Skip the Cookies, and Try These Healthy Girl Scout Smoothies
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We know that with the dawn of Girl Scout Cookie season, diet turmoil is imminent. But you can still get your favorite flavors without ruining your clean-eating plan. If you're trying to diet, but you're about ready to house a box of Samoas right now, then this is for you.
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Samoa
The secret ingredient to the creamy, chocolate-coconut-caramel treat? Cottage cheese. It’s got added protein and less than half the sugar of two cookies.
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Thin Mint
This protein-rich smoothie from Julianne Hough has all the cool, chocolaty-mint sweetness from the classic cookie, with no added sugar.
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Do-Si-Do
Oatmeal cookies with peanut butter take form in an oatmeal-peanut-butter smoothie, in a recipe courtesy of pro soccer player Kelly O’Hara.
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Trefoil
Curb your buttery cookie cravings with a mildly sweet, creamy almond banana shake.
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Tagalong
Mix some chocolate protein powder into this peanut butter protein smoothie for a filling, healthy take on your favorite chocolate peanut butter cookies.
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Toffee-tastic
Dates, cashew butter, honey, and rock salt make for a savory-sweet salted caramel smoothie, with a nod to the gluten-free cookie.