About a month and a half ago, there was a crisis in the Kate-Peter kitchen. Our blender, a $5 purchase made many, many years ago by Peter, broke. Normally this would not bring things to a screeching halt, but I've been following the Abs Diet and making breakfast smoothies on a daily basis for months now. Without this tool, breakfast (i.e. a race to get food in my body as quickly as possible in the morning) became significantly more difficult. I was a cranky girl.
But there's redemption. For my birthday, Peter bought me a fancy blender. It's made of actual glass and metal (squee!) AND has a pretty decent food processor attachment. So, of course, I've been making smoothies on a very regular basis ever since. This week's recipe is adapted from the Abs Diet peanut butter and jelly smoothie, one of my favorites.
1 cup low-fat or fat-free milk
1 handful frozen whole strawberries
1/3 scoop vanilla protein powder
2 teaspoons natural peanut butter
6 ice cubes
Toss that all in the blender, and watch the magic happen. If your blender is like our old one, defrost the strawberries in the microwave first and crush the ice if possible. The end result is thinner, though, and you should really think about getting a kick-ass blender eventually. It'll make life so, so much easier.
Blenders are amazing.
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