Sunshine Smoothie – A Healthy Breakfast

This Sunshine Smoothie is the perfect way to start your day. An easy to make mixture of fresh banana, pineapple and lime with a hint of earthiness from cucumber and fortified with protein powder. It’s a healthy breakfast that will give you a boost and energize you until lunchtime.

Do you feel like Spring and Summer are just around the corner? Even if you don’t, this smoothie will bring a little warm sunshine into your life. Smoothies are a healthy start to your day providing plenty of vitamins, minerals and energy all in one delicious drink. Add in protein powder to round out your fruit & vegetable servings.

This recipe was adapted from the Ninja Blender Inspiration Guide that I received with my fantastic Ninja blender. I don’t know what I ever did without it! Oh yes, I remember now, start the blender, stop it to push the fruit down, start it again, stop it & push…well you get the idea. Now that I am using my Ninja, I just put all the ingredients in and it whips it together in seconds. Woohoo! I am doing a happy dance every time I use it. Check the Ninja Ultima out here. You won’t be sorry!

Love smoothies? Change it up with these delicious and healthy smoothies. 

Chocolate Caramel Smoothie Bowl from 2 Cookin Mamas – A rich chocolaty combination of yogurt, almond butter, bananas, caramel coffee and a healthy servings of greens. 

Strawberry Peanut Butter Smoothie from Natalies Health – All natural, delicious and loaded with nutrients to start the day off right.

Carrot Cake Smoothie from 2 Cookin Mamas – All the flavors of your favorite carrot cake with plenty of healthy sprinkled in!

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Sunshine Smoothie

Prep Time

5 mins

Total Time

5 mins

 

This Sunshine Smoothie is the perfect way to start your day. An easy to make mixture of fresh banana, pineapple and lime with a hint of earthiness from cucumber and fortified with protein powder. It's a healthy breakfast that will give you a boost and energize you until lunchtime.

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keywords: breakfast smoothie, healthy smoothie, sunshine smoothie

Servings: 1 serving

Calories: 107 kcal

Author: Linda Warren

Ingredients

• 1/2 frozen banana
• 1/2 cup fresh pineapple
• 1/4 cucumber peeled
• 1/2 lime juiced
• 1 scoop vanilla protein powder

Directions

1. Place all in blender or single serve cup and pulse until smooth.

Nutrition Facts

Sunshine Smoothie

Amount Per Serving

Calories 107

% Daily Value*

Cholesterol 2mg 1%

Sodium 5mg 0%

Potassium 403mg 12%

Total Carbohydrates 26g 9%

Dietary Fiber 3g 12%

Sugars 16g

Protein 2g 4%

Vitamin A 1.1%

Vitamin C 56.9%

Calcium 2.1%

Iron 1.3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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