Sweet Potato Smoothie
This sweet potato smoothie is thick, rich, creamy, and tastes like sweet potato pie in a healthy, drinkable form – A perfect nutritional breakfast or afternoon pick-me-up ready in under 30 minutes!
Servings: 2
Calories: 315kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup cooked sweet potato, peeled and cubed
- 1 ½ large ripe frozen banana
- 2 tablespoons of peanut butter
- ½ teaspoon of ginger powder or fresh ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon of nutmeg
- ¼ cup old-fashioned oats
- 1 ¾ cups of plant-based milk
- ½ cup of ice
- Plant-based protein powder, to taste (optional)
Instructions
- Add the sweet potatoes to a steamer basket in a pot with a lid and add water to meet the bottom of the basket.
- Place the lid on and bring to a boil. Cook for 15 minutes or until the sweet potato is very tender. Test by inserting a fork into the biggest chunk.
- Drain the water. Leave the sweet potatoes in the steamer basket to cool down or run cold water over them to cool them faster. Optionally, you could freeze them in meal prepping for future smoothies.
- Once the sweet potatoes are cooled, add them to a blender together with the rest of the ingredients. Blend for one minute and taste. Adjust any of the ingredients as needed and blend again. If it is not sweet enough, add another banana or sweetener of your choice.
- Enjoy immediately or store in the refrigerator.
Notes
- To adjust the consistency: For a thinner smoothie, add more plant milk. For a thicker smoothie, either use less plant milk, use frozen sweet potato (which makes a soft-serve-like texture), add more oats, etc.
- Add the plant milk incrementally: This allows you to better control the thickness of this recipe for sweet potato smoothie.
- Tweak to taste: The potato and banana are naturally sweet, but add more sweetener to taste, if preferred. Also, adjust any spice or other ingredient.
- For easy blending: It’s best to add the liquids and softest ingredients closest to the blender blades, then the harder/frozen ingredients.
Nutrition
Calories: 315kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Sodium: 394mg | Potassium: 721mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 9501IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 308mg | Iron: 1mg
