Oats-Banana-Milk Smoothie: Good breakfast?

kadinlucas

Hi,
I have always struggled to stomach food in the morning so eating breakfast is a pain.
I do really enjoy smoothies and someone told me to put oats in it and it will make me feel fuller.

Is this a suitable breakfast to eat pretty much every day? Is there anything important lacking?
1/4C Oats
1/2C Milk (reduced 1.5% fat)
1 Banana

(May also add any other fruit I have at the time)

Cheers.

elm2008

I think it's pretty good. I used to make this smoothie all the time using half a banana and soy milk instead. It seemed to keep me really full.
What you may want to add to the smoothie is greek yogurt, cottage cheese (maybe a small amount to keep the taste masked), peanut butter, or a protein powder.

kadinlucas

Yeah will probably add yoghurt sometimes, don't think I will be adding cheese any time soon though.

yarwell

how much protein is there in that ?

kadinlucas

Maybe 8grams of protein al up? (the 1/2C milk has 4grams, oats has ~3 and banana about 1)

orangesmartie

Thanks for this - I have been looking for a banana smoothie recipe that incorporates oats but without yogurt. Can you just confirm that the oats are uncooked please?

kadinlucas

@orangesmartie: I don't really know if it is a good recipe in terms of nutrition, but it came to a good amount of smoothie and was easy to measure... I just chuck in raw rolled oats from the pack so yeah uncooked.
It tastes reasonably good, although one more level of flavour with a second fruit would be good I think.

orangesmartie

@orangesmartie: I don't really know if it is a good recipe in terms of nutrition, but it came to a good amount of smoothie and was easy to measure... I just chuck in raw rolled oats from the pack so yeah uncooked.
It tastes reasonably good, although one more level of flavour with a second fruit would be good I think.

thanks, I added it to my recipes and it came out at about 251 cals, 6g protein (using skimmed milk), so i think its a reasonable breakfast. I also normally add a drop of honey or a drop of vanilla extract in my smoothie so I'll see how it goes.

kadinlucas

@orangesmartie: I don't really know if it is a good recipe in terms of nutrition, but it came to a good amount of smoothie and was easy to measure... I just chuck in raw rolled oats from the pack so yeah uncooked.
It tastes reasonably good, although one more level of flavour with a second fruit would be good I think.

thanks, I added it to my recipes and it came out at about 251 cals, 6g protein (using skimmed milk), so i think its a reasonable breakfast. I also normally add a drop of honey or a drop of vanilla extract in my smoothie so I'll see how it goes.

That's good to heard. I am going to start trying to do the calorie counting thing starting Sunday but not sure if I can keep it going every day. Also gonna try the c25k thing starting Sunday.

orangesmartie

That's good to heard. I am going to start trying to do the calorie counting thing starting Sunday but not sure if I can keep it going every day. Also gonna try the c25k thing starting Sunday.

You might find the food logging becomes mighty addictive

I've downloaded C25K but not had the courage to go out and try it yet. Good luck!