Freezing Smoothies

How to make smoothie packs when it comes time to make your smoothie you can easily take one smoothie freezer pack out of your freezer.

Freezing smoothies. Instructions in labeled ziplock bags combine the ingredients for each smoothie except the liquid. Freeze the bags or jars. Well if you ve tried this you know why it doesn t work. The smoothie separates and the fruit takes on a sort of funky flavor almost bad.

I use the other inside freezer shelves for storing frozen fruit and garden vegetables. Use your vitamix blender and store in freezer safe container. This gives the smoothie plenty of room to expand without the glass breaking. Now you can make your favorite smoothie recipe and make it into a freezer ready pack.

They re perfect for smoothies. Freezing the spinach or other greens has no effect on the taste of the smoothie or on its nutritional value. A new convert to smoothies i always wondered why pinterest is full of images of individually packed smoothie ingredients why not just make a big batch of smoothie and stash it in the fridge for meals throughout the week. When we think of oranges nutritionally most of us immediately think about their vitamin c content.

Keep bags in the freezer. She is a full time working mom to one little girl who loves her homemade lunches. By using frozen fruits you don t need to add ice. There are two ways to go about freezing smoothies.

For even more convenience use your vitamix blender to create large batches of smoothies ahead of time and freeze individual servings for a week s worth of healthy breakfasts. The pre made pre packaged method and the ice tray method. In her personal blog. This covers you for the times when oranges are out of season the price may be high there are shortages or you just can t live without putting orange in your smoothie.

You can also add in healthy booster ingredients such as powdered protein ground flax seed and ground chia seeds to your smoothie kits or to blended smoothies before freezing. Oranges like most fruit can be frozen for smoothies. To make a freezer smoothie pack fill ziploc bags or mason jars if you have the freezer space and want to avoid plastic with smoothie ingredients. I use this formula 2 cups fruit 1 sliced banana for a creamy consistency and sweetness 1 cup greens optional.

To use a freezer pack add 1 cup liquid to the base of the blender followed by smoothie pack contents and any extras such as chia seeds or coconut manna. Keeley is our resident allergy friendly contributor. Also frigidaire makes an awesome upright freezer that looks like a fridge. It has plenty of room and shelves in the door for the smoothies.