Quinoa Smoothie (High Protein)

A light brown smoothie with tahini swirled into it with a sprinkle of cinnamon of top.

This delicious blend features frozen bananas, cooked quinoa, dates, cinnamon, and tahini! It's loaded with vitamins and minerals, and it's high in protein for all-day energy. I drool over this one every time.

Prep Time5

Total Time5

Servings: smoothie

Author: Danika Vanderpyl

Equipment

1 blender

Ingredients

⅓ cup quinoa cooked
2 tablespoon tahini
2 bananas
¾ cup milk
2 dates large pitted
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 ice cubes

Instructions

Place the cooked quinoa, tahini, bananas, milk, dates, cinnamon, vanilla and ice cubes into the blender. Secure the lid and blend for 1-2 minutes until everything is thick and creamy.

Notes

This recipe will make 2 servings or 1 large serving.

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Frozen bananas: To make it into a thick milkshake-like smoothie, use frozen bananas and a high-power blender for best results.

Quinoa: if you have a high power blender you could try this with raw quinoa but cooking it will support your digestion.

The inspiration for this smoothie started with this tahini date coffee smoothie from Kalejunkie.

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