Today I bring you our current favourite breakfast smoothie. It is especially good for late winter when it is harder to find fresh fruit I want to eat: yes I eat a lot of fruit but I get fussy at this time of year. We usually have porridge for breakfast but occasionally I buy bananas and they are not too manky. Overripe bananas don't do it for me in smoothies. They go into pancakes and cakes.
Sylvia loves it when I make smoothies. I like them thick but have worked out that if they are too thick she struggles to drink them because she insists on using a straw. Pears really help to thin down a smoothie. Sometimes I just only use half a banana. Ice blocks also help. For this smoothie I just wanted to use up the last of a small bunch of bananas we had.
It is a great way to start the day! Healthy, easy and satisfying.
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Breakfast Smoothie
serves 2-3
1 banana, peeled and broken up
1 ripe pear, cored and chopped
1 handful frozen raspberries
1 small handful rolled oats
2-3 tsp chia seeds
1 1/2 cups soy milk
Blend all together until smooth. I use a hand held blender
On the Stereo:
Secrets profane and sugarcane: Elvis Costello
This post is part of Vegan Month of Food
September 2014. This year for Vegan MoFo my theme is The Letter
S. Today is S for Speedy Smoothies. Go to my Vegan MoFo list for more of my 2014 Vegan MoFo posts.
I don,t really drink or make smoothies, I have always found them a little too heavy on the belly, but give me porridge. I am looking forward to tucking into a bowl full when the cold starts creeping in, something about it reminds me of my childhood days. Glad that Sylvia likes her smoothies though.
ReplyDeleteYum this looks great! I love smoothies for a quick and nutritious meal or snack. Although sometimes I try to add too many things like tahini etc and they are rejected...
ReplyDelete@ kate I haven't managed to get greens into a smoothie that sylvia will drink - one day .....
DeleteYum, that looks like a tasty and stunning breakfast smoothie and thank you for the tip, I didn’t know that pears help to thin a smoothie since I prefer thin smoothies. Yesterday I made myself a quick smoothie: frozen handpicked blueberries, pineapple, mango, coconut water powder (seriously it is handy, but not tasty on its own). Have a great week!
ReplyDelete@rika - the pears I refer to are the really ripe juicy ones - I have found myself buying them and letting them get really soft for smoothies - normally I like to eat pears a bit crunchy
DeleteGreat looking smoothie!
ReplyDeleteI do love oats in smoothies, but have forgotten to use them recently. Thanks for the reminder! This sounds like a great breakfast.
ReplyDeleteOooh this is so similar to my favourite smoothie - I love the combination of pears & raspberries. So refreshing =)
ReplyDeleteI don't like over-ripe bananas in smoothies either, but I always freeze them now so that they don't have that strong taste. I don't like them when they aren't realllllllllllly cold too. Love the pear - great time of year for really tasty pears.
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