3 Healthy Smoothie Recipes

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This strawberry watermelon concoction was delicious and surprisingly it didn't taste overly sweet. The Ninja did its job and created a chunk-free, creamy smoothie in less than 2 minutes.

This strawberry watermelon concoction was delicious and surprisingly it didn’t taste overly sweet. The Ninja did its job and created a chunk-free, creamy smoothie in less than 2 minutes.

These smoothie recipes came with my sample Nutri Ninja (check out my review). So they are designed with the Ninja in mind. If you try these in a blender, you may want to make some changes (like no peels, seeds or apple cores).

If you are following the Weight Watchers plan, these smoothies are very low in points, delicious and filling. Since I’m doing WW, but a low carb version, these recipes have too many carbs for me at the moment. Once I’m within 10-20 lbs. of my goal weight, I’ll start adding more healthy carbs (like fruit) back into my everyday diet.

1. Super Berry Recovery Smoothie
Net Carbs: 32g
Weight Watchers PlusPoints: 5
Servings: 1

Ingredients

  • ½ C green seedless grapes
  • ¼ green apple, unpeeled and uncored
  • 1 tbsp vanilla protein powder
  • ½ C coconut water
  • ¾ C frozen blueberries

Directions

  • Place all the ingredients into a small 18-ounce Nutri Ninja cup in the order listed and blend for 30 seconds.

2. Coconut Mango Energyade
Net Carbs: 19g
Weight Watchers PlusPoints: 2
Servings: 2

Ingredients

  • ¾ C fresh chopped ripe mango
  • ¼ C fresh mint
  • 1-3/4 C coconut water
  • ½ C ice

Directions

  • Place all the ingredients into a 24-ounce Nutri Ninja cup in the order listed and blend for 20 seconds.

3. Strawberry Melon Energy Blast
Net Carbs: 31g
Weight Watchers PlusPoints: 3
Servings: 1

Ingredients

  • ¼ medium cucumber, peeled, cut in half
  • 4 strawberries, stems removed
  • ¾ C watermelon, cut in 1-inch chunks
  • ¼ C ice

Directions

  • Place all the ingredients into a 18-ounce Nutri Ninja cup in the order listed and blend for 30 seconds.

Making Healthy Smoothies With Nutri Ninja

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A few weeks ago I received my very first product in the mail to review on my blog -- The Nutri Ninja. Time to put it to the test.

A few weeks ago I received my very first product in the mail to review on my blog — The Nutri Ninja. Time to put it to the test.

While at FitBloggin 14 this summer, I chatted with some folks at the Ninja Kitchen booth. They were there to showcase the smoothie prows of their Nutri Ninja. After sampling their smoothie recipes and watching the product in action, the Ninja folks asked if I’d be interested in testing one at home and reviewing it.

Cool!

Well the Nutri Ninja arrived a few weeks ago. However I wasn’t able to give it a test drive until this weekend. I was so focused on getting below 200 lbs. that creating low carb smoothies was not on my radar.

Now that I’ve reached Onederland, I have time to play with the Ninja. I still need to create low carb smoothie recipes, but that’s my science experiment for December. This weekend, I picked some of Ninja Kitchen’s own healthy smoothie recipes to put the Nutri Ninja through its paces. Read More