I am not a morning person. I doesn’t matter how much sleep I get the night before, waking up is really hard. I wish it wasn’t that way. I wish my head popped off the pillow feeling rested and bright eyed, but my mornings are more akin to hitting the snooze button for 30 minutes and looking like I wrestled with a cat in my sleep. NOT cute.
But there is one thing that has been making my mornings just a bit better. This green almond, banana smoothie. Like most green drinks they look like they belong more in a Dr. Suess book than in my body, but this one is particularly delicious. I first had this smoothie at my local whole foods (did you know they don’t have a standard smoothie list?!) but tweaked it a little to my liking.
Not only is it a great quick breakfast as your rushing out the door, it’s great as a post workout meal full of protein and some fresh spinach to get in your daily greens.
Hope you enjoy!
1. 1 1/2 cups Almond Milk
2. 1 banana (I like to pre-cut these and freeze them overnight)
3. 2 Tbls Almond Butter
4. 1 cup Spinach
5. 2 Pitted Dates (I slice mine before I pop them in the blender to make sure they mix well)