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Blend, Sip, GO! Smoothie Staples for Busy Mornings
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items Blend, Sip, GO! Smoothie Staples for Busy Mornings. Working full time with two boys means breakfast has to be FAST. These are the blenders, cups, freezer helpers and protein add-ins that get a real, filling smoothie into my hand (and into my boys) be...
My weekday MVP! Frozen fruit, spinach and protein - 60 seconds and breakfast is handled. The cups rinse clean in seconds, which matters when we're racing to the bus stop. This is the one that started our whole smoothie routine.
nutribullet Pro 900 Watt Blender - Series Price & Reviews
The weekend batch queen! I blend a double batch for the whole family and it handles frozen mango and ice without breaking a sweat. It was a splurge, but cost-per-smoothie it paid for itself by spring break.
Vitamix E310 Explorian Blender
The boys' personal smoothie maker! Small enough that my oldest can basically run it himself, and the little cups are perfect kid size. Ours lives at kid height so they can 'make breakfast' and feel like big chefs.
magic bullet® Personal Blender, 22 oz Cup
My grab-and-go hero! It comes with TWO cups, so one is always clean even when the dishwasher is full of the boys' stuff. It crushes ice like a champ and the cups are the perfect size for my morning protein smoothie.
Ninja Fit Compact Blender 700W, 2x16oz Cups
The travel blender! This little cordless guy comes on every trip - hotel room smoothies, tournament weekends, all of it. It charges by USB in the car and the boys think blending their own is the coolest thing ever.
BlendJet 2 Portable Blender for Smoothies & Shakes
The car smoothie cup! It fits my cup holder, keeps my smoothie cold through school drop-off AND my first meetings, and the straw lid means no spills when I brake for a squirrel. This rides shotgun with me every single workday.
Hydro Flask Travel Tumbler with Handle & Straw
Wide straws are a MUST for thick smoothies - no more fighting a blueberry chunk! These are soft silicone so the boys can chew on them (they will) without wrecking them, and they go right in the dishwasher. We keep a set in the car too.
Softy Straws Wide Premium Reusable Silicone
How I store make-ahead smoothies! I blend a big batch on Sunday, pour into these, and grab one each morning on my way out. The wide mouth is easy to fill AND easy to clean, which matters at 6am.
Ball Glass Mason Jar with Lids and Bands
Smoothie pack magic! I freeze extra smoothie base, yogurt and spinach in these 1-cup portions on Sundays. Pop one out, toss it in the blender with milk, and breakfast is 90% done before my coffee even finishes brewing.
Souper Cubes 1 Cup Silicone Freezer Molds
My coffee cube secret! I freeze leftover coffee and coconut milk in these big trays - they make smoothies thick and frosty WITHOUT watering them down like regular ice does. The boys freeze juice in them for their berry smoothies.
Large Ice Cube Tray for Whiskey: FDDBI Silicone
The protein that keeps me full until lunch! Plant-based and not chalky, and it disappears into berry smoothies so well that my boys drink it without a single complaint. One scoop and I'm not raiding the snack drawer at 10am.
Garden of Life Raw Organic Protein Powder
My sneaky mom add-in! Totally unflavored and it dissolves right in - nobody can tell it's there, but my hair, nails and knees sure can. Between work, workouts and chasing two boys, I'll take all the recovery help I can get.
Sports Research® Collagen Peptides Protein Powder
Tiny seeds, big job! A spoonful of these thickens every smoothie and sneaks in fiber and healthy fats for the boys. I stir them into everything - smoothies, yogurt, even oatmeal - and they never change the flavor.
Mamma Chia Organic Chia Seeds, Black
Ground flax goes in EVERY smoothie at our house! You'd never know it's there, but it adds the good fats and fiber that keep my little athletes full through morning practice and school. I keep the bag in the fridge so it stays fresh.
Spectrum Essentials Organic Ground Flaxseed 24oz
Portion control AND no messy jar! These little squeeze packs make smoothies creamy and keep me from adding 'just one more spoonful' (guilty). The cinnamon one tastes like dessert. I keep them in my desk drawer and the pantry.
Justins, Nut Butter Almond Cinnamon Squeeze Pack
Our sweetener of choice! Just a drizzle makes green smoothies taste like a treat so the boys stop negotiating. It's raw and unfiltered, so it actually tastes like honey should. The squeeze bottle keeps sticky fingers (and counters) to a minimum.
Nate's 100% Pure, Raw & Unfiltered Honey
The secret to a smoothie that actually fills you up! Half a cup of these blended in turns a snack into a meal that lasts the boys until lunch. This high-protein kind is my favorite for game-day mornings when breakfast has to WORK.
Bob's Red Mill Organic High Protein Oats, 32oz
My veggie insurance! One scoop hides in any fruit smoothie and suddenly my boys got their greens without a single complaint. I use it on the mornings when the spinach bag is empty - which, let's be honest, is often.
Amazing Grass Super Greens Powder Original
The youngest's smoothie cup! The weighted straw works at ANY angle, so he can tip it, lounge with it, even basically lay down and still get his smoothie. No spills in the car = mom win. It survived being thrown off the high chair more times than I ca...
Munchkin Weighted Straw Sippy Cups 7oz
Stops the strawberry graveyard in my fridge! Berries and spinach stay fresh SO much longer in these, which means I can actually buy smoothie stuff on Sunday and still use it Friday. Less wasted produce = more money for the fun stuff.
Rubbermaid FreshWorks Saver Medium Storage
The youngest's smoothie cup! The weighted straw works at ANY angle, so he can tip it, lounge with it, even basically lay down and still get his smoothie. No spills in the car = mom win. It survived being thrown off the high chair more times than I ca...
Munchkin Weighted Straw Sippy Cups 7oz