Now that I’ve been using my Tribest blender for a few weeks, I wanted to show what my prep setup looks like. I’m still testing out different mixes, but it’s possible for me to prepare four smoothies ahead of time at once.

Each cup contained a mix of:

• Frozen apricots
• Frozen raspberries
• Frozen cranberries
• Fresh spinach
• Chopped almonds

I’m fine putting my frozen fruit in the night before, but even doing it on a Sunday evening was fine. If the apricots are still frozen, they don’t blend very well and honestly I don’t like my smoothies to be too cold during the colder months. I’m already cold enough when I get out of my warm bed to get to the gym. Brrr!

To finish the smoothie, I use a separate small jar to grind up some fresh flax seed and then I add that and some milk or water to my smoothie mix and blend.

On weekends, I make smoothies for Kay as well, usually with some of our weekend juice. We only buy juice on the weekend, so it’s usually a treat, but I definitely think it makes the smoothies tastier sometimes. Here we were celebrating Valentine’s Day with some of Kay’s homemade gluten free chocolate buns! (NOM).

I mainly stick to milk or water during the week for the extra protein from the milk and to avoid too much sugar from the juice, but mostly it’s because we are not in the habit of buying juice for use during the week.

With this setup, I prepare my flax seed to be ground the night before. In the morning I give the flax seed a quick pulse before grabbing a smoothie cup from the fridge. The whole process of blending and drinking takes about five minutes. I try to pack a protein, vitamins and iron from the spinach in so that I’m not too hungry before my post-workout snack at work.

If you drink smoothies, how much prep do you do the night before?