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Strawberry Cheesecake Smoothie Recipe | Wellness Mama

April 21, 2023

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Smoothies are a yummy and wholesome manner so as to add an additional enhance of diet to your weight loss program. Plus a sneaky method to get further diet into choosy children. I’ve a set of a few of our favourite whey-free smoothie recipes right here. This strawberry cheesecake smoothie although is simply as scrumptious as our outdated favorites.

Unlike numerous smoothies, this one is low in sugar. It’s additionally filling due to the additional protein from my new favourite secret ingredient… cottage cheese!

Wake Them Up With a Strawberry Cheesecake Smoothie!

I’ve no hassle getting the youngsters going within the morning after they know I’m whipping up a blender filled with strawberry cheesecake smoothie. I realized way back it’s all within the identify… solely I’ve to understand how wholesome it truly is!

Instead of cream cheese, this smoothie will get its dessert-like creaminess from cultured cottage cheese. It additionally provides a whopping 14 grams of protein. This makes it nice for breakfast or a mid-morning snack. Plus it’s naturally gluten-free and low-fat (relying on which milk you employ).

Don’t fear, the cottage cheese blends up good and creamy (no lumps!)… cheesecake fake-out full.

Healthy Smoothie Ingredients

So how is that this smoothie totally different than a dessert? It’s thick and creamy like ice cream, however with out all of the sugar or dangerous for you components. Although, you’ll be able to have your wholesome ice cream and eat it too.

Cottage Cheese (But Not Just Any Cottage Cheese)

We averted dairy for fairly some time whereas I used to be getting my autoimmune illness underneath management and therapeutic my son’s dairy allergy. Now dairy is again in our wholesome recipes rotation. Since cottage cheese is cultured it’s additionally simpler to digest than another dairy merchandise. We use the Good Culture model as a result of it’s grass-fed, natural, and has probiotics. Check native grocery shops and in the event that they don’t have it, ask them to begin carrying it!

If you don’t have cottage cheese readily available you would add some plain Greek yogurt or unsweetened vanilla yogurt. It will style extra like a strawberry smoothie as an alternative of a cheesecake model.

Choosing Your Milk

This actually depends upon your private desire. Grass-fed uncooked milk generally is a good choice for many who tolerate it properly. Then there’s oat, almond, or cashew milk. I used almond milk on this recipe, however use your favourite milk. You can learn extra about various milk choices and which of them I like to recommend right here.

Chia Seeds

Chia seeds are one other frequent ingredient round our home. I at all times have an enormous bag readily available for household favorites like chia seed pudding. This recipe doesn’t name for a big quantity, however these tiny seeds nonetheless actually pack a punch. Chia seeds are filling, and have protein and antioxidants. They additionally assist with hydration. All of those advantages assist help a wholesome weight.

One attention-grabbing truth about chia seeds is their gelling results might have well being advantages. Researchers suppose this gel motion additionally happens within the abdomen. This then creates a barrier between carbohydrates and enzymes within the abdomen to sluggish the conversion of carbs into sugar.

Collagen Powder

There are so many advantages to collagen powder that I’ve written an entire put up on them. Like protein powders, grass-fed collagen powder provides further protein. It’s additionally somewhat extra versatile than ingesting bone broth, particularly on scorching days. Collagen is much like gelatin in its advantages, but it dissolves in chilly water and is somewhat simpler to digest. My household consumes some type of gelatin or collagen every day.

Stevia

There’s some controversy over whether or not stevia is wholesome or not. I am going into the entire stevia debate right here, however the backside line is I really feel okay utilizing it. Natural sweeteners like maple syrup are a step above processed sugar. However, they’re actually excessive in blood sugar spiking carbs.

Stevia although gained’t spike insulin ranges and has no carbs. I exploit stevia in complete leaf kind or tinctures produced from the leaf however skip the white, extremely processed powder.

Put all of it within the blender, and there you have got it… get pleasure from!