Learning from Friday’s miserable experience, I really looked at the recipe for today’s smoothie and decided I wasn’t going to chance it — I was going to change it. It looked like it would taste great, but I could see right away that it was not going to keep me full (containing only 115 calories, most of which was from the banana).
I started out the same: one frozen banana and one cup of milk. Next was the spices but that raised a debate: should I measure spices as suggested in the original recipe, or use the Tazo Chai concentrate we have in the fridge? Not much of a contest: chai concentrate includes black tea and the all-important caffeine and I can’t get that from the spice cupboard.
Here’s what my modified Vanilla Chai Breakfast Smoothie consisted of:
1 frozen banana
1 cup milk (I used almond milk)
1/2 cup Tazo Chai concentrate
1/4 cup vanilla yogurt
2 tbsp ground chia seeds
dash of cinnamon to garnish
Dead simple! Makes a little over 16 oz. The frozen banana really adds to the texture of the finished drink and the chia seeds thicken it a little further. I suspect most people will find the amount of chai a little intense, you may wish to start with 1/4 cup and add more as needed. Similarly, the chia seeds do not blend perfectly (even the ground ones) so for a less grainy texture you could omit or reduce that ingredient.