Yummy Real Food Breakfast Smoothie

Hi,
I don't post here, though I do read here often. But I've hit upon a morning smoothie that's so right for me I thought I'd decloak and share it lest anyone else have a finicky morning stomach, and a desire to eat whole foods. I should first say that I'm not much of a morning eater, and breakfast has always been a struggle to try and get in me (I'm a coffee-only morning person), but I knew that if I wanted to lift weights (my favorite way of getting in shape), I was going to have to get protein in me before and after a workout.

And eggs make me gag. Yogurt (Greek or otherwise) and fruit just don't work either. Somehow, my digestive system must slowly be more slowly awakened. And other smoothies I've had are either way to sweet, or waaaaayyyy to green-yucky for me. Finally, because I am really trying to eat real, non-processed foods, I've moved away from powdered smoothies (but I sooo miss my PB2!)

Anyway, here's the preparation for the smoothie:

1. I do an overnight soak of navy beans, and cook them up the next day (have you ever looked at what is actually in a can of beans?....well, my new rule is if they've done something to the food that requires them to have an ingredient that has a chemical-sounding name a' la the FDA or some-such, then I don't want it). (NOTE: I find that preparing my own beans, rather than using canned, eliminates flatulence for me too!)

2. Then I nuke some yams and quarter them (oddly enough, each 1/4 comes to between 1 and 1.25 ounces, though I do buy the smallest yams I can find)

3. Then I peel a mess of bananas and quarter them (I haven't weight the quarter bananas though).

Then I take ziplock snack bags and into each I put:

1/4 cup of the beans (cooled, of course)
1/4 yam (again, cooled first)
1/4 banana

(Because I know I'm not alone in the scroll-down-to-the-recipe habit, I'll put the rest of the ingredients here, but they don't get frozen)

1/4 cup fat-free Greek Yogurt (keeps sugars lower than other non-fat yogurts)
3/4 cup water

And then freeze the baggie (sans yogurt and water)

Then, when I'm done with my morning coffee, I throw the contents of a frozen baggie into a blender (NOTE: I do use a Vitamix, and I'm not sure how this will work without one), along with the yogurt and water, and blend until I don't see any bits flying around anymore. Then drink. Then workout. Then have another smoothie for a post-workout protein shot.

Here's the nutritional breakdown (which btw, has made my numbers so very close to right-on-target, including potassium, that it just makes me smile daily!....although the spinach I have a lunch everyday is also responsible for the potassium rda goals):

(Again, I have 1 before & 1 after a weight-lifting session, so the #s get doubled and make up my Breakfast & I feel good, rather than hungry or stuffed or gagging from something I forced down)

Calories..........148................................X 2= 296
Fat......................0.2g............................ X 2= .4g
Cholesterol.........................................none
Sodium...........27.4mg .......................X 2 = 54.7mg
Potassium....611.5mg....................... X2 = 1223mg.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carbs...............30g .............................X 2= 60g
....Fiber: ............ 6.8g............................X 2= 13.6g.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
....Sugars ..........6.4g.............................X 2= 12.9g
Protein............10.6g...............................X 2= 21.3g....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vit A....................1.2%..............................X 2= 2.5%
Vit C..................15.8% ............................X 2 = 31.5%.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Calcium:............10%.............................. X 2 = 20%.... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Iron.......................8.8%............................X 2 = 17.5

I love it. It's just sweet enough, and soooo healthy and delicious. I will say that there is a tiny, really folks, tiny grittiness to it, and I suppose that more blending might eliminate that, but I can't promise it. Hope it helps another who wants to steer clear of processed stuff and who has a similar I-don't-want-to-eat-breakfast syndrome.

NOTE: I'm going to try using my homemade almond milk in place of the yogurt and water sometime, which would reduce the sugar even more, but I haven't tried that yet.