Pineapple Peach Greenie

Good Morning. So I have an hour commute every morning to work, usually I savor my smoothie during the ride and typically have some left over to drink once I get to work. Well, not this morning. This smoothie was so good I drank the whole thing within 15 minutes (and 2 brainfreezes later) I was left wanting more! The sweetness of the peaches and juice, the tangyness of the yogurt, and the citrus from the pineapple make this a winner. And who doesn't love all the added vitamins and minerals from the spinach? Basically this smoothie is a winner.

1 cup pineapple mango Trop 50, 2p+
1 cup )% plain Greek yogurt, 3p+
1 cup frozen peaches, 0p+
1 banana, 0p+
1/2 cup frozen pineapple, 0p+
1 1/2 cups baby spinach, 0p+

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

Yield: 1 | 5p+

Nutella Chocolate Decadence

Oh my wow. If you have a chocolate craving, for whatever reason then this is the smoothie for you! Check it.

1 cup 1% milk, 3p+
2T Nutella, 5p+
1/2 cup plain 0% Greek yogurt, 1p+
2T sugar free Hershey's syrup, 1p+
1 banana, 0p+
2T cool whip free, 0p+
5 ice cubes

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

Yield: 1 | 10p+

Now, I know the p+ value of this is kind of high for a breakfast smoothie. But look at it this way, you get in 1 1/2 servings of your dairy and a fruit/veg serving as well. The Hershey's syrup is not really needed as it was crazy chocolatey. The Cool Whip would have been just as delicious on top of the smoothie as it was mixed in.


I have noticed that a lot of people from the Weight Watchers board I frequent are beginning to count calories instead of points. I want to start posting the calories but need to find a reliable source to begin doing it from. So I am working on it and if you are counting calories don't give up on me!!

Pineapple Mango Banana Smoothie

Hey all! So I am finally back with some great new ideas. Here is one that is so delicious. I will give you warning though, it is quite tart, likely due to the large amount of plain Greek yogurt. My mango was a little under ripe, if you were to use a really ripe mango it might help but if you make this as is, don't be expecting anything sweet. You could always add a packet or 2 of splenda to sweeten things up.


So, nearly all of my previous smoothies had protein powder in them. While you will still see smoothies that contain protein powder I am looking to obtain more protein from the Greek yogurt, instead of from the protein that has tons of other gunk I can't even pronounce in it. The protein powder I use, Deisgner Whey has like 20g of protein for 1 scoop and 2p+, the 1C of Greek yogurt I used in this recipe has 19g of protein and 3p+. I weighed heavily on this decision but decided that since I normally use 2p+ for protein and 1p+ for 1/3C regular yogurt, the 3p+ for Greek was the way to go.


So finally, here's the recipe:


1C minute maid light OJ, 1p+
1C non fat plain greek yogurt, 3p+
1 banana, 0p+
1 mango, chopped, 0p+
6 chunks frozen pineapple, 0p+
2 cups spinach, 0p+


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


Yield: 1 | 4p+

Blackberry Blueberry Banana Smoothie

1 cup light plain soy milk (2)

1/2 cup blackberries (0)

1/3 cup blueberries (0)

1/3 cup FF vanilla yogurt (1)

1/2 banana(0)

1 scoop low cal vanilla protein powder (2)

3 ice cubes**

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

Yield: 1 | 5p+

** Note: I was lucky enough to get out yesterday and pick fresh blackberries, so since they were not frozen I opted to use a few ice cubes for a colder smoothie. If you use frozen blackberries you can definitely omit the ice cubes, the rest of the ingredients remain the same. 


So how awesome of a color does this one have?!? And it was amazingly delicious. 

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!

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.



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!

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).