iHave aBlender

Unhealthy person trying healthy life

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I’m getting really bad at posting every day, but I’m still going.. red.  Actually I felt like having berries only, but I had a kiwi so I went cherry-kiwi again (this time - dairy free)

- 1 orange - 1 kiwi - 1 1/2 handful of cherries - 1 banana - 1 teaspoon flaxseed

Oh, yes. I haven’t told you I am a flaxseed monster, I put them to everything (and I had lost them in my kitchen before, but I have them now). This smoothie was pretty awesome because it blended smoothly (I had prepared water but I did not need it), had perfect consistency and I could totally feel all of the fruits - starting with banana and having a light cherry aftertaste. Awesome.

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I think I should start making ‘everything I have’ smoothies bit more often. I do have some pretty healthy thingies at home that I’m not even using.

- 1 small pear - 1/2 avocado - 1 big handful of raspberries - 5 spinach leaves - 1 teaspoon of flaxseed (mine where powdered) - 1/2 cup of milk

This was pretty much the best decision of my day for I felt like having a milkshake for breakfast. The smoothie was amazing - tasted very raspberry and (surprisingly) tasted a lot like pears too (that pear inside was really small) aaand it felt healthy as hell because of those few spinach leaves :)

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I started missing strawberries. They are literally everywhere, except for my smoothies, so now I have a very big pack of frozen ones and can’t wait to put them everywhere.

- 1 1/2 handful of frozen strawberries - 1 orange - 1 handful of frozen mango - 1 handful of frozen cherries - splash of water

I always hope that by putting in orange I will not have to add water. Never works. But this was awesome. I would even call it the perfect combination, because I was able to feel every taste - strawberries, oranges, mango and even a bit of that cherry (I was afraid of cherry taking all of the attention but it did not).

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I certainly did have time for smoothies these last few days, but however I didn’t manage to have time to post them. But here I am now. And with a great amount of black currant (aaah, these remind me of country side and grandma and childhood and.. jam.)

- great handful of black currant - 1 big green apple  - 1 small orange - splash of water

First thing about this was the amazing color. Never had I had a smoothie this dark (and I loved it). As for the taste - it tasted like a black currant jam (don’t know about you, but my family has a great tradition of making jams and jellies at home, black currant being one of the favorites) and it was also a bit too thick (more water could fix it) so you might as well add this to pancakes or smth.

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Yet another No-Sunshine weekend. So I bought peaches. Peaches are sunny, right?

- 5 halves of peach (canned, its not peach season yet) - 2 handfuls of raspberries (frozen. frozen is nice) - 1/2 cup of milk (any kind. i hate it when they say what kind you should use)

I’m feeling like a blender-master today, I’ve fianlly learnd in what order to putt he ingredients in (juice/milk/water on the lower part so the blades could turn easier). As for the taste - pretty good - could fully taste both the peach and the raspberries. Maybe should have added an orange to get a better structure, but it tastes good like this too.

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Got a story ‘bout a berry? I do. Most of you might think my favorite berry is raspberry. You are close, but wrong. My favorite berry is totally blackberry. Why? Because it’s always been a kind of a forbidden fruit for me (actually we were simply stealing them from neighbors garden as kids, but this sounds better). My Friday smoothie was

- 1 1/2 handful of blackberries (frozen) - 1 1/2 handful of raspberries (frozen) - 1 banana - 100gr yogurt - splash of milk

I hope you’ve learnt that my ‘handfuls’ are quite big and you may need to add a bit more. But this one was truly amazing, blackberries (even lord knows from where & frozen) give this very cute flavor and purplish color. I may not add the bananas next time though. Didn’t ruin it of course, but just not this smoothies thing.

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I missed out on Wednesday smoothie and I’m sorry about that. I’ve actually felt like blending cherries for the last couple of days... so I finally did. Couldn’t wait for the color.

- 2 handfuls of frozen cherries - 1 handful of frozen raspberries - 1 orange - 1 frozen banana - splash of water

I absolutely love this color. And taste. And every little thing about it. It was the first time I added water. Why? Because it couldn’t blend on its own. I’ve always been scared of adding water (or ice even) with the thought of my smoothies getting watery, but they do not. So you might find a little less oranges and a little more water in my future smoothies. Ohh. And this is definitely going on my summer list.

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I love adding some raspberries to my mornings. Or smoothies. Or morning smoothies. Just makes the day better. Gets me to the summer... and all that other.. stuff.

