Depending upon how I feel, sometimes I prefer to make myself a smoothie instead of a juice recipe. Typically this comes at a time after I have done some exercise and want to get some protein into me. A banana, blueberry and soy milk smoothie provides both protein and energy. Often I also add a tablespoon of Maximuscle Promax vanilla protein powder too just for a bit of an extra protein hit. The small amount ensures the protein powder flavor does not become overpowering.

The blueberries I use are frozen. In Japan, fresh blueberries are very expensive so frozen works out as better value for me.

I choose to use soy milk instead of cows milk simply because when I drink a lot of cow’s milk my skin condition deteriorates. Also in Japan (where I live anyway) cows milk just does not taste very good to me and soy milk is readily available at a reasonable price.

Typically I add:

• 1 regular sized banana (2 if very small)
• 10-15 frozen blueberries
• 250ml of soy milk (could substitute with cows milk)
• small scoop of protein powder (optional) [EDIT: I don't add this these days]

Mix in a blender for about 10 seconds and enjoy.