Protein shakes are a great addition to mom’s diets. This is a meal in a glass that packs a serious punch. If you can slam some protein early in the day, you will keep your appetite and sugar cravings at bay all day. Protein sticks with you and burns slowly, the opposite of carbs. Your body burns up carbs really fast. So if you can get some protein down first thing, you’re going to keep your blood sugar more even keeled all day. This will help you say no to cookies and junk in the face of toddler melt downs!
Protein shakes should be a part of every healthy mom’s diet.
Here is my recipe for my favorite protein shake. This is the shake I have almost every morning after my workout. I LOVE this shake! It’s packed with protein, fiber and nutrients to fuel me all morning.
1 scoop Rainbow Light Protein Powder (110 cals/15 g protein/7 g fiber)
4 ice cubes
1/2 cup Vanilla So Delicious Coconut Milk (45 cals/.5 g protein/0 fiber)
1/2 cup water
1 Tablespoon PB2* (25 cals/2 g protein/0 fiber)
1/3 banana (35 cals/0 protein/1 g fiber)
2 large handfuls organic spinach (20 cals/2 g protein/2 g fiber)
cinnamon to taste (I like a lot!)
TOTAL: 235 cals/20 g protein/10 g fiber (almost 1/2 your fiber for the day!)
Note: this is not my entire breakfast. 235 calories is not enough calories for breakfast. I typically have breakfast #1 before I workout (about 200-300) calories. Then I have my shake, breakfast #2, after I workout. So, it’s really more of a mid-morning snack, as it usually falls a couple hours after breakie #1.
*PB2 is smoothie magic. Click here to learn more about it.
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