Peanut Butter And Banana Smoothie Recipe
This clean eating peanut butter and banana smoothie recipe will have you dancing down the driveway on your way to work!
I refer to this shake rather lovingly as, “The Elvis Shake”. While it may not convince you to start doing pelvic thrusts down your driveway on your way to the car in the morning, it will certainly put a spring in your step!
And let’s face it, there are a lot of peanut butter lovers out there. So I know many of you will enjoy this. Don’t let the green color throw you off either. You can’t taste the spinach. I promise! Just pure, peanut buttery deliciousness. Promise!
So go ahead. Try a few pelvic thrusts in the kitchen while you make this. You’ll be singing Jailhouse Rock in no time and slicking back your hair like it’s made of silk. Go ahead… I dare ya…. (just don’t throw your back out please…)
NOTE: For those doing the No Sugar Challenge, this entire recipe equals 1 serving of the 3 allowed fruit servings per day. Therefore, 1 serving equals 1/2 of one fruit serving.
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Peanut Butter And Banana Smoothie Recipe
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond milk (unsweetened)
- 1 cup spinach (raw)
- 1 medium banana (peeled and sliced)
- 1 tbsp. peanut butter (no sugar added)
- ½ tsp. pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Blend and serve.
Yum! Can’t wait to try this… as soon as my my bananas are ripe enough to actually peel! I bought some green ones yesterday, so have to wait a couple of days for them to soften up a bit (yes, I left them stuck together so they ripen quicker!). I love spinach in my smoothies, too – once I tried it, I was hooked! Have you tried using peanut flour instead of the peanut butter? So good, and it helps to lower the fat content a bit 🙂
Chrystal – No! But if it’s raw flour, I’m not sure it’s such a good idea. It’s hard on the digestion.
Looks yummy!
Mandie – It is!
I can’t lose the visual of me (or you, or anyone) doing pelvic thrusts down the driveway- that is making me grin like a fool! Off to see if it works up the stairs!
(Really? Spinach and peanut butter? I’m going to try this but we won’t be friends anymore if this is a late April Fools post…)
Christine – LOL!!!!!! I promise, it’s not a late April Fools joke. Let me know how that trip up the stairs goes for ya! lol!
Forgot to ask what kind of tofu – I’m new to smoothies and tofu. Silken?
Christine – I don’t think it really matters. I think mine was firm, but not sure now.
That Elvis Shake’s color is really pretty and I’d really like to try it one of these days 😉
Francesca – Hope you do!
I just had to let you know I made a variation of this smoothie this morning (was out of tofu, so I used ice water- pretty thin, but still yummy!), and my 2 1/2 year old, who has many food aversions & is considered “failure to thrive” drank more than half of it! I’m so excited that maybe I can sneak some veggies and protein into his diet, which mainly consists of fruit & dry cereal! Now I’m the search for more green smoothies!
Michelle – That’s WONDERFUL!!! I have one more recipe for a green smoothie on my site, but I believe it has agave or honey added. I’ll be posting more No Sugar green smoothies very soon!
This smoothie is great. I made this one and the Cinnamon Apple one last night to have them ready for the next couple days. Only bad thing about this one is it lost some of its sweetness overnight. I added some ice to it this morning to thicken it and remix it. All I keep thinking about when I’m drinking it is how good would a coffee smoothie be!?! That’d be a great one to incorporate in the no sugar challenge. I’m always adding some sort of sugar to my coffee when I drink it. Can’t wait to try the Cinnamon Apple smoothie later!
Heather – Ya, most smoothies like this won’t keep well overnight. But I’m glad you’re enjoying it! I’ll work on a coffee smoothies for you! 🙂
Just a bit of caution……some sources do not recommend ever eating raw tofu.
Georgia – Yes, I’m aware. I follow the concept of “everything in moderation”. Thanks! 🙂
Mimsie – Fantastic! I hope you enjoy it!
Jeri – Fantastic! I no longer use protein powder, but when I did, 100% whey was my powder of choice. Yum!
Mdpiano – Wonderful! Spinach is a fabulous addition!
Julie – Yes to both as long as there is no added sugar.
p.s. i just made this smoothie and it was DELICIOUS!! 🙂
Jessica – Wonderful! Glad you enjoyed it!
Jessica – Wonderful! Glad you enjoyed it!
p.s. i just made this smoothie and it was DELICIOUS!! 🙂
Jessica – Awww, thank you so much!
It makes 2 cups, but a serving is one cup. Is it ok to refridgerate the other half until the next morning? If so would I need to maybe just re pulse it a little to get it blended again? Thanks!
Angelaharper – Yes, it keeps in the fridge okay. But not for long. Definitely no longer than 3 days, tops. Just check it the next day to see if it needs re mixing.
Jennifer – Oh dear! Hahaha!!! Yes, please do be careful!
alecia – You can just leave them out or sub with any other fruit you enjoy.
Sounds wonderful!
Sure, you can use kefir. The flavor will be different, but it’s certainly doable.