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Banana Almond Flax Smoothie
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Ingredients
- 1medium or large banana, preferably frozen, sliced
- ⅔cup buttermilk, yogurt or almond milk
- 1tablespoon roasted unsalted almond butter
- 1tablespoon flaxseeds
- 1teaspoon honey or agave nectar
- A couple of drops of almond extract or vanilla
Preparation
- Step 1
Place all of the ingredients in a blender, along with a few ice cubes if the bananas have not been previously frozen. Blend until smooth.
- Advance preparation: This smoothie is best if served right away.
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Cooking Notes
This was absolutely delicious! Doubled the recipe, did vanilla-honey half greek yogurt and half unsweetened oat milk, eyeballed the bananas. (I used frozen.) I accidentally forgot the vanilla, and it honestly didn't need it! Would definitely recommend doing half yogurt and half milk to get a good thick-but-not-too-thick consistency.
I've been making cultured butter and always have seem to have a lot of buttermilk to use
http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015521-butter-and-buttermilk
This recipe and Martha Rose Shulman's mango buttermilk smoothie are really great ways to use it.
Peanut butter and maple syrup.
I added some cinnamon for a little more flavor.
Honey/agave not necessary if you’re using ripe or very ripe bananas.
I happened to have some left over medium-toasted rolled oats, so I threw about a tablespoon into the mix. It was good and could have taken 2 Ts. I used oat instead of almond milk and maple syrup as the sweetener--just a half teaspoon would have been enough. I'd like to make another one like this tomorrow!
Delicious if you swop out the bananas for frozen strawberries
This is very good, but want to take it to the next level and make it a complete breakfast? Add a shot of espresso.
Did the following substitutions due to ingredients availability. - pea milk instead of almond or yogurt - milled linseeds instead of flaxseeds And skipped any honey or sweetner. Delicious and very filling smoothie and according to my meal tracker app very high in fibre. Love!
Per an earlier suggestion, I added more milk than yogurt to make the smoothie more liquid-y.
peanut butter instead of almond?
This super smoothie was exactly what I needed after having a tooth pulled. It was delicious enough to overcome my pain, at least for a while. Jonesing for peanut butter, I used it instead of almond butter, and oat milk and maple syrup instead of buttermilk and honey, to make the mixture vegan.
I added some cinnamon for a little more flavor.
Wow so delicious and nutritious!!
Peanut butter and maple syrup.
really nice simple smoothie, very delicious. the roasted almond butter gives it some earthiness that would be lost with plain almond butter, mine had a little salt which was a nice touch. I subbed oat milk in to add to that nuttiness and added about 1/4 tsp cinnamon. first time using vanilla extract in a smoothie and I'd do it again.
Just made this. Definitely use frozen banana. So good - the banana makes it creamy so it’s almost as decadent as a milkshake.
This was absolutely delicious! Doubled the recipe, did vanilla-honey half greek yogurt and half unsweetened oat milk, eyeballed the bananas. (I used frozen.) I accidentally forgot the vanilla, and it honestly didn't need it! Would definitely recommend doing half yogurt and half milk to get a good thick-but-not-too-thick consistency.
made this to use up some buttermilk. used room temp banana and some ice cubes. skipped the flaxseeds because I didn't have any. skipped the honey/agave but did use several drops of vanilla. still came out great. will make again to continue using up my buttermilk but will try freezing the banana first. I liked it well enough with room temp banana but curious to see the difference noted by other commenters
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