10.25.2018

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER SMOOTHIE

Since being diagnosed with gestational diabetes almost a month ago I've been on the hunt for meals that are low carb, low to no sugar, high in protein, and of course delicious so I won't miss all of my favorite foods so much.

Breakfast has been one of the hardest meals of the day so far. I've really never been a big breakfast eater, and after eating over easy eggs and sweet potatoes almost every single day for 2 weeks, I was really sick of eggs and just needed a break from them. So I had no idea what to eat, granola with unsweetened almond milk is okay in small amounts (Love Crunch Organic Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola is THE BEST) but it never seems to  really fill me up unless I eat a double serving (which then makes my glucose levels higher than what they should be), and then I found a great yogurt that is high in protein and while it isn't terrible, it kind of tastes too sweet for me on its own (even though it doesn't have much sugar in it) and also doesn't really fill me up either so basically I'm hungry again 5 seconds later (any other mamas in their third trimester relate? lol). So what should I eat?


Well, one morning this past week I was looking through our fridge and pantry and had the bright idea to make a smoothie! So I set to work gathering some ingredients I thought would go well together, threw them in the blender together and voila! I whipped up an amazing smoothie that has reese's cup vibes and is not only good for me and keeps me full for quite awhile, but also tastes amazing! I mean, I may have eaten it for like 4 days in a row now haha.

It's so easy to make and while I wish the greek yogurt was organic, all of the organic ones our local stores carry had wayyyyy too much sugar for me to currently eat (like 35+ grams of sugar for one serving), a container of the yogurt listed in the recipe below has only 7 or 8 grams of sugar I believe and about 12 grams of protein which is great!

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER SMOOTHIE

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 CUP ORGANIC CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER
1 1/2 CUPS UNSWEETENED ALMOND MILK
2 CUPS ICE CUBES
1 5 OZ CONTAINER OF DANNON LIGHT & FIT ORIGINAL VANILLA GREEK YOGURT
1 to 2 TABLESPOONS CHIA SEEDS
3 TABLESPOONS UNSWEETENED COCOA POWDER

DIRECTIONS:
Add ingredients to blender and blend until smooth. You may have to add a little more of this or that to make it exactly how you like consistency-wise, I typically just dump ingredients into our blender but this is about what I use every morning to create my breakfast smoothie. Enjoy!

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