Trader Joe's has reasonably priced frozen fruit and I just love using frozen fruit during the winter/early spring months when fruit is not in season, and the impostor fruit at the grocery stores taste like cardboard.
My mother has been ill and is recovering from a serious surgery along with facing many months of chemotherapy treatment. When someone is faced with a disease like cancer, nutrition is a huge part of the recovery. With a jeopardized immune system, whey protein powder is a great way of adding proteins, which causes an increase in antioxidants.
With all of this information I created a power smoothie for my mom, that not only tastes great, but is easy to ingest under these conditions.
**You can omit the whey protein powder and flax seed oil to just enjoy an antioxidant jam-packed smoothie! This is a really great smoothie to drink first thing in the morning or after a hefty workout!
1 c ice
1/2 non fat yogurt
1 c frozen blueberries
1 scoop (about 2 tbsp) whey protein powder**
1/4 cup cranwater ( This is 4 oz cranberry to 20 oz water; make it and save it in a bottle)
1 tbsp flax seed oil **
Mix all ingredients together in a blender and blend for about 2 minutes.
Serve immediately.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Blueberry Power Smoothie
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Can you please come over and bring some of this with you? And bring extra for Matt, he is a blueberry monster :)
mmm, nothing beats a berry smoothie on a warm spring day.
That blueberry smoothie looks cool and refreshing!
I love making smoothies! You should try the TJ's Greek Style nonfat yogurt, it makes the smoothie really thick and has more protein than regular yogurt. I usually omit the ice and just let the frozen fruit make it cold. I do all kinds of flavor combos, especially raspberry/mango-mmmmm.
I am really big into smoothies these days. I use them as my breakfast. This blue berry one that you have made looks tasty.
Looks amazing. I love the idea of adding whey protein!
Yum. I make a similar smoothie for breakfast almost every morning, except I use vanilla soy milk instead of water and juice. Not only is soy milk really nice tasting, it has excellent health benefits. A plus for your mom is that it has been shown to have cancer preventing benefits, in addition to being excellent for heart health, bone health, and hormonal regulation. Try it!
I love blueberry smoothies. Yum!
You inspire me to make one tomorrow. :-)
All the best to your mom. Sounds like you're taking great care of her.
I always forget to buy frozen berries for smoothies, but you're right... TJ's does have some good choices. I especially love their frozen mango.
Best to you mom....
I LOVE blueberries!!!
I wish the best to your mother!!!!!!!
I've been working on a project lately that required trying many kinds of whey protein powder.There was such a difference in the tastes and levels of sweetness!
I found that the EAS powder was the most food friendly. Hope that info helps anyone going shopping for ingredients.
Hope your Mom is on the mend!
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