Thursday, August 3, 2017

Chocolate Banana Smoothie with peanutbutter



  I am a breakfast person.  I wake up and I'm ready to eat.  Unlike my kids whom wake up ready to eat but sometimes it's because they skipped dinner based on personal preferences.

  I cook/prepare a variety of items for breakfast.  Sometimes the meal is cereal or oatmeal but I'm ok whipping up pancakes, waffles or muffins too.  I also like to make smoothies.

  Smoothies are hit or miss with the kids.  Sometimes I actually win getting fruits and vegetables in them this way sometimes the taste gets them straight out the gate.  I remember making a spinach one but my daughter had seen me put strawberries in prior to the spinach. She asked why is it was green?  I lied and said because strawberries turn green when blended sometimes. Hmmm. She has this hate with green things: broccoli specifically.  I will tell you what. She drank that green drink and it was good. Bye, bye spinach do your nutritional magic!

  Today was a banana smoothie with peanut butter.  This recipe was dairyfree but you could easily change milk in place of my substitute. Skipping the peanutbutter is not a big deal either.

1 frozen banana
1 cup of chocolate almond milk
1 T peanut butter

Blend it all together.   Depending on how many mouths are tempted to drink or try it, I may think it out with more milk.  I like thicker smoothies.

  I find it to be sweet enough based on the almond milk so I don't add any extra sweeter but you could add a tablespoon of syrup or honey.

 
Bottoms up! Try a glass of this to accompany your next breakfast or in place of eating if your in a rush!  Do you drink smoothies what's your favorite blend?
 

12 comments:

  1. Love this! And love that it’s almond milk so it’s vegan friendly. I love a good berry smoothie, but you can’t go wrong with banana and chocolate!

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    1. I flip between vanilla or chocolate almond. I wouldn't mind experimenting with coconut.

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  2. Oh yum! I love smoothies and this looks amazing. It sounds like something I'd really enjoy.

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  3. This smoothie sounds SO good! It is a must try!!!!

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  4. Oh yes, a week before I made this smoothie and we loved it as a family. Great taste and healthy drink

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  5. ahh you cannot go wrong with bananas and peanut butter! They always taste so good in a smoothie! Im gonna go make myself one right now! A post wok out snack :)

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  6. I love smoothies !! A super simple and easy to make Chocolate Banana Smoothie recipe. Thank you for sharing :-)

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  7. Gotta love a chocolate banana peanut butter smoothie! You really can't go wrong with it and banana is very filling so I love having banana smoothies. Great recipe.

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  8. I just got a blender so I can make smoothies. This has two of my favorite PB and chocolate. I am sure this is really good.

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    1. Oooh once you get a blender it's all over! Lol, you will be making all kinds of yummy things.

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  9. The combination of Banana and chocolate almond milk sounds divine itself! I bet, how much delicious it would be!

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  10. I love smoothies!!!! And this is just one of the best combinations ever. Thanks so much for sharing it.

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