Healthy Student on a Budget: Matt's After Workout Smoothie

By: Matt Botelho 

My tropical protein shake!!

 Ingredients:

- 1 Banana 

- 100ml Vanilla Greek Yogurt 

- Frozen field berries ( strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and blue berries)

- 2 Kiwis 

- 4 Strawberries

- 1 cup of chocolate whey protein powder

- 350ml water, and 3 cubes of ice

 

This is my personal favorite smoothie, because it tastes great, good for you and great after a workout.  Since we are on budget lets keep it simple.  

Just add:

- 1 Banana, and 3 - 4 strawberries

- cheaper brand yogurt (doesn't have to be Greek yogurt)

- water, and milk.

Not everyone is going to buy protein powder since it is costly, the example below cost me $22.99CAD, and that is one of the cheaper brands out there. 

If you're not a big fan of fruits and veggies.  Making smoothies is a great way to get your intake in vitamins and minerals.

Some tips on making great tasting smoothies are:

1) Make sure you add ice or frozen fruit - without these two items your smoothie would taste weird because it isn't cold.  Adding one of these two will help keep your smoothie cold and tasting great.

2) Adding yogurt - adding yogurt can help the taste in your smoothie.  Using yogurt with zero percent fat would be make it healthier.  Vanilla or strawberry flavors would be ideal.  Reasons to go for Greek yogurt is the added protein in i.  Personally I would go with the brand Liberte Greek Yogurt.  They are probably one of the best tasting brands of yogurt I have come across. 

3) Make sure to use water over milk - In the past I have made smoothies just using milk, and the smoothie was very thick.  By using water it is easier to digest, you can also add water and milk depending on your liking.

4) Experimenting - adding different things to it can help your love for smoothies.

 

Please feel free to comment with your own recipes, and try this out!!