************time for a bump***********

11/6/06

B: Kashi go lean /Uncle Sams mixed with 1 % milk and fresh strawberries

S: grapes

L: open faced sandwich on double fiber ww bread with homemade roasted sweet pepper hummus and oven baked turkey from the deli and cucumbers

S: reduced fat string cheese

D: salad with chicken and edamame (v & o)

S: apple ( gala)

11/7/06

B: Kashi go lean /Uncle Sams mixed with 1 % milk and fresh strawberries

S: gala apple

L: open faced sandwich on double fiber ww bread with homemade roasted sweet pepper hummus and oven baked turkey from the deli and cucumbers

S: reduced fat string cheese

D: orange roughy, veggies and salad

S: air popped corn

What is a grossout smoothie? It sounds naughty!

This SB friendly homemade smoothie was concocted by our very own Santosha on these boards It became such a hit during the Fitness challenges and journal visiting I thought I would share it here for Santosha since she doesn't frequent the boards as much anymore. It's very good!!!

When you first look at the ingredients, they may shock you . . . we asked Santosha to post her recipe a long while back and every one of us cringed when we read it. Thus we jokingly termed it the "Grossout Smoothie" !! I've renamed it so that people will give it a chance

It's amazingly good, and there are many variations that you can use to make it suitable for your own taste. We are all hooked on it and I have one practically every day!! Hope you enjoy!

Quote:
1 cup raw baby spinach (or more...I do two big handfuls)

1/2 cup berries of some sort (strawberries, mixed berries...whatever...I do the frozen ones - they seem to add better texture to the smoothie. I also do frozen mango. I bet banana would be good too....)

1 cup 8th Continent Light Vanilla Soy milk (if you're not a fan of soy milk, try NF milk w/vanilla and splenda...or SF vanilla syrup...) The 8th continent tastes like a Vanilla milkshake, I swear...it's sweet and vanilla-y...

Other "add-ins" - 1/3 cup tofu (silken, light, firm whatever...it all seems to work) OR whey powder OR cocoa OR any combination of all those...sometimes if it's too thick, I also thin it with either water OR apple juice (sshh...my guilty pleasure...I only add a little!)

Blend it up and gulp it down. It looks hideous because of the spinach, but it tastes yummy and is so healthy!



Tip: Do not omit the spinach in this drink. Especially if you dislike vegetables, or need to get more veggies into your diet! You can't taste it at all, the berries and vanilla flavor of the soymilk overpower the spinach and you taste a sweet fruit smoothie!!!
Here are some recent variations/tips I've learned about the smoothie -
**Adding in 1 TBSP flax meal adds some great oils, and a nutty taste, and more fiber to the mix.

**Buy the bagged baby spinach when it goes on sale (ours goes for $1/bag sometimes) and freeze it - it works just as well, if not better, in the smoothie when it's frozen.

**If you make sure you have some protein in the drink, it will keep you fuller longer.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I used frozen peach and banana that day...it's really yummy!

Chari

OK, you're right. It is a GROSS SMOOTHIE. Ugh! More power to you. I respect anyone that can keep that down and choose to drink it day after day. YOWZA!

I haven't been checking in as often as I should, but wanted to say, this makes me laugh because that actually sounds pretty good to me. <g> I like raspberries or strawberries with my spinach salad, though, which may explain it. I also really like smoothies that have carrot juice added, so I may just be odd.

I was down another pound this morning, so 7.5 pounds for the four weeks. Woohoo! I worried all day that I'd find myself faced with munchies that would derail me, since I was visiting a friend, but I took along an apple and some almonds, and she fixed a few chicken-and-apple sausages that were tasty. Now I feel the urge to try making my own sausage patties using ground chicken or ground turkey breast, spices, and some finely chopped apple. Anyone here tried that?

Supper is gonna be ground turkey breast patties browned in a drizzle of olive oil, with a can of chopped herbed tomatoes on top, simmered til done, and then a couple teaspoons of feta cheese sprinkled on each patty. Steamed veggies on the side. Nothing fancy, but easy to fix after being out all day.

Lené I wil answer you on the support thread.
I have some recipes for you.

Chari

Hello. How are you? I don't know if you remember me but we use to chat all the time in the chat room. I have finally got a computer full time now. My screen name was jenjoemel its now jenandy218. I hope to hear from you soon. Jennifer

Have not been here fo long time, Happy NewYear!

B: homemade porridge 1/2 cup cooked with cranberries and pomegranite arils, 6 oz. light vanilla soy milk and 2 pieces DD's orange

L: homemade fire roasted tomato, bean and turkey sausage soup 1 cup

S: light string cheese

D: veggies with cubed chicken breast, side salad with O & V

S: maybe air popcorn

Water and worked out on eliptical for 30

Breakfast
Easy Raisin Oats with Soya Milk

Snack
2 Satsumas

Lunch
Turkley, Green Salad,Cucumber.


Dinner
Spinach, Salmon.


Snack?
I might try the popcorn in the food bag
I did have the popcorn and some peanuts

I don't feel good about having the popcorn and nuts
so I shall stay away for them for awhile longer.

1/13/07

B: Kashi go lean with 1/2 % milk

S: gala apple

L: homemade fire roasted tomato , white bean and turkey sausage soup and lite and fit strawberry yogurt

S: reduced fat string cheese

D: salad with v & o, chicken breast and side of mixed veggies in chicken broth

S: maybe some air popped corn with smart balance spray and parm.

coffee with starbucks sf vanilla syrup and fat free milk
Water

Don't be so hard on youself Orange-chicken legs are yellow light but no biggy, skinless chicken breast is green light. Popcorn is yellow light but I eat it daily, popped dry with smart balance spray and a bit of fresh grated parm, 3 cups popped is a serving.
Nut serving is a handful or 20 g, that's the only big thing I see.
Tomorrows a new day and we get better at this the longer we do it.

Chari

1/16/07

B: kashi go lean ,(1/2 cup) with 1/2 % milk and 3 sliced strawberries

L: homemade white bean , fireroasted tomato and sausage soup and an orange

S: 50 % rf string cheese and a medium gala

D: cajun salmon with veggies

S: popped corn