This smoothie recipe is simple enough to be easy to create for a quick breakfast, not too sweet, and has a nice fruity flavor.

Treat it like a base recipe, however. It’s perfectly delicious as is, but it’s a great base to experiment with different fruits and flavor additions. Other types of milk should also be easy to substitute (in case you prefer soy milk or another milk substitute), but I haven’t tried any others myself.

Yield: Approximately 12 to 16 ounces depending upon ingredient amounts used

Total Time:

5 minutes to prepare and blend

Ingredients

• ³⁄₄ cup almond milk
  
• ¹⁄₂ banana
  
• 3 tablespoons peanut butter powder
  
• OR 1 tablespoon almond or peanut butter
• ¹⁄₂ to 1 cup frozen berries
  
• ¹⁄₂ to 1 tablespoon chia seeds

Cooking Instructions

1. Add ²⁄₄ cup of almond milk, ¹⁄₂ of a banana, 3 tablespoons of peanut butter powder or 1 tablespoon of almond or peanut butter, ¹⁄₂ to 1 cup of frozen berries and ¹⁄₂ to 1 tablespoon of chia seeds to a blender
2. Blend of medium speed for several minutes until smooth

Notes

Measurements for this recipe are a starting point. Variations such as more or less banana, addition of chocolate powder, using both almond butter and peanut butter powder, and any type of berry still produce great results. Experiment to taste.

Banana can be frozen ahead of time (without the peel) for a colder, slushier smoothie. Using frozen fruit of any kind in the smoothie produces a colder, slushier consistency.

Revision: 1/11/2022