Mixed Berry Smoothie

Which berries are going to be used depends on what you have in your garden, your freezer or in your store. Frozen berries are available year long, but fresh ones are, IMHO, better.

So, put the berries into the strainer and wash them a little bit with plenty of cold water.

Put the berries in a tall pot, where they can be easily blended with other ingredients.

Note: stains from berries are sometimes hard to clean, so ...

Now, add some low fat or cottage cheese and some protein blend powder. Such powders can be found in sport supplement stores or ordered on-line.

Just be sure not to order pure whey protein, since it digests too quickly to be used in smoothies like this - if you make smoothies using cheese, whey protein powder can be used, since low fat and/or cottage cheese contains casein (slow digesting protein) in abundance and together with berries, slows whey digestion to acceptable levels.

Casein protein powders are great, but they tend to be expensive.

Therefore, protein blends (mix of whey proteins, casein, egg protein etc) are best option. Also, protein powders contain very little lactose, so they are acceptable even for lactose intolerant people - even better, some protein powders contain additional digestive enzymes (lactase, for example), that help lactose intolerant people to digest such foods - great!!!

Note: for making smoothies with berries, choose protein powders flavors like vanilla, berry and similar.

And that is all.