Smoothie Challenge

I enjoyed this last smoothie and did make some changes in the previous smoothies too. I am pre diabetic and have high cholesterol so I’m trying to avoid the super sugary fruits like bananas and in this last smoothie recipe you said to swap it with frozen cauliflower, what a great idea!!!! You are right, the taste of it is pretty inexistent.. loved this idea!!!

I do smoothies daily and using ginger and turmeric in every single smoothie (love ginger) unfortunately at times the taste of ginger is prevalent to everything I use.

I loved this challenge because I learned how to mix, swap ingredients as my liking and healthier to my needs.

I read someone said it would be nice to have the challenge for be 2 weeks and I completely agree!!

Thank you for helping me make my smoothies healthier and interesting.

Joined to jumpstart better eating habits this year. I’m obsessed!!! These smoothies are just the thing to get me going everyday.

I liked the opportunity to try so many new smoothies recipes. I really liked 6 out of 7 recipes. It give me confidence and ideas to help make new recipes and combinations of ingredients to make delicious smoothies apart of my diet regularly. Thank you !

Always looking for ways to improve my daily smoothies.

Love having a smoothie every day. The recipes were great, easy and delicious.

I joined the challenge to renew my confidence in making smoothies. I was a green smoothie junkie about 13 years ago. We were an army family and I was on a weight loss and health renewal journey. Since my husband retired from the army, we’ve moved a few times, adjusted to civilian life and raised our kids. AND gotten older lol! I needed a kickstart to revitalize my health and ease my creaky joints. I enjoyed the recipes during the challenge. The PDF was very helpful, so thank you! I did add pea protein, chia seeds and sometimes oats to my smoothies depending on my needs for the day. I slept better and deeper overall, and felt refreshed when I woke up the next day. I didn’t lose any weight but I did have a lot less bloating. I plan to repeat the challenge this week and add an additional green smoothie each day. Thank you and your team for putting this even together. It has been a great experience!

Love the challenge

I joined to try the smoothie recipes that give me alternatives for healthier eating. I enjoyed making all the recipes and only the honey turmeric smoothie was not for me, although with some tweaks it could be. I will work on the tweaks. I lost 4 pounds over the week so hoping I keep it off by rotating smoothies into my regular daily eating. I’m glad you added the PDF for the grocery list. I didn’t try any of the challenge deals (not that I didn’t like them, just didn’t get to take advantage of them), but with having the flu this week I don’t recall them, but you probably mentioned them at the pre-challenge workshop. I didn’t read many emails this week, so I may have missed that info if it was in an email. My inbox was inundated with emails every time someone posted a comment so I will have to figure out how to turn that off for future challenges as I miss finding other emails in the long list of smoothie challenge comments, which I just log in and read the comments on the website anyway. I really enjoyed the week, loved all the pics everyone posted. Maybe I will win a Vitamix one day that also has the option for the food processor bowl. I would love to get rid of my old food processor! I’m hoping you will do a soup challenge, which would be a great winter challenge as I eat more soup in the winter as a warm up. Thanks for a great week!

I joined to get out of my comfort zone. I typically make the same two smoothie variations. I also just love a good challenge. I enjoyed the exposure to the various recipes some combinations that I would never have thought of myself. I didn’t really notice any significant changes as I’m already plant based. I like the format of the challenge and overall it’s very organized.

I loved trying different smoothie recipes. The lemon one was my favorite & I never would have come up with the ingredients myself. I typically just throw in what I have but it’s much better to have a recipe to start with. Thank you.

I wasn’t able to take advantage of the deals above due to being on a super tight budget at the moment but those were great offers. I’ve followed Jen for years now but had never fully committed to a challenge. My husband is currently in Guam for work so I had full reign of the kitchen with no restrictions or hurdles so I said – “I’m Gonna Do It!” Being midway thru my 50’s I’ve noticed a lot of joint pain creeping in. One week of just adding in smoothies – which caused me to make better choices all day long – and I can already feel a significant improvement in my joints (the stairs at my work are no longer daunting). And…….. I lost 3lbs to boot! WooHoo! My husband will think he has a whole new wife when he gets home. LOL! This challenge has sparked a new healthy habit each day which I plan to continue. It’s not hard – they are super yummy – all recipes are so flexible that you can swap ingredients easily and I’ve learned that cauliflower in a smoothie is like a super power ingredient. I’m super proud that I completed the whole 7 days. I’m notoriously a “wagon faller-offer” but the community’s excitement kept me on board and looking forward to each new day. I wouldn’t change a thing! This challenge was just what I needed to kick this new year into gear for a better me! Thank you Rawkstar Team!

