How-To: Make Healthy Meal Replacement Weight-Loss Smoothies

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Here’s a TON (well, not literally a ton) of recipes to liven up your weight-loss smoothies! But first, some suggestions for how to get the best quality smoothies and save a bit of money too!
  1. Invest in a blender with at least an 800-watt motor. 
  2. Prepare frozen fruit ahead to save time. Cut and freeze on a baking sheet, then transfer to a freezer bag or container.
  3. Frozen bananas go a long way. Peel, slice, and freeze them. This go-to smoothie ingredient adds thickness without taking over other flavors.
  4. Add ingredients like milk, yogurt, water, or juice first to get the blender moving. Then, add lighter, drier ingredients, like leafy greens, followed by heavy ingredients like ice and fruit pieces.

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Spring Smoothie
1 cup coconut milk
1 banana, peeled, sliced, and frozen
1 mango, skinned and chunked
5 large strawberries, hulled2 scoops Complete(R) French Vanilla Shake mix
Combine ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
Stone Fruit Smoothie
1/2 cup almond milk
1 plum, pit removed, flesh roughly chopped
1 peach, pit removed, flesh roughly chopped
1 nectarine, pit removed, flesh roughly chopped
1/2 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen
2 scoops Complete(R) French Vanilla Shake mix
Combine ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
Dreamcicle (one of my faves)
1 navel orange, peeled
1/4 cup Greek yogurt
2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate
4 ice cubes
2 scoops Complete(R) French Vanilla Shake mix
Combine ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
Berry Breakfast
1 C frozen unsweetened raspberries
3/4 C chilled unsweetened almond or rice milk
1/4 C frozen pitted unsweetened cherries or raspberries
1 1/2 tbsp honey
2 tsp finely grated fresh ginger
1 tsp ground flaxseed
2 tsp fresh lemon juice (to taste)
2 scoops Complete(R) French Vanilla Shake mix
Combine ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
Chocolate PB (my ABSOLUTE fave)
½ cup almond milk
1 tbsp peanut butter
1 banana
1 cup yogurt, vanilla
Ice as needed
2 scoops Complete(R) Dutch Chocolate Shake mix
Combine ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
Oatmeal PB
1 cup almond milk
1 tbsp yogurt
¼ cup oatmeal
1 tbsp peanut butter (or PB2)
½ tbsp honey
½ banana *optional
Ice as needed
2 scoops Complete(R) Dutch Chocolate Shake mix
Combine ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
Green Chocolate
1 handful spinach
1 tbsp cacao powder
1 tbsp peanut butter (or PB2)
1 banana
1 cup almond milk
1 cup ice
2 scoops Complete(R) Dutch Chocolate Shake mix
Combine ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
Pre-Workout Smoothie
8 to 12 ounces water
1 banana
6 ice cubes
2 scoops Complete(R) French Vanilla or Dutch Chocolate Shake mix
Combine ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
Fat-Burner
12 ounces water or unsweetened almond milk
8 strawberries
1 tablespoon raw almond butter or ground flaxseed
6 ice cubes
2 scoops Complete(R) French Vanilla or Dutch Chocolate Shake mix
Combine ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
Maui Breeze
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 cup frozen pineapple
1 teaspoon shredded coconut or coconut milk
1/2 cup frozen blueberries
2 scoops Complete(R) French Vanilla Shake mix
Combine ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
Mexican “Hot” Chocolate (totally delish)
1 cup unsweetened chocolate almond milk
1 tablespoon natural almond or peanut butter
1 frozen banana (peel before freezing)
1 tablespoon cacao nibs
1 cup raw spinach
Dash of red pepper flakes (optional)
2 scoops Complete(R) Dutch Chocolate Shake mix
Combine ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
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