You’d think making healthy smoothies would be easy—and it is, as long as you start with the right ingredients. In this episode, Joe shows you the steps to making delicious, healthy smoothies.
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My go to smothie recipe is very sweet:
1 banana
3 dates
1 cup of really cold milk
1 tsp chocolate powder
Ice if needed
A load of drivel
Delightful to see you again Joe with the charming happy presentation. You do a great job making everything simple and easy to understand. I always look forward to your videos. You always have at least one thing quick and easy for an impatient cook like me. 👍
"A good smoothie isn't a bunch of random ingredients thrown into a blender"
I mean it can be… a few cups of omega 3 trailmix, strawberries, blueberries, oranges, apples, and a few leftover carrots? Send it. it'll be fine.
I find when I put a banana in a smoothie it doesn't matter what else is in there. It always tastes like banana
Chia seeds soaked in almond milk (or any selected liquid) for at least 15 minutes (and ideally an hour or more for max gelling) are an outstanding smoothly emulsifier – creamy texture every bit as good as banana or avocado, but no sugar and a Big boost of fiber, protein and omega 3 – great video!
Avoid combining blueberries with bananas…there’s an enzyme in bananas that breaks down the anthocyanins. Use avocado instead.
I'm allergic to bananas and apples and dairy and gluten so my go – to has always been egg white protein powder (in the big orange canister) and cashew milk yogurt (TraderJoes). But I really look forward to following the process and hints in Joe's video. I might even try the green smoothie with blueberries to cover the bitterness. Thanks ATK!
I use coconut milk (liquid or frozen into cubes) instead of water and ice. It adds richness and a light tropical flavor without watering down the smoothie. And a tiny pinch of salt helps enhance the flavors—a little goes a long way!
So if you can't eat dairy, does a non-dairy yogurt still act as an emulsifier?
Lets get cracking?
Shouldnt we day "Lets get blending?"
Frozen green grapes, frozen spinach, avocado, green tea, ice, plain Greek yogurt, grated ginger. The grapes can vary wildly in sweetness, but I like it best when they’re a little on the tannic side.
🤔I haven’t made this in a while. I should make it!
How do these do if you dont use it right away. Do they make it for a day in a fridge? Charles
🍴It looks awesome ❤ It must be yummy Keep in touch❤ Thank you for sharingstay connected 🍽🥂
To add to what others have written; if you are going to use nuts (roasted but unsalted), or protein powder, I recommend put them in at the beginning with just a bit of liquid, like yogurt and/or a bit of milk/nut milk, so that it incorporates better. If you put the nuts in later than that its difficult to get the nuts to completely blend without over processing/heating it and you end up with little bits of nuts, which isnt pleasant.
Make sure to start it on a lower speed setting so it doesnt blast the contents all over the inside of the jar. You can incrase the speed after the first steps.
After the initial blend, you can put the remaining milk/nut milk, then ice and fruit, starting with the bananas as they can make it really thick and hard to mix if you add them last.
If its getting too thick, I prefer to put more milk/nut milk than water, as it keeps it rich instead of watering it down (especially if using ice like I do). ESPECIALLY as the smootie thaws to room temperature. It can start getting really pulpy fast.
These people at the America's Test Kitchen are all really great. Julia, Bridget, Lan, Keith, Jack, Elle, Erin…and now Joe. I've used their recipes and methods, all to great success. The only problem is I am a metric person, and I have to painstakingly convert all their quarts and tablespoons of butter etc., into metric units first, and that's the major reason why I am not paying for the subscription. I am a subscriber to their youtube channel though. If you would like the recipes for these smoothies, I have written them down:
Rules:
1. Flavour base
2. Build flavour
3. Keep it cold
4. Emulsify
5. Boost it
6. Thin it
Steps:
1. Add ingredients to the blender following the order of the ingredient lists.
2. Start with low speed until all ingredients are spinning, then increase speed to high and blend for 2 mins.
3. The amount below each makes 2×1.5 cups of smoothies.
Blueberry
2 cups frozen blueberries
1 banana
¾ cup plain yoghurt
¾ cup water
Spinach
1 cup spinach or baby kale or arugula
¼ cup of parsley
1 cup ice
1 baby cucumber
1 cup broccoli or cauliflower or zucchini (frozen is fine)
½ avocado
2 teaspoon spirulina (optional)
1 cup unsweetened apple juice
Orange Creamsicle
1 cup of ice
1 orange, peels and cut into pieces
1 small carrot grated
1 banana
¾ cup of yoghurt
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup water
Tahinicchino
1 cup of ice
1 banana
2 tablespoons tahini
1 tablespoon of instant expresso powder
1 tablespoon honey
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk (dairy or plant-based are both fine)
1 cup water
I tried to make it, and it was really delicious.. 😋😋😋 thank you for sharing a delicious recipe upload on khal 😋😋
I always put ice and a bit of water in mine. Learned one thing from a girlfriend in Ukraine. Add carrot for "sweetness". Also seems to (maybe?) make it kind of creamy/thick.
Unfortunately Stevia (at least the kind of I've been using) makes things "foam up" and get kind of weird and frothy.
When did Prince Albert become part of the gang? I've missed something.
Rolled oats, protein powder, mix of nuts, soy milk, banana, berries, strawberries, kefir
Thanks, GI Joe! 😉