Homemade Breakfast Shake

Do you feel tired and weak when you wake up in the mornings? Chances are, you are probably in need of some protein! And what better way is there to get protein than by drinking a homemade breakfast shake? These are quick and easy for busy mornings. I drink them, and my two-year-old loves them also.

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How I Concocted This in the First Place

Honestly, while breastfeeding my first child, I read that oats were great for consumption. Oats help with your milk production. If you’re anything like me, though, you don’t want to eat instant oatmeal every morning of your life. To me, the flavors get boring, and it’s just not my favorite. It doesn’t really have much protein, but it has a lot of sugar. Just my personal opinion.

Out of necessity, I concocted an oatmeal breakfast shake. I knew how to make overnight oats, but they didn’t sound appealing to me at the time. So I started taking instant oats, protein granola, and flax seeds in my Ninja blender cup. Then, I added some milk and shook it up. From there, I threw in a banana, spinach, and blueberries. I then had a blueberry oatmeal shake, and I loved it.

Once I got a little burned out on that, I began adding dark chocolate cocoa powder to the mix (2 spoonful’s to be exact). I’ve been in love with that new flavor ever since. I’ve made strawberry and banana for my daughter, chocolate, and blueberry and banana. She loves them all, and they’re healthy for her to drink!

At the end of the day, I made a drink that was safe for me to consume while breastfeeding. It did help my milk supply, and it was healthy for me and my baby. My ingredients are completely safe and all natural. I used foods that you wouldn’t necessarily expect, and I’ve calculated how much protein is in the drink for those who are wondering. Check out the ingredients below!

Note: In case you’re wanting to compare, the recommended amount of protein in a protein shake is around 20 grams. That’s a lot of protein for one meal! My homemade breakfast shake has between 15.8 and 27.03 grams of protein (depending on what you add to the mixture).

Homemade Breakfast Shake Protein Breakdown

• ½ Cup Old Fashioned Oats or Instant oats (5 Grams of Protein)
• 1 Tbsp. Ground Flax Seed (1.5 Grams of Protein)
• ¼ Cup Organic Granola Clusters (2-3 Grams of Protein)
• 2 Tbsp. Dark Chocolate Cocoa Powder (1-2 Grams of Protein)
• ½ – ¾ Cup Milk (3-4 Grams of Protein)
• ¼ Cup (or one handful) Spinach (1 Gram of Protein)
• 1 Banana (1.3 Grams of Protein)
• ¼ Cup Frozen blueberries OR strawberries (0 Grams of Protein)

Optional:

• 1 Tablespoon Honey
• 1 Tablespoon Peanut butter (8.23 Grams of protein!)
• OR 2 Tablespoons of Greek Yogurt (1 Gram of protein)

Note: These ingredients provide 15.8-18.8 grams of protein alone, which is a great amount!

Recipe Variations

These ingredients alone are around 15.8 and 18.8 grams of protein. However, you can also add some peanut butter to the shake. One spoonful is around 8.23 grams of protein, and I think peanut butter and chocolate were made for each other. By adding one spoonful to the above ingredients, you can have a shake that is packed full of 24.03-27.03 grams of protein! That’s an easy breakfast option for you, Mama!

If you’d rather skip the peanut butter, you can also add two to four tablespoons of Greek yogurt to add 1-2 more grams of protein to your shake. How much you add will depend on how creamy you like your shake. I like adding yogurt to my shake occasionally because I like the probiotics in yogurt. Your shake will then be around 16.8-20.8 grams of protein! If you’re watching your sugar, I would recommend the plain Greek yogurt. If you’re not, feel free to get a flavored one, but I do caution you to look at the ingredients. Some yogurts are better for you than others.

If you have a sweeter tooth than I do, there are all natural ways to sweeten your protein shake before resorting to sugar. The first way is to use honey. You can add 1 tablespoon of honey just to add a little more sweetness to the shake. A second way is to use a semi-sweet chocolate cocoa powder; this adds a little more sweetness and a little less bitterness. The last method is to use an over-ripened banana. The sweeter the banana, the sweeter your mixture is.

Let me know what you think about the shake in the comments! Let me know your favorite variation!

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