This cool, creamy smoothie is the perfect healthy alternative to your favorite blended coffee shop drink. Bonus: it only has five ingredients!
I love to chill.
No seriously – I love to chill. Don’t you agree?
I consider relaxing to be one of my favorite pastimes. While I don’t get to do it as much as I’d like these days, there is nothing better than pure uninterrupted leisure. Relaxing with friends and loved ones at a BBQ, spending a day at the beach, or curling up with a good book that you can’t put down are some of the greatest moments. Thankfully, we’re right in the middle of summer which is the ideal time to chill. The sun is out and holiday craziness hasn’t gotten ahold of us yet.
Kanye said it best “And the weather so breezy, man why can’t life always be this easy.” If you haven’t noticed, I throw out a lot of song lyrics. Don’t be alarmed, I do this in everyday conversation as well – totally normal. Anyways…
Sometimes when it comes to being in the kitchen – I just want to chill and I don’t have the patience to mess with a bunch of fussy ingredients. Well my friends, those are the times I turn to smoothies.
Let’s just say I drink a lot of smoothies when I get too lazy to make a real breakfast. Let’s also say this happens daily.
My love for smoothies runs deep, as I’m sure you’ve gathered. I’ve talked about my love for coffee many times before as well. Today these two loves were united for an easy, breezy smoothie that’s my summer staple. I took some of my cold brew coffee, and blended it up with Almond Breeze Chocolate Almond Milk until it reached frothy perfection.
Blend it up, sip it slow, kick back and chill.
- 1 Cup of Strong Chilled Coffee (I used Cold Brew)
- ½ Cup Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Chocolate Almond Milk
- 1 Frozen Banana, Sliced
- 1 Scoop of Chocolate Protein Powder (I used Perfect Fit)
- ½ Cup of Ice
- Put all ingredients into a high-powered blender and blend until smooth!
- What are your favorite summer sips?
- Are you as addicted to coffee as I am?
- Do you randomly blurt out song lyrics in everyday conversation? Don’t answer unless you say yes…
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Totally perfect way to chill 😉 Yum!
Coffee in a smoothie is such a win! Love love love!
Right? Two of the best things!
I love everything about coffee … and smoothies so this is so happening.
Instead of song lyrics I quote the same 5 TV shows like the characters were my BFFs. Thankfully most of my best friends in real life like the shows too or at least put up with me.
Friends who understand our antics are the best. My friends affectionately say I have “musical tourette’s”…pretty accurate…
mmm sometimes after a hot run i can’t decide if i want a coffee or a smoothie! this solves that problem – great idea 🙂
Agreed! That’s exactly why I made it. Coffee + Smoothie = 🙂
We keep having similar recipes…and I don’t think we are meaning to at all!!…I guess great minds think alike!! 😉 Look delish girl!
Great minds totally think alike! 🙂