In a rush in the morning? Blend up a smoothie! Perfect for an on-the-go meal or snack, a smoothie can satisfy your sweet tooth while providing the nutrients and energy you need to keep you going throughout your day. Here are four healthy smoothie ideas that use Jenny Craig shakes and include vegetables, too!
Hide Your Veggies
To bulk up the nutrition in your smoothie, you can add as much non-starchy vegetables as you’d like! Spinach, kale, romaine lettuce, and carrots are perfect, healthy additions to your smoothie. You can even include beets, zucchini, and squash. Check the Jenny Craig list of Free Foods for more ideas and experiment with what vegetables you can easily hide in your smoothie.
Vanilla Cream and Banana Shake
This smooth, creamy smoothie is a satisfying way to calm a craving for a fast-food shake. Bananas are a great source of potassium! Add a couple handfuls of your favorite greens, including kale and spinach, to this smoothie to increase your intake of Vitamin K.
What you need:
- 1 Jenny Craig Vanilla Cream Shake Mix
- 1 cup water
- ½ frozen banana
- ½ cup ice
- 1 Jenny Craig Breakfast Syrup
Mix all ingredients in the blender and enjoy!
Chocolate Dream Shake with Berries
Pump up the antioxidants in your diet by including mixed berries in your smoothie. This rich shake indulges your chocolate craving with extra hot cocoa mix added, too! Yum!
Blend together:
- 1 Jenny Craig Milk Chocolate Delight Shake Mix
- 1 cup water
- ¾ cup frozen mixed berries
- ½ cup ice
- 2 Tbsp sugar-free hot cocoa mix
Peaches and Cream Smoothie
For the taste of summer, blend up this delicious peach smoothie using just one Jenny Craig Vanilla Cream Shake and vitamin-packed frozen peaches. Add a dash of cinnamon before blending. Cinnamon contains calcium and iron! If you have fresh garden carrots, include this sweet vegetable in the smoothie for a boost of beta-carotene.
Ingredients:
- 1 Jenny Craig Vanilla Cream Shake Mix
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup frozen peaches
- ½ cup ice
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
Throw these four items and your non-starchy vegetable of choice into the blender and enjoy.
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Smoothie
You don’t have to wait until Valentine’s Day to enjoy chocolate-covered strawberries! This smoothie combines Jenny Craig’s Chocolate Dream Shake with fiber and vitamin-rich frozen strawberries. Add a handful of spinach to help fight off osteoporosis and heart disease.
Mix together in a blender:
- 1 Jenny Craig Milk Chocolate Delight Shake Mix
- 1 cup water
- ¾ cup frozen strawberries
- ½ cup ice
- 2 Tablespoons sugar-free strawberry syrup
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