The recipes were great! I am ready for another week of getting healthy!

I loved the community support to try new recipes under the mutual goal of reaching towards better health. I appreciate you Jen in sharing your journey to inspire others to keep taking positive steps towards their goals. It helps to have an example of someone whose been successful to follow, yet is still walking the walk herself. I actually woke up today excited to jump out of bed and make the next new recipe before you even sent today’s email. #success Thanks for being a positive trail blazer for others. You Rawk!

This is my first challenge and I joined because I wanted to learn to make good smoothies. It was fun and I enjoyed trying all the new taste experiences. I was challenged to have new taste experiences. I feel like I now have a healthy “go-to” snack alternative. I also found ways to get in the anti-inflammatory turmeric spice in recipes that taste good. I am proud of myself for trying the challenge and sticking to it. I enjoyed the smoothies so much that I bought Jen Hansard’s book “Simple Green Smoothies”. I am looking forward to trying those smoothies as well!

I joined the challenge to get back on track with my nutrition and I feel amazing! I love all the different recipes and also improvised a lot by adding chia, flax, greens powder, cinnamon. I like to vary the add-ons each day to give a wide range of nutrients for my body. I did notice my joints seem to ache less and am planning on continuing the smoothies! Thank you Jen!!

I liked getting the new recipes and reading everyone’s post and seeing their pictures.

I joined to reap health benefits and for the accountability. It helped me make a smoothie every day. Before I would go in spurts making them for three days then not for a week. I liked the variety of recipes and the tips for making them. I also liked the suggestions for altering the recipe to “make it mine.” A change I noticed beside the things I checked above is that I’m not so constipated! I’m proud of myself for completing the challenge. I wouldn’t change anything except a few proofreading mistakes.

I used to make lots of smoothies but got lax. This challenge got me back into a daily schedule of making smoothies and I enjoyed the entire process as well as the group forum. I learned a lot through the forum as well as all of your informative emails. I certainly feel much more energetic and less bloated. Definitely will continue making my drinks daily and look forward to trying many of your smoothies on RAWK! There was one smoothie that I had a difficult time getting down and that was with ginger. I tried it again with less ginger and actually enjoyed it. Just not a ginger fan but am going to try to acquire a taste for it 🙂 Thank you Jen for all the time and effort you put into staying healthy and passing your knowledge on to all of us!

I doubled the recipes because my husband and I typically incorporate smoothies into our eating plan already. On the whole, I found that I needed to add protein powder to every recipe because they did not have enough calories or protein in them for a morning meal replacement. The flavors were fine for the most part. I took my pictures of the smoothies but didn’t post them daily because everyone else’s photos looked so much better. I’ll get around to reviewing the recipes individually today. Since I already own a Vitamix and I have no interest in the other prizes there is less of an impetus to complete the steps. This is a brilliant marketing plan for you though.

I joined the challenge to learn more about smoothies which I have never embraced due to most including banana which I can’t eat. Appreciated that Jen provided suitable substitutions, that I didn’t have to buy much in the way of ingredients that I didn’t already have at home (admit that I used dairy milk rather than buying plant-based options suggested), and the 7-day challenge presented a wide range of recipes that served as a great introduction to the smoothie world. The Pre-Challenge Workshop was really helpful for me and I have also learned a lot from Jen’s daily e-mails and the discussion from other participants. I am surprised how filling all the smoothies were, even without adding protein powder, etc. I found that I didn’t think about snacking, my coffee consumption dropped during the week. and I feel great. I will definitely continue on my smoothie journey and plan to try Jen’s protein powder recipe as another staple to add to my pantry. Thank you to Jen and her team for all the hard work in putting the challenge together – really enjoyed it and a great boost to the start of the new year.