Smoothie #2

So as you may or may not know, this summer I've decided to be more adventurous with baking and cooking in general. In the Coming Soon post, I mentioned that eating and being healthier is on my to do list, so instead of having a coffee every morning before work I've decided to opt for healthy breakfast smoothies as an alternative. 

Smoothie number two could be said to be not so healthy, but peanut butter is a great source of protein and in small amounts is good for you. This banana and peanut butter smoothie is great for filling your appetite until lunch time. 

Banana

Smooth peanut butter

Vanilla low fat yoghurt

(Ice)

For this smoothie, I went for smooth peanut butter just because I don't like the pieces that chunky peanut butter would leave. Also, a food hack for you, freeze your banana pieces before using them, that way you won't need ice and you won't get left with the gritty pieces that ice can sometimes leave. 
To improve this next time, I would probably add a touch of honey just to add a little bit of sweetness to it as the peanut butter was too over-powering for me. 

If you have any suggestion for other smoothies, please let me know. 

Enjoy 
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Smoothie #1

To start the smoothie experiments off I went for a simple summer fruits blend. Everyone loves fruit smoothies and there's not much room for any error. It was quick and simple to make, perfect I found for an on-the-go breakfast on the way to work. 

For this recipe I used:

Frozen mixed berries

Strawberry low fat yoghurt

Rolled oats

(Ice)

The great thing about this is that you just have to put all the ingredients in a blender, whizz it up and you're done. Of course, adjust the ingredients and quantities to your liking. One thing I would recommend is blending the mixture for quite a while as the oats tend to take a bit longer to be crushed down. I found mine was too lumpy with the oats and I was eating them after I'd taken a sip. 

All in all, a good start to my smoothie making. 

Sadly, I forgot to take a picture of the smoothie so I don't have anything to show you as to how mine came out. Next time I'll try and remember to take one! If you do have any recommendations to other smoothies I should try please let me know.

Enjoy

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