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Making smoothies - expensive?

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weebl Total Posts : 26 Reward points : 599 Joined: 18/04/2011 Status: offline Read my TROG	Making smoothies - expensive? 23 January 2012 17:53 (permalink) I bought a blender for some home-made, protein filled smoothies to take into work. But the cost per smoothie seems so high, or is it just me? It almost feels cheaper to buy one ready-made... How can I lower the amount I spend on making these smoothies? Any tips?
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Liddy Total Posts : 1756 Reward points : 2476 Joined: 10/01/2010 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Making smoothies - expensive? 23 January 2012 18:55 (permalink) You can buy smoothie packs, basically bags of mixed frozen fruits. Could use them with a scoop of whey or something. To be honest it probably wont be much cheaper. My Workout Journal
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weebl Total Posts : 26 Reward points : 599 Joined: 18/04/2011 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Making smoothies - expensive? 23 January 2012 18:56 (permalink) Cheaper than? Compared to buying cartons of Innocent Smoothies?
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shane278 Total Posts : 7568 Reward points : 5399 Joined: 14/07/2006 Location: Perth, Australia Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Making smoothies - expensive? 24 January 2012 01:30 (permalink) Do you live near a lidl or Aldi, they usually do cheap fruit. Buy in season and stock up on special offers on at the time. Use water instead of orange juice. My Journal OFFICIAL CHEAPUKSUPPLEMENTS.COM REPRESENTATIVE
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James Total Posts : 44350 Reward points : 9786 Joined: 10/11/2000 Location: Northants, UK Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Making smoothies - expensive? 24 January 2012 16:41 (permalink) The greatest smoothie recipe ever! James Collier Sign the petition to stop VAT on sports drinks
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patternsco Total Posts : 654 Reward points : 1173 Joined: 05/02/2011 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Making smoothies - expensive? 25 January 2012 10:47 (permalink) yeh they are not going to be dirt cheap to make and if innocent is on offer then the price is pretty similar ive found per serving if using a lot of fruit, but you are comparing fresh made with packaged - trpociana is cheaper than freshly squeezed oranges also, but IMO you cant compare.
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pauld Total Posts : 1828 Reward points : 6789 Joined: 10/07/2003 Location: Ireland Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Making smoothies - expensive? 25 January 2012 16:23 (permalink) 3 pks of froozen fruit for a fiver in tesco. For example their blueberries are 300g. Getting 3 pks of these is much cheaper than buying fresh and they wont go bad SUCCESS IS MY EFFORT.
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mick_the_brick Total Posts : 21398 Reward points : 4859 Joined: 29/09/2006 Location: North East - UK Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Making smoothies - expensive? 26 January 2012 12:28 (permalink) As above frozen fruit www.ugm.org.uk
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Jack About Total Posts : 1220 Reward points : 1982 Joined: 28/05/2010 Location: Out of the Box! Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Making smoothies - expensive? 26 January 2012 13:29 (permalink) get down your local market just as they're closing up you'll get bags of fruit for very little - yeh they might be a little battered but you're gonna blend them anyway - or cut the bruises off? Don't believe the hype!
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Burtie Total Posts : 255 Reward points : 2794 Joined: 30/10/2008 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Making smoothies - expensive? 26 January 2012 14:25 (permalink) The choice of fruit you use affects the cost, if you use berries then frozen is cheaper than fresh and there's less waste. Currently Bananas are a cheap buy at 68p/kg (though they have been as low as 52p/kg lately).
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