Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie Recipe

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My Breakfast this morning:
Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie

I’m still on a smoothie kick!  They’re such an easy breakfast for me, because I can drink them while I walk around the kitchen getting more cereal for the kids, cleaning up spills, and setting out school outfits.  I would love to get up half an hour before the kids and make a great, sit-down breakfast… but let’s be honest, even if that happened a few days a week it’s certainly not going to happen seven!

This morning I wanted some extra protein in my smoothie, so I made a chocolate peanut butter breakfast smoothie.  Don’t be fooled by the “chocolate” – it’s still healthy!  I don’t add any sweeteners to my smoothies because I actually like the slightly bitter taste of unsweetened chocolate.  If you decide to sweeten yours, I recommend a tablespoon of honey.

The Recipe

1/4 cup rolled oats

1/4 cup peanut butter

2 T Chia seeds (or ground flax seed)

2 T cacao powder (preferred over cocoa powder, but cocoa is a fine subsitute)

2 bananas

1 cup ice

1 cup almond milk

1/2 cup water

Add ingredients to blender in the specified order, blend until smooth, and then sweeten to taste (if desired).  Garnish with a few chocolate chips for a gourmet feel to the start of your day 🙂

Makes two large servings.

Kid approved.

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The kids don’t know that these are healthy! Like me, they’re used to things that aren’t too sweet because I don’t add any sugar to their smoothies.