This Delicious, Nutrient-Packed Cinnamon & Banana Smoothie Is Addictive
Cinnamon and banana smoothie?
Yummo.
It ticks the nutrition dense, simple and delicious boxes with ease.
As a result, it fits the bill when you need a protein hit to keep your appetite sated, boost your daily nutrition quota and help your hormones stay balanced.
What’s more, it’s packed with protein, fibre and good fats.
Indeed, this cinnamon and banana smoothie is a delicious concoction designed to be waistline- and hormone-friendly.
Not only is it super easy, but it’s also super satisfying, and if time is not your friend you can sup it on the go.
Cinnamon and banana smoothie recipe
Ingredients:
- 1/2 banana
- 1 cup unsweetened almond, soy or oat milk
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
Optional: 2 tbsp protein powder – not too processed.
To sweeten: 1 tbsp chopped dates, a dash of brown rice malt syrup or stevia
Tip:
Use frozen bananas or add some ice on these wonderful hot summer days – it’s fantastic (and cooling for hot flushes!)
Or warm it in winter to take the chill off.
Method:
- Pop all the ingredients in your blender and blend. Easy peasy.
- Garnish with a cinnamon quill.
- Enjoy!
Nutritional benefits of the cinnamon and banana smoothie:
- Unsweetened almond and soy milk have about 30 calories a cup. Oat milk a little more. And half a banana will give you approximately 45 calories. In addition, cinnamon has negligible calories, oil a small amount. All up your (1 cup) smoothie will be around 75 calories (313 kilojoules) to 90 calories (376 kilojoules). If you add sweetener add around 10-20 more calories.
- Soy, oat and almond milk give you a protein boost and reduce hunger, Furthermore, protein helps strengthen your bones, boosts metabolism, reduces cravings for snacks, lowers blood pressure and aids long-term weight management. Subsequently, we ♥ protein.
- Bananas are rich in potassium, lower your blood pressure, up your energy, boost your mood, and are gentle on your stomach.
- Cinnamon has powerful medicinal and weight management benefits. As well as that its chock full of antioxidants giving it the honour of being known as a superfood. What’s more, it’s anti-inflammatory and helps regulate insulin. This is hugely important with metabolism and weight loss and also the risk of Type 2 diabetes. In fact, cinnamon is anti-diabetic. Additionally, science shows cinnamon helps protect against cancer, HIV and neurodegenerative diseases.
- EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) contains incredible compounds and is anti-inflammatory which is helpful for joint pain and musculoskeletal discomfort. In addition the fats convert to ATP for energy.
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