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Make-Ahead Easy Smoothies

September 5, 2015 by Megan

Breakfast is a challenge for me, as I just don’t usually have an appetite in the morning. But as they say, it’s the most important meal of the day! So I like to go for the quickest and easiest way of getting in a morning meal, so sometimes I throw together some Make-Ahead Easy Smoothies!

Make-Ahead Easy Smoothies- just blend and go!

I got this idea from a photo one of my favorite tumblrs (which is no longer being updated, sadly), but there was no tutorial, so I thought I’d blog about how I put these together. It’s pretty self-explanatory anyway, but here goes:

Make-Ahead Easy Smoothies

Ingredients:
1 container of plain Greek yogurt (24oz)
a muffin pan
12 sandwich bags
2 freezer bags
several cups of frozen or fresh, cut-up fruits (I used strawberries, blackberries, bananas, and pineapple.)

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Instructions:

1. Spoon the yogurt evenly into the 12 cups in the muffin pan, then put the pan in the freezer.

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2. Add the fruit into the 12 sandwich bags in whatever combinations you like.

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3. After an hour or two, take the muffin pan out of the freezer and set it on a cookie sheet with a 1/8 inch of hot water. After a couple minutes, you should be able to spoon the yogurt cups out and put one into each of the 12 bags.

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4. Divide the bags into the 2 freezer bags (6 sandwich bags in each), and lay them as flat as possible so they fit into your freezer and take up the least amount of space.

smoothies-ready-for-freezer

That’s it! When you want to make a smoothie, you just take out a bag, put all the contents into your blender, add a little water or fruit juice, and blend it up!

Boom- breakfast for 12 days!

 

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Make-Ahead Easy Smoothies
Author: Megan
Recipe type: Breakfast, Freezer
Serves: 12
 
Make-Ahead Easy Smoothies, for when you need a quick-and-easy breakfast! Just blend up your pre-made single servings, and go!
Ingredients
  • 1 container of plain Greek yogurt (24oz)
  • several cups of frozen or fresh, cut-up fruits
  • a muffin pan
  • 12 sandwich bags
  • 2 freezer bags
Instructions
  1. Spoon the yogurt evenly into the 12 cups in the muffin pan, then put the pan in the freezer.
  2. Add the fruit into the 12 sandwich bags in whatever combinations you like.
  3. After an hour or two, take the muffin pan out of the freezer and set it on a cookie sheet with a ⅛ inch of hot water. After a couple minutes, you should be able to spoon the yogurt cups out and put one into each of the 12 bags.
  4. Divide the bags into the 2 freezer bags (6 sandwich bags in each), and lay them as flat as possible so they fit into your freezer and take up the least amount of space.
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Today is Day 5 of “Baby Steps to a Better You,” and as you may have guessed, today’s challenge is eat breakfast!

Do you usually eat breakfast? If so, you’ve got today’s challenge covered (go do 10 push-ups!). If not, how can you get into a routine of eating breakfast? Maybe today’s make-ahead smoothies are the answer, or if you prefer a just-as-easy savory morning meal, try some make-ahead Freezer Egg McMuffins!

When I have time, scrambled eggs and cottage cheese is my favorite, protein-rich breakfast. And when I don’t, I tend to skip it or hit a drive-thru. Bad habits!

Today, eat breakfast (or plan for tomorrow morning). It will give you energy to seize the day!

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Comments

  1. Cynthia says

    February 27, 2012 at 12:51am

    Awesomeness!

    Reply
  2. cindy jones says

    March 1, 2013 at 6:26pm

    great idea!!! thanks

    Reply
  3. sheila burgin says

    March 5, 2013 at 12:29pm

    my kids love smoothies and i have the mini muffin pantoo and that would work awesome!..i gotta try this :)

    Reply
  4. Natasha Andrews says

    March 7, 2013 at 3:44am

    i love this idea. my oldest is now in High School and often wants a smoothie for breakfast. This will make it faster at 5:30 in the morning.

    Reply
  5. MD Kennedy says

    March 9, 2013 at 12:49pm

    What a perfectly awesome idea! I’ll have to do this for my hubby – he loves a smoothie in the morning but doesn’t know how to put the ingredients together…

    Reply
  6. Robin W says

    March 10, 2013 at 5:08pm

    This is awesome. We love smoothies, especially in the summer and this is something I could make now and have ready for the warmer months when we tend to eat less and need this nutrition!

    Reply
  7. Peggy Greco says

    March 16, 2013 at 6:47pm

    Thanks for sharing this practical and fun way to fix make ahead smoothies!

    Reply
  8. Mighty Knitting Chick says

    March 18, 2013 at 3:35am

    What a great idea!

    Reply
  9. CK says

    March 21, 2013 at 1:58pm

    What a great and easy way to make a smoothie, this I have got to try

    Reply
  10. kathy smith says

    March 22, 2013 at 11:31pm

    This is such a great idea. This will be great for the summer too. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  11. Maria Iemma says

    March 28, 2013 at 10:09am

    We love smoothies but putting them together in the morning is a challenge, this is a wonderful idea. I plan to do this and have everyone pick a bag and put in blender. Thanks

    Reply
  12. Vicki Hale says

    March 28, 2013 at 2:24pm

    This is awesome! I love getting prep time out of the way. thank you Vicki

    Reply
  13. Charity says

    March 29, 2013 at 11:23pm

    Great idea! I love being able to prep stuff in advance so that when I am ready to eat, I don’t have to wait. These are so simple!

    Reply

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