Forever in Wonderland: Chia Banana Smoothie

Today I feel like posting another recipe. I just had a smoothie at this awesome little place in LA called Liquid, and it inspired me to share one of my own recipes.

I used to make smoothies all the time for breakfast. I haven't made any in quite a while, but when the mood strikes I love to whip up (or blend up I suppose?) a delicious, healthy smoothie.

There’s never really any rhyme or reason to my smoothie making, I just throw a whole bunch of stuff in the blender and hope it tastes good. And this next concoction turned out great.

Chia Banana Smoothie:

Ingredients:

· 1 ½ frozen banana
· a handful of raspberries and blueberries
· a handful of pecans
· half a scoop of vanilla protein powder (I like the Jillian Michaels brand and the Whole Foods kind)
· a tbs of chia seeds
· some soy milk
· some strawberry kefir (any flavor would be fine)
· 2 tbs of almond butter

I don't really measure anything out; I just keep adding soymilk or kefir until the consistency seems perfect. Likewise, you could easily add more or less almond butter, more nuts, or substitute Greek yogurt for kefir). That's the awesome thing about smoothies—there are no rules! But this was an especially yummy concoction so I figured I’d write it down incase anyone else wants to try it!

Smoothies are such an awesome way to get a bunch of important nutrients in. With this one you get about two servings of fruit, lots of protein, and a whole bunch of other stuff from the nuts and seeds (I’m super scientific aren’t I?).