Start your day strong! These three very different protein breakfast smoothies recipes are all equally packed full of vitamins, minerals, fiber, & probiotics – but more importantly, they taste like dessert!
This post is sponsored by Bob’s Red Mill.
So, here we are. The Hubs and I have been back in the gym game for a month now, and we’re both finally starting to see progress!
IMO, it can’t happen soon enough. You might recall me talking about the fact that I just came off 2 months of blogging conferences and workshops, where my diet was completely off-the-wall. When you’re not in a particular special diet group (vegan, gluten-free, etc.) and are able to eat whatever, most people do, right?
While I didn’t gain any significant amount of weight, I’m definitely feeling the repercussions. I’m as far out of shape as I have been since my wedding day, which was almost 5 years ago. It’s time to saddle up and get back on that healthy train.
Which means salads, lean meats, and breakfast smoothies every day!
And lookie here – I have 3 of my favorite recipes to share with you, today.
A trio of breakfast smoothies to get your day started!
We make all of our breakfast smoothies in our Ninja blender, which is both a blessing and a curse.
Blessing: it’s a multi-purpose appliance (food processor! blender! ice crusher!) and doesn’t take up much space.
Curse: it’s loud as all get-out. I grabbed a Magic Bullet at a super cheap price at the beginning of the year, and while it’s handy, it isn’t large enough to make 2 smoothies at a time. (It does handle pesto like a dream, though.)
I’ve been on the protein shake bandwagon for about 3 years now, but we’ve really had a hard time nailing down a powder that we actually liked the taste of. That was…until we discovered Bob’s Red Mill Nutritional Boosters.
We usually have both chocolate and vanilla on hand, but since Bob’s came in to our lives, we’ve added a new flavor to our daily rotation: chai.
Going out the door with coffee in one hand and a smoothie in the other is great, but being able to combine them has been even better.
Plus, less juggling.
With a little prep, these Mocha Oatmeal Breakfast Smoothies can be a rather filling part of your day.
The Hubs loves to boil down leftover coffee to concentrate the flavor a bit more, and then in to the ice cube trays it goes.
Using frozen coffee cubes keeps your final product from tasting watered down, and keeps it a little thicker and more smoothie-like. (We’ve made these with cold brew as well, and we prefer the frozen coffee consistency.)
Aside from the cubes, all you need is a frozen banana (we keep ours cut up in the baggies with the cubes,) some oats, your favorite milk, a little cocoa powder, and a heaping scoop of Bob’s Chai Protein Powder.
Though skipping breakfast is a no-no if you’re trying to stay healthy, these smoothies will definitely carry you over until you can sit down for a meal. All of Bob’s Red Mill Nutritional Boosters have 20 grams of plant-based protein per serving…more than you’d get from eating three whole eggs! (And less cholesterol, to boot.)
Some mornings, we’re feeling a little more fresh & fruity.
We love keeping smoothie packs in the freezer for quick, on-the-go prep in the morning. A lot of frozen fruit (bought in bulk!) is used, but if we get carried away at the farmer’s market, there’s always a solution. There are usually 3 or 4 varieties of packs in there, but our favorites are the Strawberry Peach Breakfast Smoothies (pictured above.)
Pre-portioned strawberries, peach slices, avocado, and banana go from the freezer to the blender, and all we add is some almond or coconut milk and a scoop of Bob’s Vanilla Protein Powder.
We don’t even have to add chia seeds – they’re right inside the powder blend! That’s not all that’s in there, either: every flavor, every bag of Nutritional Boosters has probiotics and pre-biotic fiber.
Yogurt and fiber bars be damned, Bob takes care of your tummy, too.
Chocolate and cherries are one of the best flavor combos in the world.
So of course I would want to turn dessert into a smoothie.
Meet my Black Forest Breakfast Smoothies. These are super simple – frozen cherries, milk (of your choice – we like to amp up the flavor with chocolate almond milk,) some vanilla Greek yogurt, and Bob’s Chocolate Protein Powder.
Sometimes, fresh cherries can be sort of sour, which is great for snacking – but not really great for smoothies. Adding sugar to our smoothies is out of the question (since fruit has enough already,) and we both are anti-artificial sweeteners (because not only are they awful for you, they’re pretty gross.)
Thankfully, like all of Bob’s Red Mill products, there’s nothing artificial in these powders: they’re sweetened with monk fruit.
Breakfast Smoothies (3 Ways!)
Ingredients
Mocha Oatmeal Breakfast Smoothies
- 1 cup frozen coffee cubes
- 1 frozen banana
- ¼ cup quick oats
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1 cup milk almond, coconut, soy, cows
- 2 scoops chai protein powder
Strawberry Peach Breakfast Smoothies
- 1 cup frozen peach slices
- 1 cup frozen strawberries
- 1 frozen banana
- ½ frozen avocado
- 1 cup milk almond, coconut, soy, cows
- 2 scoops vanilla protein powder
Black Forest Breakfast Smoothies
- 2 cups frozen cherries
- ½ cup vanilla Greek yogurt
- 1 cup milk almond, coconut, soy, cows
- 2 scoops chocolate protein powder
Instructions
- Place the ingredients in a blender in the order listed and blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve.
Nutrition
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