Comments on: A smoothie story

By: arielle

arielle — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:49:44 +0000

Romina -
Good idea. Maybe I’ll try that next.

Badger -
Seriously, I had no idea there were blueberries in it until you said that. It doesn’t taste like blueberries at all.

Tina -
It’s ground. I keep it in the freezer so it doesn’t go bad, but I use it pretty quickly so I don’t worry about buying the pre-ground kind. But I know you can ground it in a clean coffee grinder or probably a food processor.

dc_rd -
I know, it’s ground.

rebecca -
I don’t think it gets lost as long as you don’t put too much milk. If you think about it, the rest of the flavors are pretty bland…and also the flax adds a nutty flavor that kind of accentuates it. No, I don’t have a dishwasher. My life sucks, basically.

PS -
It’s a date. He’d let you pet him. He’s sweet.

VG -
I agree, obviously.

Betsy -
I didn’t either, until badger said something. I got it at Trader Joe’s. I wouldn’t hunt it down, though, because it doesn’t taste like blueberries.

Kristie -
I think it’s worth it; I definitely taste it. But just try it once! I mean, the worst that could happen is you can’t taste it and you wasted like 100 calories. No big deal. Plus you still get the protein and healthy fat.

Lindz -
It is definitely a guy thing. Chris drinks it just mixed with water and it makes me want to gag. I’ll have to check out the isolate; he just said it’s better too. But he said isolate isn’t natural??? I don’t know. I had no idea it was so complicated.

By: lindzakins921

lindzakins921 — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:39:14 +0000

yeah apparently according to my fiance whey is better than soy too haha, must be a guy thing… i just got hooked on whey isolate, apparently it’s a “cleaner” form of protein!

By: Kristie

Kristie — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:56:37 +0000

Just like rebecca, I’ve honestly never added peanut butter to a smoothie either! And mainly because I’m afraid that I won’t be able to taste it and it’ll be a waste… so just how flavourful is the peanut butter once you add it in there, can you taste it a lot? I’ll probably give it a try very soon, it sounds so darn good.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:49:32 +0000

your flax has blueberries!?!?! wtf! i didn’t know that existed!

By: VeggieGirl

VeggieGirl — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:56:29 +0000

I ALWAYS put nut-butter (usually almond or hazelnut) and bananas in my smoothies - can’t make one without those ingredients, for sure!

By: PS

PS — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:28:13 +0000

OK, I’m comin’ over for a peanut butter smoothie. That’s my idea of g-o-o-d. Oh, and I get to pet Jack, too.

By: rebecca

rebecca — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:42:45 +0000

badger reader - are you from wisconsin?

arielle - thanks for the smoothie recipe! sounds so so yummy. i have yet to put PB in a smoothie cause of fears of the taste getting lost. by the way, do you not have a dishwasher? i was totally anti extra dishes back when i didn’t have one and a lot of city apartments don’t. if so, i’m so so so sorry. at least you are still cooking - i was the queen of frozen meals so all i had to wash was a fork.

By: dc_rd

dc_rd — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:27:44 +0000

I was going to ask if you’ve ground your flax as well. Because humans can’t digest the outer shell of the flax seed, so we don’t break down any of the good stuff in it…and it passes right on through unchanged.

By: TinaR

TinaR — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:56:20 +0000

Did you grind your flax? I’ve seen the kind you have and I think it is whole, rather than ground, which means you wouldn’t get all the nutritional benefits from it. If you ground it yourself, how did you do it?

By: badger reader

badger reader — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:43:22 +0000

Thanks for the clarification on the PB!
Your bag of flax reads “with blueberries”.