Meatless Monday – Vegan Protein Morning Smoothie

I often get asked how I’m sure I’m getting enough protein as a vegan. I try to be conscious of eating enough legumes, tofu, soy, spinach, etc., to accomplish this, but honestly, I’m not sure some days that I do – is anyone ever sure?

One attempt I make is to start the day off with a breakfast smoothie made with vegan protein powder. There are many brands of protein powder out there to try – I tend to lean towards ones that are vanilla flavored (just a personal preference). Pops and I start our days with these quite often actually. Each smoothie ends up different depending on what fruit I have on hand (or in the freezer) and what kind of soy or coconut yogurt I have. Here are the ingredients I like to add:

• Frozen bananas (I love to use frozen bananas to make the smoothie cold without adding ice which may water it down)
• Whole Fruit Slices – whatever’s on hand
• Frozen Fruit – again, whatever I have
• 1/2 Container of Soy or Coconut Yogurt – once again, whatever flavor I have

Today, my smoothie contained, soy protein powder, frozen bananas,

Then, I added some peach slices,

then some frozen mango chunks and frozen blueberries – I almost always add frozen berries to my smoothies.

Then I add some Almond Milk – of course you can use soy, rice, hemp, grain or any other variety milk you’d like. I prefer almond because of the taste – sometimes vanilla soy if that’s all I have, but I find there’s less aftertaste with the almond milk.

Blend away….

and finally, ENJOY!

~ Lita