Pineapple Protein Smoothie with Cooked Quinoa

Pineapple Protein Smoothie with Cooked Quinoa

High in protein, this turmeric pineapple smoothie with quinoa is a great way to start your morning, or have an energy boost halfway through the day. Simple ingredients and 5 minutes to make.

Prep Time5

Total Time5

Servings: medium (4 cups)

Author: Danika Vanderpyl

Equipment

1 blender

Ingredients

2 ripe bananas
½ cup cooked quinoa*
2 tablespoons white or black chia seeds*
½ teaspoon turmeric powder or ½ inch chunk of fresh turmeric
1 cup any kind of milk
4 cups loosely packed frozen pineapple (or frozen peaches or frozen mango)

Instructions

Place the banana, cooked quinoa, chia seeds, and turmeric in the blender with the milk on top. Place the yellow frozen fruit on top.
Blend for about 45 seconds to 1 minute until it's fully blended and creamy, then pour your smoothie into glasses!

Notes

The nutrition facts are calculated for two smoothies, if you have this as one serving, it contains 22 grams of protein.

*For this recipe use cooked quinoa not raw. I just add my leftover quinoa (from dinner the night before), this is anywhere from ¼ cup to ¾ cup of cooked quinoa. If you are cooking quinoa to put in this smoothie, it will triple in size when cooking, so ¼ cup of dry quinoa will make ¾ cup of cooked quinoa.

*Chia seeds: A high power blender will make these seeds unnoticeable, however, if you don't have a high power blender and don't like the texture of these little seeds, consider grinding them in a coffee grinder into a powder before using.

My other favorite turmeric smoothie is this golden latte like blend, try it!

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