Show Me Your Smoothie
That sounds risqué, huh? 😉 More on that in a sec.
How’s your Indian Food Wednesday been?
Mine has been bueno, and I have some lovely slow cooker eggplant curry cooking up 😀 It will be waiting and ready for feast time after Zumba.
If it tastes like it smells, I’ll share the recipe with ya’ll tomorrow 😀
Today, Ashley and I hit up the Farmers Market and the pool (gloooorious) and I also ran some errands. Every week I schedule a low-key day (with less training appointments) so I have an easy day amidst the craziness. Today was my day 🙂
Some eats:
Beast, covered in Garlic Gold. I’m officially obsessed.. and gum manufacturers rejoice
Millet + Nutritional yeast
2 Giant PINK smoothies (I hate pink, obviously)
-Water
-1 scoop vanilla Sun Warrior
-frozen strawberries
-1/2 T maca
-1 T raw cacao
-vanilla Stevia
*Confession: I’m really boring with smoothies. I love them so much, but I do the same thing over and over and overrrrrr…
Same thing with juices.
Look familiar?
Yup, because I have it ALL the time.
When it’s totally cool to stick with what you know, it’s really easy to get into food ruts and get bored. I’ve also gotten about a thousand requests for a smoothie and juice reader’s request and thought this would be a good way to share awesome recipes, since I’m a repeat smoothie recipe offender.
So it’s time to
SHOW ME YOUR SMOOTHIE 😀
Send me a pic and ingredients for your favorite smoothie or juice combo. Try to pick something *fun and different* so we can share some great combo ideas! Just email your pic and ingredients to fitnessista at gmail dot com and I’ll do a massive fun post with all of them on Monday morning, April 19th.
Sound fun?? I think so 🙂
Time to Zumbaaaaaaaaa <3
xoxo,
Gina
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Great idea!!! I’m a smoothie lover too (esp. the green monsters) so I’ll be sure to send a few your way! 🙂 🙂 Have a blast at Zumba!!!
PS…Did you get the title of this post from Gaga’s “Teeth”? Either way, it’s suchhhh a good song. Prob my current fav wkout jangle!
mmmmmm smoothie post sounds great! i’ll send mine today… 🙂
What a fun idea! I’m a habitual smoothie drinker, too– I almost always resort to the same juice and smoothie combos! If it ain’t broke…
I’ll try to think of a fun smoothie to send your way!
I hope some people submit recipes for chocolate protein powder. i’ve got a whole thing of it and have no idea what to make with it! lol.
You need to make the chocolate cherry bomb with it. That’s what I do with my chocolate amazing grass.
Jeannette I have a recipe on my blog that I made recently and it’s in my Vegan Protein Post. There are links on the right hand margin to the Vegan Protein Post. I have a half dozen Chocolate Protein Powder recipes there. I cant believe I saw your comment…I hope you see this one 🙂
Yay I’m excited for your smoothie post because I just started making them more. I think I’m going to finally get some sun warrior protein so I can have them as a part of my breakfast 🙂
i’ll definitely be in on this action! i’m reintroducing smoothies back into my life (i blogged about it) so this is a great way to try something new and share it with everyone!
I want to try some of those garlic products so badly!
That garlic looks amazing – I love scraping out the garlic whenever it gets nice and crunchy from whatever I’m cooking. I’ll definitely send my favorite smoothie in this weekend!
I need to hop on the smoothie bandwagon. I’ve never made one 🙁
Great idea. I can’t wait to see everyone’s smoothies. I do the same thing over and over again, so I could use some new ideas.
Oooh good idea! I love smoothies! Can’t wait to see all the different recipes!
Hi Gina. I am de-lurking in honor of Indian food Wednesday because I just tried the most outstanding thing- Indian curried hummus! It is especially amazing on apple slices.
WHAT?!? did you make or buy it? that sounds incredible
I bought it at Whole Foods. It is a local product here in Kansas City. I’m looking forward to recreating.
Oooo Awesome idea Gina! I can’t wait to experiment this weekend so I come with a beauty to send your way! 🙂
Diggin’ on the millet. I had mine smothered in coconut butter today. Tell me you have tried that liquid crack?!?!
heck yeah i have… i’ve made it, too 🙂
hey gina! glee was amazing last night, right?! i have a question for you…i like running as a way of mixing up my workouts, but recently i’ve been getting really bad shin splints whenever i do it. i took a few week break from it to see if they would feel better, and then the other day i did a treadmill workout and now they are back with a vengeance 🙁 do you have any advice for what to do about it? should i just stop running?
i don’t think you need to stop running, but i do think you need to make sure you’re wearing good shoes and possibly see a doc to check what’s goin on. sorry they’re bothering you 🙁
Hi Emma – try these: http://www.zensah.com/womens-running-leg-sleeve.html
Ooo! I am really looking forward to hearing about how the Indian food went…it’s my favorite but I am a bit terrified to make it myself. I’m also SUPER boring when it comes to my smoothies, but I love them. I’m excited for some new ideas 🙂
I would LOVE the recipe – Indian + slow cooker? Sounds delish and convenient! I will have to send my smoothie recipe to you, I need to find some decent photos!
oooh hope it’s good! I’d love the recipe!!
