My son loves breakfast and eats loads, but my daughter never feels like eating much first thing in the morning. I started making this smoothie for her when she asked to try the smoothies I make for myself.
I often add some oats to mine, but the kids didn’t like the texture, so I rummaged in the cereal cupboard and found the wheat biscuits. They go completely soft in milk – perfect! I sweetened the deal with the addition of some Milo (basically Ovaltine if you’re in the UK) and honey to milk and some frozen banana chunks.
I always buy more bananas than I need so that I can chop some up to freeze for smoothies and use some (once they’re overripe) for baking banana bread or banana choc chip muffins.
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A balanced breakfast for on-the-run, or for those who aren't big eaters in the morning. It has milk, fruit and wholegrain cereal all in one package!
- 200 ml Milk
- 1 Wheat biscuit
- 1 Banana frozen in chunks
- 3 tsps Milo or Ovaltine optional
- 1 tsp honey
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Place the milk and wheat biscuit into your blender and leave to soak for 5 minutes.
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Add the rest of the ingredients and blend until smooth.
Instead of Milo or Ovaltine, you could add 1 tsp of cocoa/cacao powder and increase the honey to 2 tsps.
You could add 2 tsps peanut butter to this smoothie for extra flavour, protein and good fats.
I like to add a handful of spinach leaves if I'm making this for myself, but this isn't a popular option with my kids so far!
For a grown-up version for breakfast on-the-run, try adding a tsp of instant coffee granules or a shot of espresso!
