10 Breakfast Shake Ideas [Zack]

Mama always said "you have to eat good amounts of fruit and vegetables every day".  I'll let you in on my secret to completing this mission: breakfast shakes.  You can pack 2 or 3 servings of fruit into one drink - even the occasional vegetable!  I knock out a good part of my health "requirement" before 10am.  The blender is an endless canvas for your creativity and it always tastes good!

A few tips:

• use frozen fruit if you normally add ice
• bananas add creaminess and are a pretty normal installment in my shakes
• frozen bananas are awesome (make sure to peel them before freezing, or else they will be a pain to use)
• you can add protein powder if you are drinking one after a workout (go for the natural stuff)

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Popeye's Punch
1 banana
1 cup of loosely packed fresh spinach
1/3 cup raspberries
2/3 cup skim milk (or any other milk)
2/3 cup peach juice

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Smooth and Juicy
1 banana
2/3 cup frozen raspberries
1/2 cup yogurt
1/4 cup orange juice
1/2 cup milk

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Fresh N Fruity Coconut
1 banana
1/3 cup frozen raspberries
1/3 cup frozen blackberries
1 cup coconut milk
10 large mint leaves

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Spicy Ginger Berry
1 banana
3/4 cup frozen blueberries
10 large mint leaves
1/3 inch ginger
1 1/4 cups milk

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Banana Hammock
1 banana
1 small handful mint leaves
1/2 mango
1 cup rice milk

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Mango Man-Friend
1 banana
1/2 mango
1/2 cup blueberries
1 cup rice milk
small handful of mint leaves

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The Handlebar Mustache
1 banana
1/2 cup frozen blueberries
1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1/2 cup yogurt
1 cup milk

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Pineapples and Such
1 cup chopped pineapple
1 banana
small handful of mint leaves
1/2 cup yogurt
1/2 cup milk

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Avocado Adventureland
1 banana
1/2 avacado
1 cup frozen blueberries
1/2 inch ginger, very finely minced
1.5 cups milk
1 T honey

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Matt's PBBR
2 bananas
1.5 cups almond milk
2 heaping T of peanut butter
1 cup frozen raspberries