A creamy and delicious smoothie packed with protein and fiber to give you lasting energy.
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In my experience, I’ve found that the key to maintaining healthy eating goals and resolutions is to master a few fast and easy recipes. Simple and delicious recipes that you can go back to again and again.
Mornings are a busy time – we have children to feed, jobs to get ready for, Facebook and Twitter to check…. oh wait. ;-)
If I had to pick one healthy breakfast recipe to suggest for busy people without a lot of time in the morning it would, hands down, be my Berry Spinach Protein Smoothie.Don’t get me wrong, I love smoothies of all varieties, but this Berry Spinach Smoothie is the one I’m currently obsessed with and I think you will be too.
You can toss ingredients in the blender the night before, refrigerate overnight and blend with ice in the morning.
Short on time? Throw the entire smoothie in a portable cup and get on with your Facebook reading, I mean busy day. ;-)
By nature, they take longer to consume which gives the brain the extra time to register fullness. You’ll feel more satisfied and not like a Sad Sally drinking her January green smoothie.
Great use for any fruits or vegetables you have on hand –
frozen berries, oranges, baby kale, frozen peaches, mango, parsley, go crazy!
Low-calorie source of protein and fiber which means you will have lasting energy and won’t be hungry an hour later.
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📖 Recipe
Banana Berry Spinach Protein Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup mixed berries frozen
- 1/2 banana
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt 0% fat
- 1 scoop protein powder
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon flax seed meal
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger optional
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 cups baby spinach
- handful ice
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth.
Jonessa
Do you use plain yogurt? I’m new to the smoothie world :)
Liz DellaCroce
Yes I always use plain yogurt – either Greek or regular plain. I don’t use sweetened yogurt because I always add fruit. :)
Pat
Loved the recipe! we exchanged the greek yogurt for protein powder and the cinnamon for pumpkin pie spice…… and will definitely make it again.. Thanks!!
Casey
Hi Liz! Sorry, if you have posted this somewhere already, but what type of protein powder do you recommend? And would it be beneficial to do a smoothie more than once a day…to really help with weight loss? Thanks a bunch!
Liz DellaCroce
Hi Casey! Great question and one I get all the time. So much so in fact that I have a tab on my main page called “Shop” where I link to all of my favorite ingredients, gadgets and more through Amazon. Here’s the link in case you can’t find it: http://astore.amazon.com/thlebo-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=1 BioChem is my favorite protein powder and we use it daily!! As for having a smoothie more than once a day – I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that but personally I would get bored and give up. To lose weight, just try to cut 500 calories a day (or burn 500 calories or split the difference cutting 250 and burning 250.) Of course I am not a medical professional so I can’t give out specific weight loss advice. :-)
Casey
Thank you so much!!! :) I’ve never counted calories…guess I’ve just been intimidated to do that for some reason.
Thanks for the advice!
Yvonne @ bitter baker
I love smoothies! This looks so good, and I love the fact that you added ginger! :)
Liz DellaCroce
I’m so glad you like the ginger add – it’s my favorite too!!!