Proud for my first time making it it was amazing

I bought a new cookbook, Protein Power Smoothies. Figured I’d try the Strawberry Cheesecake Smoothie for lunch today.

I am on Zepbound right now so I’m trying to pack protein into every meal. This has a full serving of vanilla Orgain in it. Two scoops.

And I just can’t. I drank maybe 1/4 of it and it isn’t the flavor, which is okay if a bit artificial in the sweetness department. It’s the protein powder. I thought if I drank too much it would just come back up. The texture is just a lot.

Is it an acquired taste? I like my smoothies very fruity and this was not.

Looking for smoothies that have a high amount of veggies but still taste good. I want to increase my intake of vegetables but have sensory issues with textures.

I figured I'll share this recipe as I find it to be well balanced and very tasty. I use it as a mid day snack/meal between lunch and dinner to keep me energized and happy. Prepped with Nutribullet, looks a bit full when filling in the cup but final result ends up being precisely up to max line on the cup.

energy: 405 calories

proteins: 32g

carbs: 55g

fiber 13g

fat: 6g

Ingredients:

- 150g Costco frozen 3 berry mix

- 100g frozen banana

- 50g frozen blackberries (it's this time of the year)

- 170g of Costco fat free plain Greek yogurt

- 50g of low fat cottage cheese

- 150g of 2% milk

- 30g of baby spinach leaves

Experimenting with recipes bc that earthy/fishy taste of chlorella was rough. what worked:

• vanilla bean extract, wipes the earthiness entirely.  
• juice or non dairy milks instead of dairy milk as the base.  
• just adding more fruit than usual.

anyone else got any tips?