Drinking smoothies is a great way to stay, or get, healthy. Green smoothies are very popular and often include spinach or kale. Some other common smoothie ingredients are: strawberries, grapes, oranges, and pineapple. Sometimes it’s hard to stray from what you love but there are so many other delicious ingredients that we forget about!
Here’s a list of 10 ingredients to add to your smoothie recipes that you may not think of.
What are your favorite smoothie add-ins?
I add frozen cauliflower rice, white beans, and oatmeal or oat flour to my smoothies. They add thickness and nutrition and are neutral tasting.
I believe this is the blog post you are looking for: http://www.blendtec.com/blog/green-smoothies-join-the-revolution/
Where do I find the weekly green smoothie recipes I used to use?
I love adding chia seeds to my smoothies. It’s a great thickener and blending is a good way to hide it if I’m not in the mood for those fun bubbles of chia in a pudding/water-based drink.
This may be a dumb question (forgive me if it is) but can you put cherries in without first pitting them? I don’t want to ruin my new Blendtec! :)
Ok, you all are probably going to think this VERY strange, but I added my cooked broccoli stems (I eat everything) that I steamed the night before. Of course I had to add lots of fruit to disguise the ugly green color, but it was yummy. :)
Great question. We don’t recommend putting cherry pits in our blenders. They would blend just fine (might cloud your jar a little), but they may contain cyanogenic acids (aka cyanide). Because of this we don’t recommend blending them.
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Thanks for these. I don’t have a Blendtec but I do so love seeing the wonderful things you can do with it or add to your meals with it.
I’m a big fan of adding Kale now to my smoothies. And Ginger.
Great article, keep them coming