Question

What select veggies are tasteless blended in the IP drink mixes? Having a hard time getting my 4 cups in daily.  

Answer 1

Spinach for sure I freeze 60g of fresh spinach in Ziploc bags I crunch it up throw it in my shake you don’t even know it’s there

Comments

@boaten it counts towards 4 cups, unlimited just means you can have more if needed.  

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@bueno in order to be counted as 4 cups, it needs to be cooked I was told. Same goes for mushrooms and radishes.  

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No it does not have to be cooked to count towards the 4 cups

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@boaten On a different post, someone suggested sauteing spinach. 2 cups becomes two forkful. Just eat that.  

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@whopping I’ve had three different coaches and none of them ever said that veggies had to be cooked to count. The unlimited ones Do have to be raw to be unlimited tho.  

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@feller it’s what I had been told as well

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Whereas unlimited vegetables have to be raw to be unlimited, select vegetables do not have to be cooked, not even those in both categories: mushrooms, spinach and radishes. I usually eat a pound of spinach a week, quite often 2 cups in either the peach mango drink or the Pina colada drink for lunch. Sometimes I’ll end up eating 3 cups of select veggies at dinner (usually in a stir fry). In that case 1 cup of spinach at lunch I count as unlimited.  

Answer 2

Frozen cauliflower florets. I haven’t tried it but heard it’s good? The riced makes it too watery and raw makes it too strong of flavor?  

Comments

@boaten oh no!  

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@boaten I’ve only done spinach and use the fruitier drinks. They seem stronger and mask the flavor more than the chocolate

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@boaten of course it does!  

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@goodrich I had a lot of questions about what veggies count toward what and it’s confusing. Ask your coach.  

Answer 3

Spinach and some riced cauliflower

Answer 4

My favorite is making a smoothie with the mango drink and adding spinach!  

Answer 5

This is a fav - riced cauliflower with Stevia & cinnamon. If you have your 1oz of milk, that’s super yummy added in too. Reminds me of cereal or riced pudding. Easy way to get veggies in.  

Comments

Did you cook it or warm it at all?  

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@columbus165 Yes! I buy this kind. Microwave for 6 minutes before adding the stevia and cinnamon.  

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Nickles An it’s my go-to when I’m tired of green veggies lol!  

Answer 6

Spinach in the chocolate drink

Answer 7

Frozen spinach in chocolate tastes like a chocolate milk shake

Answer 8

I use one cup of fresh spinach in the drink (chocolate drink mix) it can be ugly to look at but dont notice the taste

Answer 9

I use cauliflower in my salad and cooked broccoli in the broccoli n cheese soup mix as lunch options

Answer 10

Not tastelessly bleneded but I love red and yellow bell peppers! I eat the raw - sliced up. I've found that the more time I've spent on IP the more I like the taste of veggies - esp. these peppers. They are sweet and so lovely.  

Comments

@boaten not supposed to caramelize them.  

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@boaten I was told no carmelizing. caramelizing by definition is turning to Carmel. or sugar. which is exactly what we dont want.  

Answer 11

Frozen cauliflower rice. gives it an amazing texture if done in a vita mix

Answer 12

Adding cucumber is good.  

Answer 13

Spinach in the pina colada mix is my favorite!  

Answer 14

Spinach or cucumber

Answer 15

I use cauliflower, zucchini or yellow squash and spinach. I swear I dont taste it!  

Comments

In chocolate drink

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Cauliflower mixed into the vanilla pudding. Dont taste it at all

Answer 16

Cauliflower rice is the easiest. No cooking needed & it’s good to start the day full.  

Answer 17

Baby spinach

Answer 18

Spinach in chocolate mix