As I've said before, I am not a cereal person, so I usually make myself an egg over easy with a slice of wheat toast. After a while, I need a change, but again, what do I do? I sometimes do my coffee protein shake, but that's usually when I'm in a rush. Being on a school schedule, I have my summers off so I wanted to try to make a protein packed breakfast so I can go to the gym and be super energized. I know some people prefer to go to the gym with an empty stomach and do fasted cardio, but I feel like I hit the wall quickly when I do that. I'd rather have a filling, healthy and delicious breakfast and wait a half hour to an hour before I head to the gym.
Since I had the time, I decided to try to attack a protein packed smoothie bowl. I've been trying to use the blender slightly less often for two reasons. 1. It's annoying to clean. 2. Murphy hates the sound. I know he needs to get used to it, which is why I still sometimes use it, but again, I hate cleaning it. Anyway...I digress...
I put together a smoothie bowl, which is pretty much everything I would put in a smoothie anyway, but adding in oatmeal. It's pretty good and I couldn't even finish it because it was so filling. Important note: the following recipe makes two smoothie protein bowls!!!
Prepare 1 serving of rolled oats (either in almond milk, skim milk, or whatever - your choice). Mix 1/2 scoop of protein powder with Greek yogurt (I mixed it with a single 0% fat vanilla Greek yogurt). Split these two into two bowls. I then chopped up 1/3 of a banana for each bowl and sliced 1 strawberry for each bowl. I put a small tablespoon of peanut butter or almond butter in the middle (I almost felt like this was too much), then drizzled everything with a little honey and topped with chia seeds. Again, the yogurt and oatmeal make two bowls. Since Joie wasn't home, I just saved it for breakfast for tomorrow. Yay!
I've seen multiple variations of this online, so I'd recommend using whatever you fruit, yogurt, or toppings you like. You can substitute with all berries or use some granola instead of peanut butter. I'm looking forward to this meal starting me off on the right foot today and fueling my cardio/weightlifting workout! Woo!
Since I had the time, I decided to try to attack a protein packed smoothie bowl. I've been trying to use the blender slightly less often for two reasons. 1. It's annoying to clean. 2. Murphy hates the sound. I know he needs to get used to it, which is why I still sometimes use it, but again, I hate cleaning it. Anyway...I digress...
I put together a smoothie bowl, which is pretty much everything I would put in a smoothie anyway, but adding in oatmeal. It's pretty good and I couldn't even finish it because it was so filling. Important note: the following recipe makes two smoothie protein bowls!!!
Prepare 1 serving of rolled oats (either in almond milk, skim milk, or whatever - your choice). Mix 1/2 scoop of protein powder with Greek yogurt (I mixed it with a single 0% fat vanilla Greek yogurt). Split these two into two bowls. I then chopped up 1/3 of a banana for each bowl and sliced 1 strawberry for each bowl. I put a small tablespoon of peanut butter or almond butter in the middle (I almost felt like this was too much), then drizzled everything with a little honey and topped with chia seeds. Again, the yogurt and oatmeal make two bowls. Since Joie wasn't home, I just saved it for breakfast for tomorrow. Yay!
I've seen multiple variations of this online, so I'd recommend using whatever you fruit, yogurt, or toppings you like. You can substitute with all berries or use some granola instead of peanut butter. I'm looking forward to this meal starting me off on the right foot today and fueling my cardio/weightlifting workout! Woo!