Name: Strawberry Banana Breakfast Smoothie
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 medium banana, sliced & frozen; 1 cup (145g) strawberries, frozen; 2 tbsp. rolled oats; 2 scoops (50g) vanilla protein powder; 2 tbsp. natural peanut butter; 1 ½ cups (360ml) almond milk, unsweetened

Strawberry and banana are two of the classic smoothie ingredients and feature in countless recipes. This breakfast smoothie has a little twist that makes it perfect for the first meal of the day to give a protein boost that will help you stay full until lunch.

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What kind of milk can you use in the smoothie?

We made this smoothie with unsweetened almond milk because that worked well with the flavours and made it suitable for anyone who is lactose intolerant. But you can swap it for any type of milk you like.

A normal full-fat milk will work just fine, you may find it is a little creamier than with almond milk. You could also try other kinds of milk and change the flavour of the protein powder to complement it. The same goes for nut butter, there are endless variations you can make with this simple smoothie recipe.

What you’ll need to make a strawberry banana breakfast smoothie

Medium banana
Strawberries
Rolled oats
Vanilla protein powder
Natural peanut butter
Almond milk, unsweetened

Ingredient substitutions

Strawberries: You could swap these for any other berries, such as raspberries or even blueberries, to change the flavour.

Vanilla protein powder: Change it to something like chocolate.

What you could also add

Seeds: You get protein from the powder and peanut butter but there’s nothing to stop you from adding a little extra nutrition with something like chia or flax seeds to the recipe.

How to make the smoothie

Place all the ingredients into a high-speed blender and blend until smooth.

Serve straight away.

Recipe tips

You can freeze the banana and strawberries in bags ready to make the smoothie. Most of the other ingredients don’t freeze as well, so wait to add them until you make the smoothie.

2 drinks