Growing up, my mom used to always make a banana smoothie. She’d have it herself all the time in the morning for breakfast. I can’t remember the first time she made me my own, but it was a staple growing up. The original recipe calls for milk, peanut butter, and didn’t have eggs in it. But here’s the paleo version I make today.
Here you can see Dan downed his about 30 seconds after I gave it to him. No, really. He did. He drinks faster than anyone I know!
Update August 2015: Note that my mom’s original recipe is as follows:
{1 banana + 1 cup milk + 2 tablespoons peanut butter}.
That version is delicious and you can use whatever kind of milk or milk substitute you like!
At other times throughout my life I’ve switched it up by using frozen bananas, adding frozen grapes (freakin’ bomb flavor addition!), and adding more protein like the eggs you see in the paleo-friendly recipe below or protein powder. Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, or unflavored protein are all delicious additions! Lately I’m doing a “PB&J” version that looks like this:
{1/2 large frozen banana + 2 tablespoons peanut butter + 1 cup almond milk + 1 scoop strawberry-banana protein powder}.
More than one way to skin a cat, ya’ll, and more than one way to make a PB banana smoothie. Get crackin’!
- 1 banana, cut into chunks
- 2 tablespoons almond butter
- 2 hard boiled eggs, whites only
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1 handful ice cubes
- Place all ingredients in a blender. Blend for about a minute and enjoy!
