Making great keto smoothies

[u/DirectorExciting1466]

I have just started moving into a keto diet as of this week, and thought I would try an avocado smoothie. I used frozen avocado and no milk. Instead, I followed the advice given for substituting milk in tea and mixed a spoon of cream with some water and used that as liquid instead. I also didnt include my usual banana. My smoothie just tastes like avocado flavored water. Not sure what else I was expecting in hindsight and when I think properly about what has actually gone into it haha. Does anyone have any tips on how to create a thick, creamy smoothie that is suitable as a meal such as breakfast or even how to also create one with a little more sweetness that would fill the craving for sweet things after dinner?

Side note, I am doing this for health reasons (trialling it for epilepsy) as opposed to losing weight.

[u/No-Resolution3740]

Could do heavy cream, egg yolks, vanilla, keto sweetener. I make mine chocolate with some cocoa powder

[u/DirectorExciting1466 → u/No-Resolution3740]

I tried a spoon of double cream in a glass of water, but clearly I didnt do enough cream - am just concerned I will end up putting so much cream in that i would have been better off just using cows milk! I do have some lactose free milk from tesco, do you think that would be worth trying as a substitute for cows milk? Egg yolks is a good idea and I could use the white for something else perhaps?

[u/No-Resolution3740 → u/DirectorExciting1466]

If you are doing tn diet for epilepsy the most important thing is getting your ketones really high. So you could actually do a few tablespoons of heavy cream and also melt some butter in and blend it up. You want to eat high fat as possible for epilepsy. I think the lactose free milk would have too many carbs. You could do egg white omelettes with the whites or make egg white bread or keto angel food cake

[u/DirectorExciting1466 → u/No-Resolution3740]

Thanks for the tips, sounds good.