Quick and Easy Smoothies for Healthy Breakfasts, Snacks, and Desserts! – One Green Planet

Meal prep is a great way to have all of your food ready for the week, enabling you to make healthy choices, and save money while you’re at it! Not only does it keep you on track with your fitness goals, but it saves a lot of time. Imagine coming home after a long day of work, your meal already planned and ready to assemble in mere minutes. Does it sound too good to be true? Don’t worry, that’s why we’re here to send you Weekly Meal Prep inspo to get you in the kitchen!

We’ll give you a set of ingredients to work with every week and include seasonal recommendations, when possible. The primary goal of our weekly meal prep guide below is to help you focus your meals predominately around a new set of ingredients or themes every week. We’ll give you a plethora of creative ways to prep these ingredients to create healthy, quick, easy, and tasty recipes, so you’ll never be bored.

Before we move on, here are some great superfood powers for smoothies!

This week, we’re showing you how to meal prep smoothies for grab-and-go breakfasts, snacks, desserts, or whenever you just need something delicious!

1. Seasonal Smoothies

Image Source: Pomegranate Beet Citrus Smoothie With Mint and Ginger

You may be thinking that the cold weather isn’t the time for smoothies, but these gorgeous creations are here to prove you wrong. Using seasonal produce in your smoothies is a great way to bring these awesome treats into the winter months. For all of the following recipes, you can meal prep by cutting up and freezing your produce, and if you really want to take it to the next level, measure out any other ingredients the night before: plant-based milk can be measured and stored in the fridge in smaller containers, any spices or dry goods can be measured, mixed together and stored in a container so all you have to do for your breakfast, snack or dessert is just pour it all into the blender, blend and go!

It can be hard to get your full servings produce in the winter, but it’ll be much easier with these seasonal smoothies like Viktoria Radichkova‘s Pomegranate Beet Citrus Smoothie With Mint and Ginger that will brighten up your whole day. Get a classic cold-weather flavor in blended form with this Cinnamon Apple Smoothie from Jesse Lane Lee! Citrus is a really important element to your diet that you may be low on in the winter months, which is why you need this Winter Citrus Smoothie from Maria Llamas. Last but of course not least, one of the most well-loved flavors this time of year can be found in this Sweet Potato Pie Smoothie from Kat Condon!

2. Colorful Creations

Image Source: Blue Banana Smoothie

If you need a little more brightness and color to your dreary winter mornings, these smoothies will perk you right up! Their vibrant color and delicious flavors will put a smile on your face and will make you look forward to hoping out of bed and whipping together these easy and pre-prepped smoothies. This sky-colored Blue Banana Smoothie from Jesse Lane Lee will have you thinking it’s a sunny day every day.

Is it just us, or does drinking green things just feel healthier? Get your green on with Olivia Budgen‘s Protein Rich Green Smoothie! On the days that you may not be feeling as bright, but still want a cool colored healthy treat, this Black Detox Smoothie from Natalie Yonan is exactly what you need. And who can resist the sunniness of this Orange Creamsicle Smoothie from Mariko Sakata? We certainly can’t!

3. Dessert-Inspired Drinks

Image Source: Cake Batter Protein Smoothie

One of our favorite healthy hacks is making smoothies that taste just like desserts! They’ll make your taste buds and your health goals happy, and they’re easy as pie to make – especially if you prep them in advance. Get started with an awesome Cake Batter Protein Smoothie from Kat Condon for a protein shake that just tastes like a treat! If you’re more of a pie over cake person, this High-Protein Apple Pie Smoothie from Kat Condon will help you get enough protein in the most delicious way.

If you’re not on the go and have a moment to sit down with your awesome smoothie creation, dessert smoothie bowls are your new best friend – like a sundae with added nutrition! Check out Mariko Sakata‘s Key Lime Pie Smoothie Bowl or Ambra Torelli‘s Carrot Cake Smoothie Bowl for dessert-inspired goodness.

Our final tip: for even more efficient prepping to cut time when making your smoothies, prep some of these Smoothie Ice Cube Concentrates that you just have to blend with your preferred liquid whenever you like!

Hopefully with all of these ideas, you’re all set for your weekly meal prep this week! If you still need ideas or want to try other ingredients, check out our Meal Prep Archives for a variety of ingredients and awesome ways to utilize them for delicious and nutritious meals. For more meal inspiration, check out our Food Monster App. With over 15,000 recipes right in the palm of your hand, you’ll always have something delicious and new to try. It’s available for both Android and iPhone, and can also be found on Instagram and Facebook. Full of allergy-friendly recipes, subscribers gain access to new recipes every day. Check it out!

Learn How to Cook Plant-Based Meals at Home

Reducing your meat intake and eating more plant-based foods is known to help with chronic inflammation, heart health, mental well-being, fitness goals, nutritional needs, allergies, gut health, and more! Dairy consumption also has been linked to many health problems, including acne, hormonal imbalance, cancer, and prostate cancer, and has many side effects.

For those of you interested in eating more plant-based we highly recommend downloading the Food Monster App — with over 20,000 delicious recipes it is the largest plant-based recipe resource to help reduce your environmental footprint, save animals, and get healthy! And, while you are at it, we encourage you to also learn about the environmental and health benefits of a plant-based diet.

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