Healthy Coffee Banana Smoothie Recipe

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Whip up an easy banana and yogurt smoothie, with a kick of coffee. Protein, fiber and caffeine? There’s your morning jolt! 126 calories and 4 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP. Thank you to SocialMoms and Seattle’s Best Coffee for helping me to share this recipe with you.
Whip up an easy banana and yogurt smoothie, with a kick of coffee. Protein, fiber and caffeine? Your morning jolt! 126 calories and 4 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP #smoothie #coffee

Whip up an easy banana and yogurt smoothie, with a kick of coffee. Protein, fiber and caffeine? Your morning jolt! 126 calories and 4 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP #smoothie #coffee

Morning rituals are never meant to be messed with, particularly when the ritual involves caffeine. Every night, my husband grinds the coffee beans and preps the coffee pot, setting the “auto on” so that the steaming brew is piping hot when we stumble downstairs in the morning. The coffee is always consumed straight-up…no cream, no sugar, and the stronger the better.

This weekend, we set aside some of the coffee and chilled it in anticipation of combining it with nonfat Greek yogurt, a banana, cinnamon, nutmeg and ground flax seed for a morning smoothie with a caffeine kick. Why not consume some lean protein and fiber while getting your morning jolt?

My husband and I were curious to try Seattle’s Best Coffee when they sent me a bag of ground beans. Coffee is such a personal thing, and most coffee lovers are fiercely loyal to their favorite brand. But trying a new brand in this case is risk-free because Seattle’s Best Coffee has a “great taste guarantee”. If you don’t like their coffee, you can get your money back.

Coffee grounds in a scoop.

We brewed a pot, poured it into our favorite “day off” mugs (we’ve had these mugs for about 18 years, and only use them on days when we’re not working…our little ritual) and took some slurps.

Coffee in our day-off mugs.

The coffee was bold, just the way we like it, and smooth as can be. In fact, it’s the kind of brew that we could happily wake up to every morning. And who knew that it could make a killer smoothie, too?! Of course, you don’t have to drink your coffee black for it to taste good. Dress it up however you like…with sugar, flavored creamers, Irish whiskey (okay, maybe not first thing in the morning).

How to make this coffee banana smoothie recipe:

Place all of the ingredients in a heavy-duty blender – one that can crush ice. This is the one (affiliate) that I used for this recipe.

Coffee banana smoothie in a blender.

Blend until smooth. Serve.

Looking for a morning jolt? This healthy coffee banana smoothie will put some hitch in your giddy-up! 126 calories and 4 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP. #breakfast #smoothierecipes

Other easy ideas for the morning:

Cookin’ Canuck’s No-Bake Carrot Cake Granola Bites {Low Sugar & Gluten-Free}
Cookin’ Canuck’s Make-Ahead Baked Eggs with Turkey Sausage, Mushrooms & Tomatoes
Mountain Mama Cooks’ Sautéed Veggie Breakfast Bagel Sandwich
Beyond Breakfast’s Caramelized Clementine & Cranberry Oatmeal

Instagram-button If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it on Instagram! Just use the hashtag #COOKINCANUCK and I’ll be sure to find it.

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Healthy Coffee Banana Smoothie Recipe

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Prep Time 10 mins
Total Time 10 mins

Whip up an easy banana and yogurt smoothie, with a kick of coffee. Protein, fiber and caffein? There's your morning jolt! 126 calories and 4 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP

Serves 3

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Directions

  1. Place all of the ingredients in a heavy-duty blender (one that can crush ice).
  2. Blend until smooth. Serve.

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Weight Watchers Points: 4 (Freestyle SmartPoints), 3 (Points+)

Disclosure: This blog post is part of a paid SocialMoms and Seattle’s Best Coffee blogging program. The opinions and ideas expressed here are my own. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

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  2. I am not a coffee drinker, but I do love a splash of it in sweeter drinks and of desserts!! This smoothie looks and sounds great and I actually just bought a bag of that exact coffee for the coffee drinks in the house. Looks like it is smoothie time! 🙂

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    • I hope you have a chance to try it, Tieghan. The coffee/banana combination is a great way to sweeten it up.

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    • Thanks, Ali! I was surprised at how much I liked this combo. I’m thinking this smoothie will become a part of my morning routine.

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    • Thanks, Barbara. I found myself sipping on this as a mid-morning snack to curb the pre-lunch munchies.

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    • Thanks, Sommer. I hope you have a chance to try it…I have a feeling you’d like it. 🙂

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    • You’re so sweet, Mallory! I’m wondering what took me so long to think of this combination, too.

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  15. I like to freeze my bananas that I put into smoothies. Gives it a little thicker texture.
    I’ve definitely got this on my menu for next week 🙂

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  16. I absolutely loved making this delicious drink. I actually made it tonight, and I must say very impressive! 🙂 Thanks for sharing such a delicious recipe. I added you on Google+ so I can check out more of your recipes. 🙂

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  19. MMMM thanks for sharing, sounds great! I have been dieting so this would be great for me! Have a great day!

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  21. AMAZING! It’s the perfect balance of sweetness from the honey and banana and tartness from the Greek yogurt and coffee. I usually have a hard time with recipes (they never turn out for me!) but this was easy and fool-proof. I’ll be making this almost every morning!

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  22. Okay, so I have tried so many different shake, healthy drinks and each one I pick one of the ingredients is *banana*. Is there some way I can substitute banana for something else? I don’t like the taste of them so I was just wondering. Could I also just leave out the ingredient all together???

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  26. Hello, I loved the recipe, but it will still taste good if I remove the flax seed, the cinnamon and the nugmed?

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    • Hi Bruna, I’m glad you enjoyed the recipe! I haven’t tried it without the cinnamon and nutmeg. There is bound to be a taste difference, but I’d imagine it would still taste good. You shouldn’t even notice the absence of the flax seed – I just add it for a good boost of omega-3s.

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  27. If I want 2 cups and just increase the coffee or add some almond or coconut milk will that change the nutritional values much? I would leave agave nectar out as I must reduce my sugar.

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    • Hi Ron, the best thing to do would be to enter the ingredients and serving size you plan to use into an nutritional calculator, such as this one. I hope that helps!

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  28. Is ice necessary? Could just freezing the banana work? I am not sure if my magic bullet could handle ice (never tried it)

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  32. I had no idea what to expect when I made this. I’ll admit that the combination of flavors sounded a little odd to me. BUT it was absolutely delicious! My husband and I made this three times last weekend and decided it’s going to be our new weekend brunch drink.

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