Wake-Up Smoothie

From EatingWell: Summer 2004, The EatingWell Diabetes Cookbook (2005)

With a stash of berries in your freezer, you can jump-start your day with this nutritious, tasty smoothie in just minutes. It provides vitamin C, fiber, potassium and soy protein.

READER'S COMMENT:

"This smoothie is quite tasty. I didn't add any sugar but did add a bit of toasted wheat germ. Sweetness was perfect for my taste, but the kids thought it was a bit tart. Either way we all loved it and have made a few times.q "

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62 Reviews for Wake-Up Smoothie

10/30/2009

Anonymous

Nice, but I don't see the point of adding sugar/sweetener.
I make my own smoothie for breakfast, with 1 ripe banana, 1 bifidus yogurt, 2 tbs oatmeal, a splash of 2% milk and some cinnamon.

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10/26/2009

Anonymous

I've been eating this smoothie for breakfast for over 2 years and I can't stop. I use 1 banana (frozen w/o peel), 1 frozen strawberry, and a bunch of frozen blue berries (to taste). Then add the plain yogurt and OJ. After you blend stir in some flax seed. You should buy the Magic Bullet. This makes it sooo much easier to make a smoothie every day. I've had the same one the entire time so that something like 700+ smoothies and it's still going strong.

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10/26/2009

Anonymous

I have been making a version of this also, but I use nonfat plain yogurt, a banana, frozen fruit and a splash of diet peach green tea (like Snapple or Lipton). I use a fresh banana if they are not too ripe for me (but I also freeze bananas if I have too many before they get too ripe). That way I always have them available and no longer waste them by throwing them out! I adjust the amount of liquid depending on whether I am using all frozen fruit or fresh. I don't add additional sweetner, but if I did I would probably choose Splenda. Great way to get a few servings of fruit and satisfies my sweet tooth but very low-calorie!

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10/26/2009

Anonymous

This has tons of sugar and very little protein. If you drink the entire smoothie there's almost 100 grams of carbs. Add some protein powder or pasteurized egg whites to the smoothie and it'll be a better breakfast

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SillySuziSunshine wrote 1 year 35 weeks ago

Remember that this recipe was written to have 3 servings, so yes... 100 grams of carbs would a lot for 1 serving, but for 3 servings, 33 grams is not so bad..

10/25/2009

Anonymous

Better to add agave nectar than sugar. It's straight from the plant and you need less as it's more sweet.

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