Banana Cream Pie Smoothie

1 cup light plain soy milk (2)

1/3 cup FF vanilla yogurt (1)

1 banana, frozen or not (0)

1/4 package FF SF banana cream pie pudding mix (0)

1tsp vanilla (1)

1 1/2 (3 squares) graham crackers broken up  (1)

1 scoop low cal vanilla protein powder (2)

Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.

Yield: 1 | 7p+

I doubled this recipe this morning, like I do most mornings actually, and gave the other half to my boyfriend. He took one drink and said this is his favorite one I have made so far! The graham crackers are not in the original picture because I had that stroke of genius after I had already taken the first one. Do add the graham crackers, for only 1p+ the texture and deliciousness they add is totally worth it! Enjoy :)

A little weight update:

So I don't know if my scale is messing with me or what is happening but after a 2.6 pound gain last week I dropped 7.6 lbs on the scale this morning. I have been making really good food choices lately and I have been at a plateau for about a month so I think all my hard work finally caught up with me! I am going to go to the gym this weekend and a couple times next week to ensure these pounds stay off. Total weight loss to date: 32.2 pounds!!!! Just 17.8 pounds til goal, woooooooo!!!!!!!!!

Banana Nutella Smoothie

1 cup light plain soy milk (2)
2T Nutella (5)
1 banana (0)
1 scoop low cal chocolate protein powder (2)
5 ice cubes (0)


Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.


Yield: 1 | 9p+


I have been reading this book and in the book these starving kids find an entire train car full of Nutella, so it has been on my mind lately. I love the delicious chocolatey goodness of Nutella so much I decided it would make an excellent smoothie, and I was right. I sucked this one down in about 20 minutes this morning, this is a must try!

Apricot Blackberry Smoothie

1 cup light plain soy milk (2)

1/3 cup (about 4or 5 halves)  canned apricots in light syrup (1)

1/3 cup FF vanilla yogurt (1)

1/2 cup blackberries, frozen (0)

1/2 banana, frozen or not (not in picture) (0)

1 scoop low cal vanilla protein powder (2)

3 ice cubes

Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.

Yield: 1 | 6p+

This is by far the prettiest smoothie I have made so far. That purple liquid goes quite well with my rocking purple cup. Enjoy this one, I know I did!

Peach Apricot Smoothie

1 cup light plain soy milk (2)

1/3 cup FF vanilla yogurt (1)

1/3 cup (about 4 halves) canned apricots in light syrup (1)

1/3 cup peaches, frozen (0)

1 banana (0)

1 scoop low cal vanilla protein powder (2)

3 ice cubes

Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.

Yield: 1 | 6p+

This smoothie was absolutely delicious! The apricot really added a nice tang. Tomorrow's recipe will definitely be using some more of those canned apricots, yum!

Peach Banana Smoothie and Vacation News!!!!!

1 cup light plain soy milk (2)
3/4 cup peaches, frozen (0)
1 banana, cut into chunks and frozen (0)
1/3 cup FF vanilla yogurt (1)
1 scoop low cal vanilla protein powder (2)
1/4 cup water (0)


Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.


Yield: 1 | 5p+


Apparently my protein powder didn't make it into my picture this morning, oops!


So as of tomorrow I am officially on VACATION!!!! I will be returning next thursday from a 5 night camping adventure at Yosemite. So no more new smoothies until then. I am however, going to use this time away to come up with some new ideas. I really want to start incorporating new ingredients. I think some citrus zest and maybe even some vegetables might be on the menu for when I return so please, come on back!

Pineapple, Peach, Strawberry, Banana Smoothie

1 cup light plain soy milk (2)

1/3 cup FF vanilla yogurt (1)

1/4 cup peaches, frozen (0)

1/4 cup pineapple, frozen (0)

3 strawberries, frozen (0)

1 scoop low cal vanilla protein powder (2)

Just less than 1/3 cup water (0)

Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.

Yield: 1 | 5p+

This one is really good. I added the few strawberries for just a little color but you if you wanted to do just banana, peach, pineapple that would be equally delicious. You see I got my awesome new smoothie cup!! It is so cute but it is not insulated so the cup was a little wet by the time I got to work (I have a 1 hour commute to drink my smoothie each morning). Small price to pay for cuteness I guess.



Chocolate Covered Cherry Smoothie

1 cup light plain soy milk (2)

1 cup cherries, frozen (0)

1/3 cup FF vanilla yogurt (1)

1 scoop low cal chocolate protein powder (2)

3 ice cubes

1/4 cup water

Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.

Yield: 1 | 5p+

My Weight Loss Journey

Well, I mentioned Weight Watchers and that I have been doing it for a while now so I figured I would let you see the progress I have made so far. The first picture was taken on New Year's Eve (the date stamp is a day off) and the last picture was taken on the 4th of July. I am just over 1/2 way to goal, 23 pounds to go til I get to a healthy weight for my height.

Beginning weight: 186.4
Current weight: 159.2
Goal Weight: 136
Height: 5'2"

This is no doubt my smoothie blog but I wanted you all to know why I am doing this blog and why I am choose a healthy nutritious breakfast each and every morning :)

Blackberry Peach Smoothie



1 cup light plain soy milk (2)

1/3 cup FF vanilla yogurt (1)

1/3 cup blackberries, frozen (0)

1/2 cup peaces, frozen (0)

1 scoop low cal vanilla protein powder (2)

Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.

Mine came out just fine with this amount of soy but if you hear your blender struggling, please do not blow your motor, add a 1/4 cup water - that should help it right along.

Yield: 1 | 5p+

This is one of the prettiest smoothies I have made so far.

