As a busy mom of two little ones, making sure I eat healthy is on the bottom of my list. I put so much time and energy into trying to get my girls to eat healthy (which is a struggle every day!). One of my goals this year is to get my nutrition in check. My favorite thing to make into a meal is a protein smoothie. I have some great recipes for you below, packed with nutrition.
It seems like most people struggle to eat a healthy breakfast. But for me, that is not my problem area. Things start to go downhill around lunch time. I really get into my day and sometimes around 1 or 2, I realize I haven't eaten lunch. So I grab whatever I can find, which is more than likely a poor choice. I love protein smoothies because they can be made into a meal and have a ton of great nutrition (depending on what you put in them obviously!). The base of our smoothies will be the protein powder. I try to always have a chocolate and vanilla protein powder on hand. I also use this to blend up my smoothies and it works really well and is easy to clean!
I have tried a million different protein powders, and I keep coming back to Orgain. I love that they don't use any fake sugar substitutes (it's sweetened with Stevia) and it is organic which is hard to find. We get ours from Costco for a really good price compared to other protein powders I've tried. I've been using it for a few years now. They recently sent me their new Vanilla protein with superfoods and I used it to make the berry smoothie recipe and the tropical smoothie recipe. Orgain also sent us their superfoods powder to add to any smoothie or drink. I am in LOVE with it! There are 50 superfoods and 5 billion probiotics per serving. Whoa! Okay, on to the recipes!
Chocolate Protein Powder of choice
1 Frozen Banana (I always freeze mine because it makes the smoothie extra thick!)
1 tbl Powdered Peanut Butter - I use Tru-Nut
1 tbl chia seeds
1.5 cup water
1 cup ice
Blend and enjoy!
Vanilla Protein Powder of choice
1 cup frozen pineapple
1 cup frozen mango
1 cup greens (I use Trader Joe's Organic Power Greens)
1.5 cup water
1 cup ice
Blend and enjoy!
Vanilla Protein Powder of choice
1 cup frozen mixed berries (feel free to use fresh if they're in season!)
1 cup frozen blueberries
1/2 frozen banana
1 tbl chia seeds
1 scoop superfoods
1.5 cup water
1 cup ice
Blend and enjoy!
What are your go to smoothies? Do you typically go for chocolate or fruit? Let me know if you try out Orgain and what you think!
Omg! Thank you for this! We tried a 7 day organic smoothie challenge last month and it was delicious. We want to implement it as part of our routine. These recipes will come in handy!
Hugs, Dayana
Pinning this! I love protein smoothies. Peanut butter banana recipes are my favorite. I will definitely try some of these out!
I’ve actually been looking for some new smoothie recipes. Thanks for sharing. That peanut butter one is right up my alley.
These all look sooo good!!
Thanks friend!
Loved this article! Definitely gonna make this smoothie! Thanks for the tips!
I’m in the exact same boat. I eat like crap and really need to work on it. I should try this smoothie. Thanks for sharing.
Can you give some names of vanilla powder and chocolate powder
Hi Julie! I love the ones I listed in the post by Orgain. I've also tried Shakeology and loved that one as well as Arbonne. They are just really expensive and I've found I like the ones by Orgain a bit better. Hope that helps!
Oh this looks so delicious! Me and my family loves smoothies and i would love to try this protein smoothie.
This looks delicious!