Category «Smoothie Recipes»

Should You Add Ice to a Smoothie

When it comes time to make a smoothie, should you add ice or are the smoothie ingredients enough? Well, it depends on what sort of smoothie you want to make. If you’re someone who is making a protein smoothie, then often times you can skip the ice. But that depends on what sort of …

Can you put alcohol in a blender?

So after years of posting about smoothies, and healthy fruit drinks, I had a lot of friends ask me: what about alcohol? Why don’t you cover frozen drinks with alcohol or discuss what type of blender to buy for that? Honestly, because I’m not a big drinker. So, it wasn’t something that I was …

Bikini Smoothie Diet: Blend Your Way To A Bikini Body

There are millions of articles online about how to lose weight and get yourself ready for the beach and into bikini body shape. Most of them, if not all of them, are aimed at people who are looking to crash diet and lose a ton of weight. That’s not realistic. When you see bikini bodies …

Best Fruits and Vegetables for Weight Loss Smoothies

One of the most popular ways to use smoothies is to lose weight. In fact, weight loss smoothies are one of the most popular recipe ideas you’ll see online. And these smoothies are not just limited to boring protein powder and water smoothies (I’d call those shakes anyway). What I wanted to do here was …

Can You Make Oat Milk In A Blender?

The super bowl introduced millions of people to Oat milk. And the logical question that I wanted to tackle was if it was possible to make oat milk in a blender. Before we jump into that question, I wanted to first review what exactly oat milk is. Because oat milk has become very popular, and …

Can You Add Pre Workout to a Smoothie?

Lot’s been said about pre workouts and if they are something you need to take before you hit the gym. Well, this article isn’t going to go into depth about that. It’s too much of a complex subject. My brief thought is that they can be useful, especially if you’re someone who gets tired in …

Can You Add Raw Honey to a Smoothie?

Smoothies and honey are a great mix. Why? Because honey is a natural and really great sweetener. It’s on par with maple syrup (most experts will tell you it’s healthier). And it’s so much better than sugar or an artificial sweetener. And if you’re going to be making a smoothie, then you’re probably not going …

What Type of Honey is Best for Smoothies

In the never ending quest to make a better tasting smoothie honey is going to come up. Can you add honey to a smoothie and if so, what kind of honey is best. Good questions and a bit of a tricky one as well. There’s quite a lot of variety when it comes to honey, …

Do You Need a Blender to Make Smoothies?

Is it absolutely necessary to use a blender to make a smoothie? Or can you make do with something else? That’s what I’m setting out to answer in this blog post. I want to briefly go over some of the big questions (namely if it’s essential to use a blender) and also cover some of …

What to put in a Chocolate Protein Smoothie

The Obvious One- Chocolate Protein If you’re making a chocolate protein smoothie, then the number one ingredient is going to be chocolate flavored protein powder. This is going to be the main protein source in the smoothie. I always advocate using a natural, health protein powder if you want to make a protein smoothie. Adding …