Lately I have been more interested in nutrition. I have always found nutrition both important and interesting, but lately I have had an extra fascination with it. It started after talking with a trainer at the gym. He brought up the topic of protein and said that I might not be getting enough protein to achieve my fitness goals. After thinking it over, I decide to increase my protein intake and see what happened. I did some research into counting macros, began tracking some of my meals, and just focusing on getting more protein.

I love cooking and I love health so it’s no surprise that I incorporated this new goal straight into my cooking. The smoothie I am sharing today is a perfect example of this and no doubt there will be more high protein meals to come in the near future. It has cacao, peanut butter, and protein powder and is my favorite protein smoothie I have had yet. Also it tastes like dessert for breakfast, but is healthy and makes you feel good. Thats like a win win win!

I got the idea for this smoothie from a local coffee shop in Santa Barbara called The Daily Grind. They have a very similar smoothie there that I love so much I had to recreate it on my own.

I use my own homemade almond milk in this recipe which is really good I highly recommend it. A good prepping tip I suggest would be to make your almond milk and freeze a bunch of bananas the night before and then use them for morning smoothies through out the week. Frozen bananas give a more ice cream like texture to your smoothie, which I really like. I also like my smoothies thick so this is a nice thick smoothie, you can eat with a spoon. Feel free to add more almond milk if you prefer a more liquid smoothie.

Now I love the protein this smoothie packs, cause I love my weightlifting and want to get stronger, but if you’re not a protein fanatic, don’t care for the taste of protein powder, or simply don’t have it on hand, do not fear you can make this smoothie with out it. I have made this smoothie without the protein powder for some family and friends, and they loved it just the same. Anyways I hope you enjoy this smoothie!

With love from my kitchen to yours,

Kayley

My Favorite Protein Smoothie

AuthorKayley O'Brien

Nutrition:

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Notes:

• Nutrition is based on the products I use. I provide a nutrition table so that you can quickly check to see if your food products match or so that you can easily calculate the nutrition for any changes you want to make to the recipe. I think this helps if you have very specific diet goals and/or fitness and/or health goals. I also wanted you to be able to see exactly where I get the numbers for my nutrition facts so that you can see that they are reliable and learn more about macro breakdowns of food.

Works Cited

1. Nutritionix. Gladson. https://www.nutritionix.com/ Accessed 17 December 2020.

2. Calorie King. https://www.calorieking.com/ Accessed 17 December 2020.

3. Eat This Much. https://www.eatthismuch.com/ Accessed 17 December 2020.