This is a substantial, healthful option for breakfast or a snack that satisfies my yearning for strawberries during the off-season.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 10 mins |
| Servings: | 1 |
| Yield: | 12 ounces |
Ingredients
- 3 ounces frozen strawberries, or more to taste
- ⅓ cup orange juice
- ⅓ cup nonfat milk
- ¼ cup vanilla Greek yogurt
- 1 ½ tablespoons milled flax seed
- 1 tablespoon vanilla protein powder
- 1 ice cube
Instructions
- Blend strawberries, orange juice, milk, yogurt, flax seed, protein powder, and ice cube in a blender until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 268 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 27 g |
| Cholesterol | 12 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Protein | 27 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 154 mg |
| Sugars | 17 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I followed the recipe as given but left out the protein powder since I didn’t have any on hand. And I used fresh strawberries instead of frozen, I also added about a tablespoon of honey and 3 or 4 more ice cubes It was very good and I plan to make it again. I have some bee pollen and may toss some of that in for extra measure.
I read another reviewers comment about the addition of protein powder to smoothies. I think it all depends what brand you use. My protein powder is delicious and did not add any ‘artificial’ taste. Quite on the contrary it enhanced the flavors. This is a delicious smoothie that I will make again and again. Thank you for the recipe!
Not sweet enough
I would rate this recipe about a 3. In my honest opinion using protein powder or similar nutritional supplements to smoothies, that are not whole food ingredients, gives a smoothie that vitamin like after taste. It dominates the flavor. This was no exception. I was able to save it by tossing a frozen banana in at the end, hence my higher rating. It did remind me that I need to remember to add flax meal or similar foods to my smoothies.