Health Drinks

[Gordie]

We just got one of those Ninga blenders and I figured now is the time to start making healthy drinks anyone else doing this, and what is your favorite health drink?

[mrklean]

I use to do chocolate protein powder, frozen strawberries or mixed berries, scoop of ice, scoop of creatine and teaspoon of coffee grounds. But you can mix just about any protein power with those shakes.

[delcecchi]

Don't coffee grounds make it a little gritty? Like the old state fair blender demos where they threw the egg in shell and all?

[Powerstroke]

Coffee grounds blend in great.

I guess it depends on what you mean by "healthy drinks".

I use my Herbalife meal replacement and protein powder to make shakes for breakfast and lunch. I blend my breakfast one with ice, but I just use a shaker cup at lunch. Both work really well. I like mint chocolate chip. Its like ice cream for any meal and it solves my sweet tooth at bedtime.

We use lots of different things to make healthy smoothies. Using a vanilla protein you can add fruit, coffee, sugar free coffee flavorings, a teaspoon of crystal light etc. Lots of different ways to spice of the flavor.

I would say the thing that turns off most people is using poor protein. Too gritty or poor flavor makes people quit in a hurry.

[titelines]

Love our Ninja too! I make frozen fruit smoothies before hitting the gym.

- Cup of frozen fruit (strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries etc.)

- 1/2 cup of plain greek yogurt

- 1/2 cup of fat-free milk (you can use some type of juice too, but I don't like the sugar)

Great start to the day.

Look in the recipe book that came with your Ninja, there's a few good drink ideas in there.

[tacklejunkie]

I've added one raw beet to my fruit smoothies. It's not bad. I peel them, of course but it's a great way to add a serving of vegetables to the mix

[Gordie]

Thanks for the responses I have found many ways to spice up the taste and I found that you can use the jello mixes as flavors for many drinks and they are sugar free. I also have experimented with the dry pudding mixes and they are not to bad at all. I also like to use cranberry juice as a base it really is good for your urinary tract.

Today I made a smoothie that had vanilla 1/2 cup yogurt,one kiwi,1/2 cup skim milk, 4 tbls of milled flack seed and 1/2 cup cranberry juice.

It was very tasty and it almost tasted like it was mixed with strawberries.

[Riverratpete]

I recently purchased a power juicer so am experimenting with that..anyone with good recipes feel free to share..found adding most veggies to apples works fairly well...it's a bit like mainlining nutriants, vitamins and minerals right to the system.

[fishersofmen]

I got a juicer a few years ago. There are a lot of different combinations of fruits and veggies that make some really good drinks. The problem is they are very expensive to use. I couldn't believe how much money I would spend in the produce department. For that reason its been collecting dust in the garage.

[Malt]

Energy drinks are the best source for get the energy and nutrition.According to me that we should be energy drinks which are the best for health and fitness because it is the best for immune system...