3 Smoothies with Oats
Make it Tasty
(click the links or pictures below to see the recipes and meet their makers)
(click the links or pictures below to see the recipes and meet their makers)
Note that Dana the Rebel Dietitian has all of her smoothie recipes on a single page. Scroll down a little to find her Totes My Oats recipe.
I included oats on the Guided Smoothie Tour because I thought it would be interesting to have a grain in the midst of all the fruits and veggies. Something different to mix it up. Plus, I've tried oats in my smoothies before and have liked the flavor and that they've helped me stay full longer.
The most common question I get about oats is whether you need to cook them or not. I've used them both raw and cooked and don't recall much of a difference in how they showed up in my smoothies, so either way works.
Enjoy!
The most common question I get about oats is whether you need to cook them or not. I've used them both raw and cooked and don't recall much of a difference in how they showed up in my smoothies, so either way works.
Enjoy!
Make it Healthy
Turns out oats are nutritional powerhouses. Most ingredients featured on the Tour are good for two or three vitamins and minerals, four tops. But according to nutritiondata.self.com one cup of oats gives us more than 10% of our daily recommended amount of no fewer than eleven vitamins and minerals.
Top of the list are maganese (383%), phosphorus (82%), thiamin (79%), magnesium (69%), copper (49%), and zinc and iron (both at 41%). And that's not even counting dietary fiber (66%) and protein (53%).
Wait, half your daily protein from a cup of oats? Seemed hard to believe, so I checked another site, the USDA's SuperTracker Food-A-Pedia, searching for "oats, uncooked". (Quick aside: have you ever heard of a more colorfully named government website?) Sure enough, it said that cup of oats only gives 23% (11 grams) of our daily recommended protein. So as usual, we're left to decide which website to believe. But either way, that's a ton of plant-based protein.
I knew oats were good for lowering cholesterol, but holy smokes, they're like a freaking multivitamin. Well done, oats. Well done.
Top of the list are maganese (383%), phosphorus (82%), thiamin (79%), magnesium (69%), copper (49%), and zinc and iron (both at 41%). And that's not even counting dietary fiber (66%) and protein (53%).
Wait, half your daily protein from a cup of oats? Seemed hard to believe, so I checked another site, the USDA's SuperTracker Food-A-Pedia, searching for "oats, uncooked". (Quick aside: have you ever heard of a more colorfully named government website?) Sure enough, it said that cup of oats only gives 23% (11 grams) of our daily recommended protein. So as usual, we're left to decide which website to believe. But either way, that's a ton of plant-based protein.
I knew oats were good for lowering cholesterol, but holy smokes, they're like a freaking multivitamin. Well done, oats. Well done.
Make it Matter
Eating healthy can only matter if we do it consistently over time. My goal is to combine healthy smoothies with the power of habit to help you be healthier for as long as you want to be.
Here's how I see it: We only do things when we remember to do them and when our motivation to do them exceeds the effort required. Guided Smoothie Tour installments support your healthy smoothie habit by reminding you to smoothie (if you're signed up to get the emails), and by making it both easier and more fun to do. Here's how:
Recipes you know by heart are easy to shop for and make, requiring less effort, and therefore less motivation....until you get bored, that is. Then you need something new to pique your interest and give your motivation a boost.
Find a few favorites along the tour that are worthy of your regular rotation. Then come back for fun, new recipes when you want to mix things up (pun intended).
Have an awesome day!
Shaun
Here's how I see it: We only do things when we remember to do them and when our motivation to do them exceeds the effort required. Guided Smoothie Tour installments support your healthy smoothie habit by reminding you to smoothie (if you're signed up to get the emails), and by making it both easier and more fun to do. Here's how:
Recipes you know by heart are easy to shop for and make, requiring less effort, and therefore less motivation....until you get bored, that is. Then you need something new to pique your interest and give your motivation a boost.
Find a few favorites along the tour that are worthy of your regular rotation. Then come back for fun, new recipes when you want to mix things up (pun intended).
Have an awesome day!
Shaun
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The Guided Smoothie Tour is a blog and email series that each week introduces you to 3 new healthy smoothies from around the web, shares the nutritional highlights of that week's featured ingredient, and even helps a little with the hard part of a healthy smoothie habit: sticking with it over the long haul so it can actually matter to your health.
Make it tasty. Make it healthy. Make it matter. Join the tour. Just let me know where to send your weekly emails. If you decide it's not for you, you can cancel any time.
Make it tasty. Make it healthy. Make it matter. Join the tour. Just let me know where to send your weekly emails. If you decide it's not for you, you can cancel any time.
~ Let's be healthy together. Forever. One smoothie at a time. ~
