Snickers Bar Buzzzzz

I originally had a different name for this but when my coach said it tasted like a Snickers Bar I changed it. I usually get inspiration for names based on the flavor and I was going for something like Kicked Up Monkey or something like that. After his comment though I noticed it too. The instant espresso gives this a great caffeine punch. The dates give it the caramel flavor. I used cacao powder to flavor it and added the whole nibs as an afterthought. I love the crunch they have and it was perfect in this smoothie.  This was the perfect pick-me-up for my 6 hour road trip to Fort Drum today and I'm pretty sure it'll carry me through the Rolling Stones concert I'm going to tonite! 

Cheers!

Angie

2 cups of almond milk

2 scoops of protein powder

1/4 cup of cacao powder

1/4 cup of instant espresso  

3 tblsps of hemp powder

2 tblsps of maca powder

2 tblsps of mesquite powder

1 tblsp of lucuma powder

3 tblsps of rolled or Irish oats

Handful of raw almonds

1/2 cup of peanut butter

2 bananas

6-8 medjool dates 

8-10 ice cubes

Chopped cacao nibs

Put everything except the ice and cacao nibs in the blender. Once it's blended, start adding the ice. After you pour it into glasses or whatever, add the cacao nibs. You can add however many you want. This recipe makes enough for 2-3!

Cherry Milkshake

OK so I lied. Not much of an experiment as it was some basic ingredients. Still, I love love love cherries and this was pretty thick and tasted close to a milkshake.  I didn't use ice in this because the cherries and berries were frozen.

2 cups of almond milk

1 scoop of protein powder 

1 banana

1/4 cup of raw hazelnuts

1/2 cup of black raspberries 

2+ cups of cherries

You know the drill. Throw everything but the cherries in and blend. Add the cherries a little at a time. 

Smokin' Sit-Up Maple Smoothie

While rummaging through Trader Joe's I came across maple water. Basically it's the unprocessed sap from maple trees. I live in Western New York so I've had the opportunity to taste pure unprocessed maple sap. It's consistency is very much like water and it tastes like water that has been flavored with a touch of maple syrup. Just to be clear, when I say maple syrup I don't mean Log Cabin or Mrs Butterworth's etc. I'm talking about 100% pure maple syrup. Nothing artificial. 

I made this smoothie this morning and had some before my WOD. That might be why I beat my coach's time in gymnastics and his number of sit-ups in the WOD.  Maybe I should have brought him his earlier!  I told him it needed a name and he suggested Smokin Sit-Up Smoothie. I liked it so I used it. 

It's pretty sweet. I put the ice in while instead of crushing it in the mixer but you can crush it if you like.

1 cup of almond milk

1 cup of maple water

2 bananas

6 medjool dates

2 scoops of protein powder

3 tblsps of hemp powder

3 tblsps of Irish oats

1 handful of raw almonds

8-12 ice cubes

Everything goes in the blender on high until smooth. 

Chocolate Sweet Potato Protein

Last sweet potato experiment for the week.  I think I could probably add them to any of my recipes at this point. 

You can use any raw nuts and any nut butter that you like. I just use what's laying around. 

And no.......there's no picture. I forgot to take one again and it was gone before I remembered. 

2 cups of almond milk

1 scoop of protein powder

3 tablespoons of hemp powder

3 tablespoons of whole oats 

3 tablespoons of cacao powder or nibs

1-3 tablespoons of instant espresso 

1/4 c organic peanut butter

1/4 c raw hazelnuts

4 medjool dates

1 banana

1 sweet potato

12 ice cubes

Cube and cook the sweet potato in the microwave or oven until it's soft then let it cool completely. 

Throw everything but the ice cubes in a high powered blender.  As its mixing, add the ice one cube at a time.  You may also have to add a little more milk to thin it out.

This makes enough to share or save!

Sweet Potato Protein

Again, here's me trying to choke down sweet potatoes.  It's amazing what peanut butter does for things!  Throw in some PB and all is right with the world! 

