yogurt, 1/4 peanut butter and 1 t cinnamon.  It needed an ice cube or two! It packed a whopping 843 calories!


Thanks to my sister in law I  found King Arthur Flour's flavorings... I think I will have to see them on my next trip to Boston.   Check out the yummy sounding cherry or cider concentrates!  They are so strong all you need is 1 drop per cup!  http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/ingredients/flavors-and-extracts?sortFormSortOrder=desc&page=1&sortby=popularity   Forget the prices, with the money you'll save by not buying smoothies at the bistro!

There is a book I want called  Super Charged Smoothies... I keep getting it from the Phoenix Library Overdrive downloaded to my kindle.  http://www.amazon.com/Super-Charged-Smoothies-Sara-Corpening-Whiteford/dp/B006W3Z98C/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336659536&sr=1-1

His default smoothie:  7 ounces yogurt, small cup of applesauce, 1 protein powder scoop (about 1/3 cup) and a little milk.  I usually make the yogurt with whole milk and half and half.  He lost weight when I didn't make the super yogurt.  I switched  to store yogurt because his cholesterol was too high.  

 He isn't adding bananas because he drinks the protein smoothies during the day and that is too much potassium!