-1 1/2 handful of frozen raspberries -1/2 avocado -1 handful of spinach -1 orange

No dairy in my smoothie. Yaaay. I love the taste (and spinach makes me feel healthy. Truly) but after few minutes I realized it tastes like raspberries topped with butter (ohh, avocado, you funny). But other from that - this is awesome. I’m going to try some other berries too.

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I bought spinach. First time in my life (seconds after I made my smoothie radio claimed that any food gets healthy if u add spinach). I’m kind of scared of them actually (if you follow me from the beginning, you know I’m scared of ‘overly healthy’ choices). Here goes nothing.

-2 kiwi -1 handful of spinach -1/2 frozen banana -3-4 spoons of no-fat yogurt -1/2 cup low-fat milk

It’s not sweet. What a shocker. The first sip actually seemed sweet and very kiwi like, but it gets a bit weird later. The after taste (is that how u call it?) is probably the spinach. Definitely not my favorite, but isn’t the worst either. This makes me feel like smoothies can be a decent lunch too. 

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This is a very sunless weekend (it’s the end of March and it was snowing yesterday), so I put some sunshine into my smoothie. Maybe after this red-pink-red week it’s hard to believe, but yellow is actually my favorite color.

-handful of frozen mango -3 slices of pineapple -1 orange (or juice)

Yet another reason to make me change my mind about the mango. Amazing. The  taste was right between mango and pineapple. The perfect balance that makes me feel like a superhero. Yay!

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Hello! I am a mango hater. OK, it’s not THAT bad, but I’m definitely not a fan. But I did want to give it another chance, so this week I’m having a mango weekend. I went red. Again.

-handful of frozen mango -handful of frozen raspberries -1 orange (or juice)

And it went amazing. I loved the taste so much I didn’t even want to share (pretty much doing this so I could remember it for the future). This is definitely going on my top 5 and I think I’m going to try it with yogurt some time soon.

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I had a very serious problem this morning - I ran out of cherries, so this smoothie has about 10 of them (but definitely deserves more). Continuing my very pink week

-handful of cherries  -1 banana -1/2 lemon juice -3 spoons or fat-free yogurt -1/2 cup low-fat milk

And I think this looks like some sort of astronaut food. I’m having the second day of very banana smoothies, but I’m pretty sure this would get better if I actually had a full handful of cherries (or even more). Gonna try this some other day. But the pink color still makes me very happy. 

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I have no idea why I like my pink smoothies so much. I’m not that much of a ‘pink’ person (apart from the singer. I love the singer), but here is another one.

-1 1/2 handful of raspberries -1 frozen banana -1 tablespoon of peanut butter -1 cup of low-fat milk

I felt a bit disappointed that it didn’t taste of raspberries one bit (ok, maybe a little bit). First sip was very banana-y and in the end I could totally feel the peanut butter, which was kinda nice. But next time I would put 2 handfuls of raspberries.. or maybe I should get boring and blend raspberries on their own.

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I had an ‘I want ice cream’ kind of morning today (but I was a good girl and didn’t add any ice cream to my smoothie). So today I’m having a small one & here’s what’s inside

-handful of cherries -1 kiwi -100g fat free yogurt

and I think I should have added more cherries, but it’s still definitely one of my favorites. The consistence was - in my opinion - very smoothie like so it’s a great beginning of a great day.

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Continuing the dairy free topic and i might as well blend it for half an hour, I made a strawberry-pineapple smoothie. - 3 slices of pineapple -handful of strawberries (I added even more in the end) -1/2 orange (could replace with juice)

At first I didn’t like it at all - too much pineapple and too little strawberries (although I’m a big fan of both), so I added about 5 more strawberries and it got purrrfect. And the consistence was just the way I like it - thick and smooth :)

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I feel like I need to confess - I hate adding milk and yogurt to my smoothies. I do like the taste, but it just feels wrong. So I made my Monday smoothie dairy free.

-handful of raspberries -1 kiwi  -1 orange (could probably replace with juice)

And it tasted fresh and lively - just as I wanted it to be :)

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Yes, I’m continuing the avocado weekend. And it doesn’t look as good as it did at the beginning (but gets better in the end).

-1/2 avocado -1 banana -2 spoons (pick the size yourself) of peanut butter -2 spoons of cocoa -1 spoon honey (wanted to try some sweeteners) -100g white yogurt

And I blended it. And I didn’t like the first sip but did start liking it the moment I poured it into a glass. Yes, I have awesome straws now and no, i don’t think this one is healthy and/or could make you skinny. Enjoy!