Weight Loss Green Smoothie Recipe
Kick-start your morning with this filling, tasty smoothie. It provides lots of essential nutrients without the calories.
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Overview
Total time: 40 S
Servings: 1
Calories: 260
Ingredients
- 6 fl. oz. unsweetened almond milk
- 1/3 banana
- 1/2 cup pineapple fresh or frozen
- 1 tbsp. almond or peanut butter
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 2 cups spinach packed
- 1 cup ice cubes
- 2 Medjool dates pitted
Nutritional Information
- Serving Size: 20 fl. oz.
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
- Sodium: 315mg
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 8g
- Sugar: 23g
- Protein: 7g
Instructions
- Add ingredients to FourSide or WildSide+ jar in order listed and secure lid.
- Select "Smoothie" and enjoy.
This sounds delicious. However there would be 28 carbs in this drink, since sugar is also carbs—unfortunately not for diabetics. ;(
Yes and that is something else I have to watch out for.
You could easily modify this without the dates, and use a low GI fruit like blue berries instead of pineapple.
Although "natural" sugar..still sugar. Go with the 5 (veg) to 1 (fruit) for a heathier meal.
It is impossible for carbohydrates to be 5 grams and sugar to be 23 grams. Sugar grams essentially are a subset of carbs, as are the 8 grams of fiber. There are at least 31 grams of carbohydrates in this recipe (from the fiber plus the sugars), not 5 grams.
All that said, it is not all that bad a "weight loss" smoothie, since the fat and protein (due to the nut butter and almond milk) are significant and would make this smoothie more filling than most higher-carb smoothies. It just is not as low as 5 carbs.
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