Peanut Butter Banana Boost Smoothie
Smooth & Creamy
This Peanut Butter Banana Boost Smoothie is thick and creamy and loaded with protein. With ingredients like bananas, almond butter, oats and chia seeds it’s a perfect breakfast treat. It also can double as a protein filled afternoon pick me up to help fuel your body and give you the boost you need to make it through the rest of the day. The addition of the cinnamon adds a nice warm spice kick to the otherwise sweet smoothie.
Inspiration
This Peanut Butter Banana Boost Smoothie is inspired by my daughter’s favorite smoothie ever, from the LifeCafe at Lifetime Gym. We refer to it in our house as the “lifetime smoothie”. When we used to go there and she was a toddler she would always enjoy this smoothie as a sweet treat after I got my workout in and she played in the kids’ area for a while working up an appetite. She of course ended up wanting it every time we went, and my husband was determined to re-create this at home. With a couple test runs, we have now found our recipe for success. The kids now love this in the morning before school, and the protein in it helps keep them full! You can’t go wrong with the flavor combination of bananas and almond butter, and add in chocolate and you have an instant hit!
Ingredients
- Almond Milk
- Bananas (preferable super ripe bananas already frozen in small chunks)
- Peanut Butter (any nut butter will do, we just find good ol’ peanut butter to be creamiest)
- Chocolate Protein Powder
- Oats (the old fashion rolled oats for homemade oatmeal)
- Chia Seeds
- Cinnamon
- Cacao Nibs (for garnish)
Tips
A few quick tips to make this Peanut Butter Banana Boost Smoothie turn out exactly how you like, using your preferred ingredients!
Can I substitute my favorite milk instead of almond milk? ABSOLUTELY, I know there are so many options out there and this recipe is flexible- I think any type would be completely fine to swap out, my suggestion would be for oat milk as it is rich and creamy. But any dairy or non dairy preferred milk will do!
You might wonder the same for the peanut butter, can I swap this for a different nut butter? SURE! Again its very flexible, as long as you have a nut butter in your pantry go for it!
One trick we do in our kitchen is any time bananas are starting to go bad, if I don’t immediately plan on using them, I will peel them, roughly chop them into chunks, and place in a gallon size freezer safe zip lock bag and throw in the freezer for smoothies. So whenever we have a craving for this Peanut Butter Banana Boost Smoothie we just use the frozen banana and omit the ice. I find the ice makes it a bit thinner, and for lack of better terms, “icey”. The cinnamon in this recipe gives it such an unexpected warm spice kick, which we love in this house! So our portion of cinamon is a heaping generous amount. Trust me don’t skip out on this addition! We even love to sprinkle a little bit on top when serving along with cacao nibs. Let me know in the comments how it turned out. Don’t focus on the details with smoothies. Add what you have and see how it turns out! You’ll find your favorite flavor combination.
Peanut Butter Banana Boost Smoothie
Equipment
- 1 Blender –Vitamix is a great blender!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Cup Almond Milk
- 3 Bananas preferably very ripe and pre cut into chunks and frozen
- 2 Tbsp Peanut Butter
- 1/3 Cup Rolled Oats
- 1 Scoop Chocolate Protein Powder
- 1 Tbsp Chia Seeds
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- Ice
Instructions
- Gather all ingredients.
- Add all ingredients into blender, except ice.
- If using frozen banana you may not need to add any ice depending on consistency you like. If you are using regular banana add a few handfuls of ice once other ingredients are blended together until you reach your desired consistency.
- Blend until desired consistency, garnish with cinnamon and cacao nibs and ENJOY!