Protein Smoothies
I never thought I would actually be searching for recipes with extra fats, good or bad, but my skinny little girl has had a tough time bulking up. It took forever to get her to reach 30 lbs, only to drop almost 2 of them from severe constipation (sorry TMI). It was pretty intense, involving an xray and blood tests, now leaving us to figure out how to keep her diet balanced and prevent this from happening again. That is, once she is healed, which could potentially take some time. As the Mama, what can I do besides give her the medicine? I need to be proactive, I need to find some way to keep this pain and discomfort, not to mention embarrassment from incontinence, from happening again. I also want to make sure that weight gets back on her bones.
I’ve always loved the following recipes for protein smoothies, and they are now becoming my go-to solution when needing to nourish and fill. They are also really great pregnancy foods, to which I can attest.
Berry Smoothie with Almond Meal
Ingredients
1 cup milk
1 cup strawberries, hulled, roughly chopped
½ cup frozen berry mix
½ cup low fat yogurt
¼ cup oatmeal
2 tbs almond meal
2 tbs honey
Directions
Soak the oatmeal and almond meal in the milk for 10 minutes to soften. Add remaining ingredients and blend. Enjoy!
Almond Milk Smoothie with Orange Flower Water
Ingredients
1/2 cup almonds, blanched and peeled
1 1/2 cups cold milk
3 to 4 tablespoons sugar
splash of orange flower water
4 or 5 ice cubes, optional
Directions
Place the blanched almonds in a blender, and process until the almonds are a fine powder. Add the milk, sugar and orange flower water, and blend on high speed to mix well. If desired, add ice cubes while the blender is running to chill the drink even more.
Avocado Banana Smoothie
Ingredients
1 ripe avocado
1-2 bananas
1 cup milk
1 tbsp sugar (adjust to taste)
Directions
Mix all ingredients until smooth.
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I love this! Thank you for sharing!
I can help! There’s a brand of butter called Kerrygold, and it’s made from grass-fed cow’s milk. (It’s also Irish, so maybe that helps the magic?) It is *full* of Vitamins A & D. I’m trying to not necessarily gain (that’s happening on its own), but get fatty yet healthy things into me during my pregnancy, and my nutritionist loves this stuff. You can buy it at Trader Joe’s. Our health food coop also stocks it.
Thanks for the tip Anne-Marie! I might just get it for myself as well…I have really been struggling this pregnancy to eat and just have no appetite. At 26 weeks I had only gained 8lbs. We’ll see where I am next week at my 30 week appt but the eating itself is not going so well. There’s just nothing I WANT to eat so I need to find good fat sources when I do feel like eating. The other issue is I don’t have any energy (duh – lol) so finding something like that with vitamins is awesome! And yes, of course, it’s magic because it’s Irish!
I need to try the almond meal, I am always making our family smoothies.
Thanks for sharing
Deb
Mm…They sound good to me. Pinned to save. Thanks!
On my most nauseous days, I could always handle a piece of Ezekiel bread, toasted, drenched in Kerrygold and raw honey.
I love the sound of the Berry Smoothie with Almond Meal. I’ve never actually used almond meal so this would be a great way to try it.
Ah yes sugar. The new msg