Banana Nut Smoothie

Banana nut smoothies are a healthy, delicious way to get your morning started off right. Toss everything into a blender, pour into a glass, and go!

Lately I’ve been on a smoothie kick–particularly for breakfast. Maybe because drinking your food is so much more convenient. Although, the clean-up definitely is not. This morning, I improvised one that turned out surprisingly well. In fact, this might be a new favorite. 

Banana Nut Smoothies

• 1 medium overripe banana
• 1/2 cup yogurt
• 1/4 cup nut butter
• flax seeds (optional)
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup milk (almond milk is preferred, but others are fine)

Step 01: Cut and puree your bananas. I found that my food processor is better than my blender for this step. The blender just can’t handle the thickness. Note that you can add all of the ingredients at the same time, but I find that I get a smoother texture if I add them one at a time.

Step 02: Blend in the milk and then the yogurt. I used Greek Gods Strawberry and Honey Greek Yogurt–I love this yogurt for its flavor, but I don’t recommend it if you’re watching your sugar content…1/2 cup has 34g of sugar! Which is why I only get it occasionally. Plain yogurt would actually be good in this because it doesn’t have so much sugar and the banana has a strong flavor that overpowers pretty much anything. Which is nice, because I find that plain yogurt usually tastes pretty sour.

Step 03: Add the nut butter and flax seeds. The almond butter I get a Kroger already had flax seeds in it. Alternately, you could use Nutella. Yum.

Pour into a glass and enjoy!

This smoothie was incredibly filling, which is something I don’t experience often with smoothies. It has a nice flavor and it makes a great, easy breakfast.

What’s your favorite smoothie flavor?

Banana Nut Smoothies

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Serves: 1-2 Prep Time: 5m Cooking Time: 0m

Ingredients

• 1 medium overripe banana
• 1/2 cup yogurt
• 1/4 cup nut butter
• flax seeds (optional)
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup milk (almond milk is preferred, but others are fine)

Instructions

Step 01: Cut and puree your bananas. I found that my food processor is better than my blender for this step. The blender just can’t handle the thickness.

Step 02: Blend in the milk and then the yogurt. 

Step 03: Add the nut butter and flax seeds. The almond butter I get a Kroger already had flax seeds in it. Alternately, you could use Nutella. Yum.

Banana Nut Smoothie was last modified: April 18th, 2017 by Chelsey