Oatmeal Cookie Smoothie

I have the hardest time with food right now.  Nothing looks good to me on a daily basis.  I have been absolutely all over the food map with variety during this pregnancy.  One minute I love peanut butter (as I normally would), the next it makes me nauseous   This has been the same pattern with all foods (except, miraculously, milk!) throughout these last 8.5 months.

Add to that my issues with preparing food.  Normally, I love cooking.  For most of this pregnancy, cooking has been non existent for me.  I simply cannot do it.  The smells of the food, the texture of raw meat - gag. me. now.

Still, as I'm nearing the end of this journey, I know it's time to start getting my mind back into the weight loss game.  I have been eating out during this pregnancy like it's going out of style.  The reason for this is mainly due to the changing tastes.  I could like spaghetti one day, and hate it the next.  I am convinced that all that eating out has certainly played a huge part in the weight gain department.

So, I've been indulging in smoothies lately.  One of which is the one I plan to share with you today - the Oatmeal Cookie Smoothie.  I discovered this tantalizing drink on Pinterest Lord knows how long ago.  I made it for the first time last Thursday.  It honestly tasted like an oatmeal raisin cookie, but with far more nutritional benefits.  (I apologize in advance that I cannot give any Weight Watchers Points for this, seeing that I put my membership on a hiatus until postpartum).

Have you seen this one floating around on Pinterest?

Oatmeal Cookie Smoothie
adapted from the Happy Herbivore

Ingredients:

• 2 whole bananas
• 1 c. ice
• 1/4 c. rolled oats
• 1/4 c. Light Vanilla Silk
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• dash of cardamom
• 1 Tbsp raisins

Notes: The original recipe calls for 2 frozen bananas, for which I did not have.  I added in the cup of ice figuring it would help thicken the consistency, and it did.  Additionally, the cardamom is "optional" but I had some on hand and it added a great flavor to it.  If you are a chai tea lover, then you will love cardamom, since it's once of the main ingredients!

Step 1: Be very excited to use your new Ninja!  Just the other night, I had to go out and buy a new blender because my trusty Hamilton Beach from college decided to burn up during one of my smoothie making festivities.  This puppy had some great reviews on Walmart.com and so I went out and bought her (from Target.. since they had her in stock and Walmart did not).  It wasn't a sad departure - the HB blender was pretty much always awful at blending drinks that involved a lot of frozen goods.  This fine girl though, man did she deliver at all 1000 watts of power in her motor!

Step 2:  Combine all ingredients in your blender and.... blend!  I had to blend mine for about a minute.  There isn't a ton of liquid in this concoction to formulate a quick blend.  With the oats and raisins, it took some time to puree it all, but it tasted great!

What are some of your favorite smoothie recipes?

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Posted by: Tukiyooo Oatmeal Cookie Smoothie Updated at : 3:17 PM

Wednesday, June 12, 2013