Okay...first a disclaimer...the following recipe is
so not low-cal, but it is full of good stuff, and the most filling smoothie you will ever drink. I have had serious peanut butter cravings lately and have been looking to satisfy them in various ways...healthy and not-so-healthy. But this is a healthy blog, so this is the one I will share. Yesterday morning I was facing a full day of bookkeeping from home (tax season...the bane of my existence.) I had my coffee and was contemplating a green smoothie, but what I really wanted was something comforting, filling and delicious that I could ingest one-handed while working. I had seen a couple oatmeal peanut butter smoothie recipes floating around Pinterest and decided that a working Sunday was a great opportunity to try one of them out. I tweaked it a bit to make it my own, as I am prone to doing. The result is the following (yes, that is a "Redneck Wine Glass". It makes me feel fancy yet down-to-earth. ha ha):
The ingredients were:
1 medium banana (frozen or room-temperature)
8 oz (200 g) 0% vanilla greek yogurt
1/4 cup smooth peanut butter
1/3 cup oats
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 Tablespoons honey
Simply toss all ingredients into a blender and pulse until smooth. Voila! This is a 900 calorie smoothie, but you WILL be full for hours. I'm thinking it would be a great post-workout meal, particularly if you exercise early in the morning on an empty stomach.
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