One of the simplest and easiest made-at-home meals you can whip up is a smoothie. Now, not all smoothies are the same. Shakes with ice cream and loads of sugar aren’t smart. But blended drinks made with low sugar and high protein can help dieters curb their appetites and get their daily nutrients. Below are some smoothie recipes that I (and others at my gym use) to stay full and restore muscles after a tough workout. The recipes were designed by Randy Webb, owner of Futur/Fit in Chattanooga. You can add ground flax seed to any recipe for a shot of fiber.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Smoothie
1 cup crushed ice
4 ounces water
4 ounces skim or almond milk
1 scoop whey chocolate protein powder
2 tablespoons organic peanut butter
1⁄2 packet Stevia, an all-natural sugar substitute
Blueberry Coconut Smoothie
1 cup crushed ice
4 ounces water
4 ounces skim or almond milk
1 cup frozen blueberries
I cup strawberry whey protein
2 tablespoons shredded unsulfered coconut
1⁄2 packet Stevia, an all-natural sugar substitute
Orange Smoothie
1 cup crushed ice
4 ounces water
4 ounces orange juice
1 scoop vanilla protein
1 raw egg
Joan Garrett has been a staff writer for the Times Free Press since August 2007. Before becoming a general assignment writer for the paper, she wrote about business, higher education and the court systems. She grew up the oldest of five sisters near Birmingham, Ala., and graduated with a master's and bachelor's degrees in journalism from the University of Alabama. Before landing her first full-time job as a reporter at the Times Free Press, she ...
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