Last night I attempted a chai smoothie. It did not turn out so well. I am going to keep trying to get that one right though because I love chai and I think a chai smoothie would be an awesome morning pick-me-up. I will keep experimenting with that one and be sure to keep you posted. Happy Blending!

Peach Cherry Smoothie

1 cup light plain soy milk (2)
1/2 cup cherries, frozen (0)
1/2 cup peaches, frozen (0)
1 frozen banana (0)
1/2 cup FF vanilla yogurt(2)
1 scoop low cal vanilla protein powder (2)
1/4 cup water (0)


Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth!


I had this as part of my lunch today instead of breakfast since I was on the run, very delicious and very filling.


Yield: 1 | 6p+ 

Tropical Smoothie

2 cups soy milk (6)
1 package Yoplait smoothie - mango, pineapple, strawberry flavor (4)
1/2 cup extra pineapple (0)
4 extra strawberries (0)
2 scoops vanilla protein powder (4)
1/4 cup water (0)


Layer first 5 ingredients in blender and blend up. My blender needed a little more liquid to work properly so I added 1/4 cup water to get it moving again.


Yield: 2 | 7p+ per smoothie.


Note: the Yoplait smoothe packet is 4p+ which is the amount of points for the entire package. These packages contain not only the fruit but also yogurt chunks that get mixed into the smoothie during blending. I would estimate that if you didn't want to count the points for the fruit in the packet it would be about 2p+ rather than 4 bringing the total p+ per smoothie to 6.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Cheesecake Smoothie

1 1/2 cups light plain soy milk (I used silk) (3)

1 banana, frozen or not (0)

1 scoop protein powder (Designer Whey) (2)

1T PB2 (check out where you can buy PB2 here) (1)

1/4 package FF SF cheesecake instant pudding powder (0)

4 ice cubes

Layer in blender in order shown and blend until smooth.

Yield: 1 | 6p+

Oh, this one is sooo good. I could easily have this for dessert any night of the week. Enjoy!

Smoothie Accessories

I just found and purchased an adorable new travel cup for my smoothies Check it out here! I bought one in purple and one in orange, I couldn't decide on a color so I had to get both. Aaaannnd then of course if you spend $25 you get free shipping so I had to buy this as well for my desk. I needed it, I really don't drink enough water. Oh online shopping you will be the death of me.

As for the blender I use, well I have this champ that I purchased about 4 years ago, it still works like a charm and if I hadn't lost the blade to the food processor part I am sure that would still work well, too.
Side note: I had my smoothie at 8am and it is now 12:50pm and I am finally ready for lunch. I ate 16 RF wheat thins like an hour ago (WW really has helped me with my portion control, before I would have probably eaten like 1/2 a box) and I am just now hungry enough for lunch. My stomach just growled. I wish I had a blender at work, now that would be awesome... but such is life.

Strawberry Pineapple Smoothie

1 1/2 cups light plain silk soy milk (3)
1/2 cup pineapple chunks, frozen. (0)
5 strawberries, frozen (0)
1 banana (0)
1 scoop low cal vanilla protein powder, I use Deisgner Whey (2)

Layer in blender in order shown and blend it up til smooth.

Yield: 1 |  5p+

Note: I cut up a pineapple and some strawberries over the weekend and froze them in individual baggies in perfect smoothie porportions, but, if you are not as organized (okay obsessive), you can definitely add some canned pineapple and fresh strawberries then throw in like 4 or 5 ice cubes. Will totally come out equally delicious.

Also Note: While I make each of my smoothies 1 serving you can totally split this with someone. I only have a 16oz smoothie bottle so there is usually some excess left over that I leave for my boyfriend to have for breakfast, he gets nearly 12 ozs. So these smoothies are big, I mean they are supposed to be like an entire meal though sooo.... I think I am going to amazon a totally cute new smoothie cup right now to pose in all my pictures. I will post whatever I find.

Vanilla Cheesecake Smoothie

1 1/2 cups light plain soy milk (3)
1 frozen banana (0)
1 tsp vanilla extract (0)
1/8 tsp cinnamon (0)
1/4 package FF SF cheesecake flavor instant pudding mix (0)
4 ice cubes (0)

Layer ingredients in blender in order shown. Blend until smooth.

Yield: 1 | 3p+ (note I split this one in 2 since it was dessert. If making this for breakfast add 1 scoop low cal vanilla protein powder bringing the p+ to 5).

Smoothie Basics

I figured I should start with the basics of smoothie making. I like most of my smoothie recipes to have a few main parts.

1. liquid: I use light plain soy most of the time but I think I need to branch out and plan to give almond milk a shot to see how that goes and maybe even juice if I am feeling particularly frisky. (you will get at least 1 serving of dairy in each of my smoothie recipes though be it from the milk or the yogurt)

2. fruit: I mean it is a smoothie not a milk shake, it needs to carry at least some nutritional value. (you will get at least one and most likely 2 servings of fruit in my smoothie recipes, I plan to incorporate vegetables into my concoctions later down the line)

3. protein: I get a ton of protein from the greek yogurt I use but I like to amp that up with the protein powder in most of my recipes, and I plan to buy the WW smoothie packets and try those out as well. (I just like the protein because it really helps to keep me full for much longer, I usually eat a small snack around 10am and that will carry me through to lunch)

Those are my main rules of smoothie making: liquid, fruit, and protein. Now as we all know, rules are meant to be broken so if heaven forbid one day I post a recipe that does not contain all of these things no one call in the men in the white uniforms, I promise you I have not lost my marbles — it is called experimenting!!!

So I am sure you noticed the uses of WW and p+, that is Weight Watchers and Points Plus. I am currently on a weight loss journey and I am sure some of that will bleed into my blog regularly. For anyone checking out this site who is not on WW, please no mind the smoothies are undeniably delicious. Blend one up and see for yourself.