Breakfast Smoothie
This is the breakfast smoothie that Stephanie and I have most mornings. It isn’t really considered green since it contains bananas and they are one of the most harmful fruits to the environment. However, these shakes are super delicious and very easy to make (~10minutes) so I thought we’d share. This recipe is slightly adapted from our friend Tara. We originally started these shakes while Stephanie was pregnant as a way to get the recommended Omega-3 fatty acids. It’s much much tastier than trying to swallow 6 fish oil pills.
Mmm... Delicious Breakfast Smoothies
Serves 2
2 Bananas (peeled 
)
1 cup of Orange Juice
1 Cup of Cranberry-ish Juice
Flax seed Oil - Squeeze the bottle and count to 5
1 scoop of protein powder (Vanilla Ice Cream Flavor)
Frozen Berries
Blend until smooth and there are no large frozen berry chunks.
The key to this recipe is to loosely measure the juices & frozen berries so that every smoothie is slightly different from day to day. We have a glass with a line about halfway through that’s approximately 1 cup and we just try to get sorta close to that line.
We use 100% juice for both the OJ & Cran-mix to avoid High Fructose Corn Syrup. We’ve tried Cranberry, Cran-grape, Cran-Pomegranate, Grape & Pomegranate juice and all have turned out delicious so don’t worry too much about which one you choose.
The frozen berries can consist of blueberry, blackberry, raspberry and/or strawberry. We normally use about half to one cup of blueberries and 4-5 strawberries. If you have a Costco membership you can get a giant bag of frozen strawberries and organic frozen blueberries for about $20 which will last a couple of weeks. It makes these smoothies very affordable on top of being nutritious and delicious.
Also one last adaptation, you can substitute vanilla ice cream if you run out of protein powder or you’ve got a pregnant wife craving ice cream and you need to figure out a way to get it into breakfast. Be careful it’s tough to go back to the healthy smoothies once you’ve dabbled with dessert breakfast smoothies!
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February 18th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
As a taste-tester of these smoothies made by Jeremy, I must say that these are delish and definitely Angie-approved!!! Jeremy, come and make one for me tomorrow morning!
February 18th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Thanks for giving these smoothies your seal of approval Angie.
By the way, I’d love for you to watch Jake while I cook, it’s not often lately that someone does that cause Jeremy is usually still at work while I’m cooking.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:32 am
I second that! These shakes are really delicious! You would think that I could actually make these because it does not require a stove or oven, but haven’t had much luck so far. Maybe this summer, with the Farmer’s Market, I’ll be more inspired!
Btw Steph, I’m still reading In Defense of Food. It’s fascinating! I just read the part about the infant formula. I’m now realizing that I should probably rethink my Cliff/Balance bars every morning…
February 19th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Glad you are enjoying In Defense of Food Melissa! Ha, I know, it is hard for me to think of snacks that are non-processed enough now that I have read that book.
February 20th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Delicious and a great way to use up all the frozen berries from last summer!
February 20th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
You should try them Amanda! We can give you some of the protein powder when you are here if you want.
March 2nd, 2010 at 2:33 pm
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