Try it!

Now that we have wireless Internet again I've rekindled my fond relationship with Pinterest.  Caleb and I love making smoothies and there are A TON of smoothie recipes out there.  It's safe to say that pretty much anything goes when making a smoothie.  Fruit?  Duh!  Honey?  Peanut Butter?  Why yes.  Spinach?  Kale?  Chia seeds?  Oats?  Sure!  Throw some of that in there too.

Breastfeeding takes A LOT out of a woman's body.  Literally, it's like being sucked dry.  My little one depends on my milk as her only form of sustenance.  So I need to make my diet a priority.  If I'm not eating healthy and adequate quantities of foods and water, it affects my milk which is going straight into her sensitive little system.

I was perusing through Pinterest this morning when I found a recipe for a Banana Bread smoothie.  I got really excited, overly excited as I read through the ingredients and thought "Oo!  Ooo!  I have that!  And that!  And that!"  That rarely happens... having all the ingredients on hand to make a recipe you find online.  The only thing I didn't have was the whey protein powder.  Below is the initial recipe - it's a protein smoothie so it has whey protein in it.  But since I didn't have any of that on hand I modified the recipe.

Original recipe

Modified recipe - I basically doubled the amount of oats and cinnamon since I didn't have the protein powder.
1/2 frozen banana
4 oz unsweetened Almond milk original flavor (this is what I had in the fridge - I didn't have Vanilla flavored)
4 oz water
2 T quick oats
1/2 t cinnamon
I just dropped a dollop of vanilla extract in it, I didn't measure
4 ice cubes (since the banana was frozen)
**I will add spinach next time for the added health benefits.  Adding spinach to smoothies does not alter the flavor one teeny tiny bit.  It just turns the smoothie green or a nasty brown color depending on what you're mixing it with.  So it looks awful and completely unappetizing.  But it still tastes good!