Healthy breakfast smoothie recommendations

ChrisD.

ChrisD.

ChrisD.

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Can someone give me some pointers on making some breakfast smoothies?

Basically I can't eat solid foods for about 2 hours after I wake up, I simply have no appetite, and at the minute I don't have much time to prepare anything in the mornings.

I currently have a banana based smoothie in the morning, but I'm finding it isn't enough, I have it at about 0630 and I'm hungry at 0900!

25g oats
1 whole banana
1 tsp honey
25g whey protein
350ml milk

Any other suggestions? Currently have that and drink it on my drive to work. Then have an Apple or something around 10, Waitrose/Yorkshire Provender soup at lunch, nuts or similar around 1500, chicken or salmon and veg, sometimes with rice around 1800 and a Greek yoghurt at 2000 or so.

I'm mainly trying to lose weight, currently doing 15-20 miles on my bike in an evening every other day. I'm finding I'm hungry most of the time but I'm conscious of eating too much.

Cheers.
 
I have two that I use (not exactly breakfast though).

Post gym:

250 ml Hazlenut milk
Handful of Ice Cubes
2 tbsp Almond Butter
1/2 tsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1 scoop Chocolate Whey Protein Powder
1 tsp Creatine Monohydrate

386 kcal

Amazingly tasty, light and quick to drink. Gives you what you need after a workout.

Rest Days (probably more suitable as a breakfast shake than the one above, I have it as my lunch)

333 ml Almond Milk
Handful Ice Cubes
1/2 Mango
1/2 Avocado
1 tsp Honey
1 scoop Vanilla Protein Powder (preferably an all-in-one type including Whey and Casein)
1 tsp Creatine

432 kcal

Very filling, full of nutrients.
 
I'm not suprised you're hungry at 9am again - that's 2.5hrs after breakfast.

Just eat something at 9am. 25g of cashews might be a good snack at this time of the day.

If you're trying to lose weight, break out of the three meals a day habit.
 
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One of my favourites that i have when I have time in the morning is this iced coffee variant.

1 scoop vanilla whey
handful of ice cubes
200ml of almond milk
1 tsp of whatever coffee you use

Blitz. Lovely protein ice coffee.
 
I usually make smoothies for breakfast with orange and banana or with berries (strawberry or blueberry). And the essential component is oatmeal.
 
50g Oats
80g Yogurt
50g fruit of your choice
120g Almond/Choc/Coconut milk

Make in evening before work, put in fridge enjoy 10mins extra in bed.
 
MikeTheNative said:
No it's 240ml, always confuses me as well when recipes ask for a cup of something.
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That said, the "beauty" of cup measurements is that it can be used as a proportion as well. So you can just take a coffee mug and use that as the measure if you want more or less of what you are making. So basically if it's not enough, use a bigger "cup", if too much use a smaller one.
 
I do overnight oats as a smoothie:

30g rolled oats
100ml semi-skimmed milk
100ml water
1 banana
handful of frozen blueberries

whiz it up in a blender, shove it in a bottle and leave it in the fridge over night.

My Mrs. uses mixed berries instead of blueberries but the seeds get stuck in my teeth.
 
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