Mmm love the looks of that eggplant curry. I had curried tempeh tonight, does that count?? 😉
xo
K
heck yeah that counts 🙂
neeeeed a slow cooker–if just to make eggplant curry. i’m obsessed with eggplant–but im a repeat eggplant offender. i always just grill, top with hummus & broil. amazing–but i need to switch it up!
umm yummmmmmm! thanks for the eggplant idea!
I’m super boring with smoothies, but I just use the ingredients I have in the apartment. I don’t really get too inspired for them 🙁
HAHAHAHA THIS is why this post was blocked at work… smoothie triggers the “inappropriate content” filter!
haha, awesome!
My favorite has always been 1 banana (frozen), chocolate almond milk, spinach, peanut butter, vanilla, and a scoop or two of Aria vanilla protein powder (which I only use for the flavor…sad I know). In the end this totally tastes like a Butterfinger, I’m not crazy. Go. Do.
And make sure you make it as smooth as possible, because nobody likes a spinach chunks in their smoothie.
that sounds beautiful! send me a pic and i’ll include it in the post 🙂
What a great idea! I’d like to start making juices/smoothies and this will be a great way for me to get ideas!
Great idea!!! I always make the EXACT same smoothie every morning, so maybe this will prompt me to mix it up a bit!!
what an amazing idea! hmm i’ll plan to make one soon and send it.
xo
i am so into the millet bread as of late-thanks for getting me addicted! and smoothies well i have made some good ones but nothing too different from everyones elses……well except on my bday i added vegan chocolate chips and it rocked my world 🙂
yummmmmm. chocolate chips taste good with anything, methinks 🙂
I love garlic ! Would like to try out that product some time.
wait til next week- i’m going to run an awesome promo on it!
what a great idea! I can’t wait to see all the smoothies!
I have a question for you…you always use the vitamix- do you like it for any reason specifically?
I use this old $20 blender i have, and i aaalllwaayys have chunks of fruit (which i hate), even if i blend it for 10 mintues! I always thought that this was just a blender issue in general…but does a better blender make all the difference? Is that why everyone loves the vitamix so much?
any suggestions on other (student budget friendly : ) ) options?
now i am craving a smoothie. : )
hey hanna,
the vitamix changed my life. no joke. i had a little $15 blender in college that didn’t blend anything and i actually had smash stuff into the blades with a wooden spoon. the vitamix makes smoothies (hummus, soup, everything) SO smooth. no chunks at all, unless you want them!
i heard that blendtec also has great blenders, or the magic bullet.
hope this helps a little!
xoxo
what brand of maca do you use?
right now, i’m using navitas naturals and really like it. every brand i’ve tried so far tastes the same to me, though!
So fun! I’m a smoothie addict!!
I’m totally Zumba-ing tonight too! woohoo!
YESSS! have a blasty!
There are a ton of delicious reader recipes on Green Monster Movement 🙂
http://greenmonstermovement.com/?cat=3 Enjoy!
yeah there are! i’m trying to stay away from the green sludges at the moment- they’re making me gag lately :/
Yum. You’re slow cooked egg plant curry looks better than anything I’ve seen in a restaurant.
I’ll definitely send you a smoothie idea!!
ooh, great idea because i need some. i am such a smoothie bore; same thing all the time.
Gina you are beyond brave for tackling this! I have done reader submissions before and had 50+ once to post. Hella lotta work and you’re amazing to do this!
my favorite smoothie is over hereee: http://eatrunschvitz.wordpress.com/2010/03/26/out-with-the-old/
its basically a blueberry/strawberry smoothie. smoothies are love 🙂
i LOVE this idea! i’m going to start concocting tomorrow hmmmmm
oh my gosh, that eggplant looks delicious. my mom keeps offering to send me a slowcooker, but i keep saying no because i don’t know what i’d make. this changes things! hope it was yummy!
how did you make the eggplant curry?! looks yummmm
Sending you the pic! 🙂
I love smoothies! I hardly make my own though. I hate cleaning the blender!
Glad you were able to squeeze in a light day this week!
Sounds like ya had a great time:) Love the show me your smoothie business!
I didn’t know every wed was Indian Wednesday! great! I’m having Thai tonight…so at least it’s eastern world food. 🙂 maybe Indian next week.
yep, it’s a tradition over here 🙂
I made such a delicious new smoothie this morning! Alas I did not take a pic because a) I could not find my camera and was already late to work b) it just looked like a basic green monster anyway. Sooo good!
Handful spinach, 1 golden delicious apple (chopped up), 1 scoop Muscle Gauge cinnamon bun pp, 1/8 tsp xanthan gum, 1/4 tsp guar gum, stevia, splash of vanilla extract, ~1 cup water, lots of ice – blend!
Here are my smoothies!
Oooh I have a GREAT smoothie recipe for you! Look out for it tomorrow morning! (It’s on the menu for breakfast!) By the way, I tried out your RAD Workout last night and posted about it here: http://twentyfivebeforetwentyfive.blogspot.com/2010/04/you-never-can-tell-with-heffalumps.html
What a great workout! And Indian food Wednesdays…that might need to be part of my weekly dig!
that is so awesome!!! i’m glad you liked it 🙂
My daughter’s favorite smoothie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSbccoP3d3o
I am the QUEEN of food ruts — I just posted about this the other day! I eat almost the same exact thing every day. I’ve always been like this — my senior year of college I ate Rice Chex literally every single day for breakfast for at least six months. At least I’ve expanded to better things to get stuck on…it’s just so easy!
I just e-mailed my current smoothie of choice. Great idea to collect some varaitions!