 

I have to thank my coach for being my guinea pig. Good thing he doesn't mind trying new things, especially knowing he may be getting something that doesn't taste so great. Thanks Robbie!  I would have never posted yesterday's or today's recipes. I also have to thank Matt L & John H for sharing the idea to put sweet potatoes in smoothies. Not something I would have ever tried. 

Make sure when you're choosing sweet potatoes, make sure to choose the ones with reddish skin and orange flesh (labeled as yams) over the white ones. 

Sadly there is no picture today. We drank it all before I remembered to take one.  Hopefully I'll remember tomorrow!  

Cheers! 

Angie 

2 cups of almond milk

1 scoop of protein powder

3 tablespoons of hemp powder

3 tablespoons of whole oats 

1/4 c organic peanut butter

1/4 c raw cashews

4 medjool dates

1 banana

1 sweet potato

12 ice cubes

Cube and cook the sweet potato in the microwave or oven until it's soft then let it cool completely. 

Throw everything but the ice cubes in a high powered blender.  As its mixing, add the ice one cube at a time. 

This makes enough to share or save!

Blueberry Sweet Potato Smoothie

I have a couple of friends who frequently put sweet potatoes and yams in smoothies. These are not things I like to eat, let alone want to drink them.  

I've been playing around with this smoothie recipe for a couple of weeks but couldn't make it taste good.  I couldn't seem to pick out any other flavor except the yams. Lucky for me my coach didn't mind being a guinea pig today. He liked it and said I should publish it so if you don't like it, I guess we can blame him. 😁

1 cup of unsweetened almond milk

1 banana

1 apple with skin

1/2 of a yam w/ skin 

4 medjool dates

3 tablespoons of hemp powder

1 scoop of your fav protein powder 

1/2 cup of blueberries (or more if you like)

1/4 cup of raw walnuts

ice

Cube and microwave the yam until it's soft then let it cool. Then just throw everything into a high powered blender until it's blended.  Maybe add the ice last a cube at a time.  I doubled this and used 12 ice cubes.

Cheers!

Angie

Chocolate Pumpkin Protien

I love days when I experiment with shit and it actually comes out kick-ass delish! That's today!  All a big question mark.  I was prepared to dump this and start over but when I tasted it I was like, hell yeah!  This is a keeper for sure!

The pumpkin juice for this is from all those pie pimpkins I juiced last fall.  Remember those?  Juice them raw skin and all and then freeze the juice in ice cube trays.  I thought I used it all months ago.  It's amazing what you find when you reorg your freezer!

For the hemp powder and protien powder, follow the directions on the container.  Just because of my dairy issues, I use a plant-based protien (Vega Sport) but use whatever you like. 

•1c of unsweetened almond, hemp or any other nut milk OR 1 cup of water and •1/2 cup raw nuts of your choice

•1c of pumpkin juice (I use pie pumpkins)

•1 banana

•1T coconut oil

•Hemp powder (your fav kind)

•Protein powder (your fav kind)

•2T cacao nibs

•1t nutmeg

•1T cinnamon

•1T cayenne pepper

•2T of raw honey or 4 medjool dates

Throw it all in the blender on high for about 2 minutes.  If you have a smoothie setting, use that shit!

WALKING ON SUNSHINE Smoothie

I had some extra fruits that I had to use today so I threw them all into the Vitamix with a little flax milk and this is what I got. Wasn't too bad for a throw-together.


2 bananas
1 mango, peeled
1-inch thick slice of pineapple, peeled
5 medjool dates, pitted
1 orange, peeled
1/4 - 1/2 cup of flax, hemp, or almond milk
ice (optional)

Put all the fruit in the blender. Let it mix until all the fruit is incorporated. Add some milk just to thin it out. Once it's the consistency that you want, you some ice to the running blender to chill it a bit.

BEETRICE POTTER'S MONKEY Smoothie

1 cup of almond, flax, or hemp milk
2 bananas
1 packet of Sambazon frozen acai berries
All the tops (stems and leaves) from one raw beet
1 heaping teaspoon of maqui powder
1 heaping teaspoon of maca powder

Blend thoroughly.  You can add ice to make it colder if you like.  It has a light chocolate flavor.

