Tuesday, April 29, 2014

The Best Smoothie I Have Ever Tasted!!! (And a Healthy Pina Colada Recipe)

Ever since I received the Nutribullet for Christmas, I have been a Nutriblasting fool.  I have made the Nutriblasts/Smoothies that the Nurtibullet book provided for the first few months, then I decided to get creative and see what I could do.  Most of the smoothies I have made have been chock full of healthy ingredients, and some have been a treat, with mostly healthy ingredients.  Actually, all have had healthy ingredients, but some have just tasted like they were bad for me.  This one is one of those!!

While most Nutriblast/Smoothies start with greens, I opted not to put them in this one, because I was getting a little tired of the green smoothie, I wanted something bright and summery.  This smoothie was so easy and so delicious!!!  Ok, let me be honest, this drink came about because I wanted a healthy pina colada...but then decided to tweak it just a tad for a healthy breakfast smoothie lol  I'll also include the pina colada recipe below!

Mango Pineapple Protein Breakfast Smoothie
1 scoop Tera's Whey Vanilla Protein Powder (or protein powder of your choice)
1/2 cup frozen pineapple (I use Trader Joe's Pineapple Tidbits)
1/2 cup frozen mango chunks (about 7 chunks)
1 cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
1/2 of an orange
5 ice cubes

Put everything into your nutribullet or blender and zip!

Healthy Pina Colada 
1/2 cup frozen pineapple
1/2 cup frozen mango
1/3 cup lite coconut milk
2/3 cup unsweetened almond milk
2 oz orange juice
2 oz spiced rum (I used Capt. Morgan)
5 ice cubes