Oatmeal-Peanut Butter Smoothie

I am a sucker for cookbooks. I love seeing what they put together and I love the beautiful imagery and graphic layouts they use to pull you in.

I was gifted a new cookbook this Christmas called Clean Eating Made Simple. I have tried a few of the recipes from this book and THIS is our favorite. I could have this everyday for breakfast and be a happy camper!!  Here it is.

Oatmeal-Peanut Butter Smoothie
Recipe from: Clean Eating Made Simple cookbook
Adapted by CKW

Ingredients:
1 large banana, frozen
1/3 c rolled oats (quick oats are fine)
1/2 cup plain greek yogurt
2/3 cup milk
3 T. natural peanut butter
1 splenda packet

Directions:

1. In a blender, combine all the ingredients. Blend until smooth
2. Pour into 2 glasses and serve.

*VARIATION: If you don't have a frozen banana you can use a fresh banana. After its all blended together add 2 cups of ice to thicken and chill your smoothie. (I prefer the frozen banana variation because I don't like the bits of ice in my smoothie. Too cold!)

NOTE: How to freeze a banana- peel your overripe bananas. Lay them on a plate and place in the freezer. Once they're frozen you may remove them from the plate and put them in a ziploc bag in the freezer. Now you're all set for your smoothie with frozen bananas!

green drink

Don't be scared off from this recipe. It is REALLY good and we've perfected it so it's even better! I really LOVE having this for breakfast (along with my MUST-HAVE toast). It's a great way to start the day. It's very filling and I feel GREAT having ingested so much goodness SO EARLY in my day.

Thank you to my friend Kelly for finding, fixing and sharing this recipe! (If you want more GREEN and less fruit in your recipe, see how Kelly adapts her's.)

Green Drink
(adapted from Under One Sun and Kelly Be Well)

1 cup orange juice

1.5-2 cups fresh baby spinach
1 navel orange, peeled and sectioned, seeds removed
1 gala apple (medium)
1 banana

1 T. agave sweetener

4-5 fresh mint leaves - optional
2-3 pinches of fresh parsley leaves- optional
ice cubes (3-4)

Directions- Blend the orange juice, spinach, orange, apple and banana in the blender. Add the agave, mint leaves and parsley. Puree well (I don't like chunks in mine, but a more SMOOTH texture.) Add the ice and blend some more (this makes your drink nice and cold, which actually does make a big deal). Enjoy!