Raw Almond Milk

I made this today in the blender.  It's super easy!  And it tastes better than the store bought stuff.  You have the ability to make it thicker or thinner by altering the amount of water.

Soak 1 cup of whole, raw almonds in about 6 cups of water for a couple of hours.  Strain and rinse well.  Put almonds in the blender with 4 cups of water and blend for about 5 minutes.  Taste to see if you need it sweeter.  If you do, add a little raw honey or agave or a couple of medjool dates (be sure to take the pits out!)  Reblend.  Strain using a fine mesh sieve or you can use nut milk bags if you have them.  If you want to make more, you can but for the best results, make it in batches of the above recipe so you don't over-fill the blender.  You can also add cinnamon or nutmeg for flavor if you like.

You'll have some left over pulp when you finish. You can do a few things with it.  You can dehydrate it either in the oven or in qa dyhydrator if you have one.  Youc an use it in place of flour in baked goods.  You can also do what I did and put it back in the blender, add about 3-4 cups of cold water, 1/4 cup of cacao nibs, and some agave nectar and make chocolate milk!  I dehydrated the rest of the pulp in the oven after that.

Store in the refrigerator in a glass container.  Canning jars work well.

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MAYAN JUNGLE Smoothie

1 cup of hemp or almond milk

2 bananas

1/4 cup of cacao nibs

1/4 cup of walnuts

1/8 cup of cinnamon

1 heaping tablespoon of maca powder

the greens from one beet

ice

Blend everything together.  Add some ice while the blender is moving.

JUNGLE BOOGIE Smoothie

1 cup of almond or hemp milk
2 bananas
1/4 cup of cacao nibs
1/4 cup of walnuts
1 heaping tablespoon of maca powder
the green tops of one beet
ice

Blend everything really good in the blender.  Once it's all blended, add ice cubes one at a time to slush it up.

GRAPE APE Smoothie

1 cup of almond or hemp milk
2 bananas
2 cups of grapes (I freeze mine)

Process in the blender until smooth!

THE VAMPIRE'S KISS Smoothie

1 cup of almond milk, hemp milk, or water
13 strawberries
13 cherries, pitted
1 cup of blueberries
1 blood orange
1 honey tangerine, seeded if necessary

Put everything in the blender and whiz until smooth.
This will make enough to share or you can save some for later.

APPLE BROWN BETTY Smoothie**Green Monster**

1 cup of almond or hemp milk
2 cored apples with the skin on
1/2 an avacado
1 banana
1/4 cup walnuts
2 tablespoons of chia seeds
1 big handful of fresh baby spinach
2-4 tablespoons of raw honey or agave nectar
ice
Blend all ingredients well. Add ice cubes one at a time.


**The term Green Monster was created by Oh She Glows

CHOCO-BERRY BANANA Smoothie

1 cup of hemp milk or almond milk
1 banana
1-2 sambazon acai berry smoothie packs
small handfull of sliced almonds
6 medjool dates pitted

Blend this one good to really chop up the dates.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY MADDNESS Smoothie

1 cup hemp milk or almond milk
1 banana
1 tsp spirulina powder
1 cup cherries
1 acai berry smoothie packet

The combination of cherries and the choco-berry flavor of acai makes this really yummy!

FALL FANTASY Smoothie

1 cup of hemp milk
1 banana
1/2 of an avacado
1 apple chopped and cored
1 pear chopped and cored
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg

Put the milk in the blender and get it spinnng. Add the apple and pear first then the banana and avacado last. You may have to add some water. Ice works well also.

BERRY BERRY GOOD Smoothie

1 cup of hemp milk
1 banana
1/2 of an avacado
1 acai smoothie pack
1/4 cup each of blueberries, cranberries, raspberries, blackberries

Put the avacado in last. It can make the smoothie a bit thick so you may have to add some water.

CHOCO BLAST Smoothie

1 cup of chocolate hemp milk or chocolate almond milk(yes kids! they make it in chocolate too!)
6 medjool dates pitted
1 banana
1 acai berry smoothie pack
1/4 cup sliced almonds
ice

The milk and acai should go in first. Once the acai is broken up, add the rest of the ingredients. Add ice to the glass to chill smoothie.