Boosted Banana Almond Butter Flax Seed Smoothie Recipe with Cinnamon and Dates

You’ve already seen my recipe for a simple, 3-ingredient almond butter smoothie. This time, I’m bringing you a Boosted Banana Almond Butter Smoothie Recipe! I made a couple simple additions to my basic Healthy Banana Almond Butter Smoothie Recipe to make the smoothie extra healthy. You might even have all 6 simple ingredients in your pantry and fridge now!

Boosted Banana Almond Butter Smoothie

My simple almond butter smoothie has three ingredients:

  1. banana
  2. milk
  3. almond butter

Learn about how I boosted the nutrition of my simple almond butter smoothie with 3 simple additional ingredients in the next section.

Boosted Banana Almond Butter Smoothie

I added a couple health-boosting ingredients to the basic recipe to turn it into an Boosted Banana Almond Butter Smoothie recipe.

Boosted Banana Almond Butter Flax Seed Smoothie Recipe Ingredients

Dates

Dates add a little extra sweetness to the flavor of this smoothie. They’re good for you, too! According to The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, a “single date has calcium and magnesium in an almost perfect 1:1 ratio (15 mg to 14 mg), 1 1/2 g of fiber, and more than 160 mg of heart-healthy potassium. There’s even a smidgen of vitamin A, plus trace amounts of a half dozen of other vitamins and minerals.”

Ground Flax Seeds

An article about flaxseeds on whfoods.com says, “The seeds of most plants are rich in nutrients and can provide us with health benefits. Yet flaxseeds are also nutritionally unique and offer us health benefits not found across the board within the seeds food group. The nutritional uniqueness of flaxseeds features three nutrient aspects.” You can read about those three aspects (omega 3 fatty acid content, lignans, and mucilage (gum) content by clicking here.

Cinnamon

According to Dr. Oz, “As we age, many of us may experience muscle and joint pain due to arthritis. Cinnamon contains anti-inflammatory compounds that can help relieve that pain. Furthermore, cinnamon’s antibiotic properties help prevent urinary tract infections, tooth decay and gum disease, and have been shown to kill the harmful bacteria, E.coli.”

Healthy and delicious!

Boosted Banana Almond Butter Smoothie
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Boosted Banana Almond Butter Flax Seed Smoothie Recipe

  • Author: Diana of thechiclife.com
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 5 mins
  • Total Time: 10 mins
  • Yield: 1 1x

Description

This Amped Up Almond Butter Smoothie takes a classic recipe up a notch with a couple simple, healthful additions. Read more about why these ingredients are healthy above in the blog post.


Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 cup milk of choice (I used unsweetened rice milk)
  • 1 frozen banana
  • 2 tablespoons almond butter
  • 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
  • 1 date, pitted
  • dash of cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Place milk, banana, almond butter, flaxseed, and date in the blender.
  2. Cover and blend until ingredients are processed and smooth, about 1-2 minutes. Taste test and if desired, blend in sweetener of choice to taste.
  3. Pour into a glass and add a dash of cinnamon on top. Enjoy!

Notes

This single serving recipe multiplies easily to server more

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