Banana, Date and Peanut Butter Smoothie
For the mornings when solid food is genuinely unappealing. Blended in three minutes and drunk in two.
Why it works for Sehri
- Some people cannot eat before dawn and end up fasting on nothing at all. A dense drink is far better than skipping Sehri entirely.
- Peanut butter and milk supply protein and fat, so despite being a drink it does not empty from the stomach as fast as juice would.
- It carries a large volume of fluid at the exact point in the day when that matters most.
Ingredients
- 2 bananasripe, frozen if you planned ahead
- 400 ml milkdairy or oat
- 4 Medjool datespitted, about 60 g
- 2 tbsp peanut buttersmooth, no added sugar
- 4 tbsp rolled oats
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseedoptional
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
Method
- 1Load the blender2 min
Put the bananas, dates, 4 tbsp oats, 2 tbsp peanut butter, 1 tbsp flaxseed, 1/2 tsp cinnamon and a pinch of salt into the jug, then pour in 400 ml milk.
- 2Blend2 min
Blend on high for 60 to 90 seconds. The oats and dates need the full time or the texture stays gritty.
- 3Serve1 min
Pour into two glasses and drink straight away. Follow with a glass of water.
Notes that make the difference
- Soak the dates in a little warm milk for five minutes first if your blender is not powerful.
- This is a supplement to fluid, not a replacement. Still drink plain water at Sehri.
Storing and reheating
Drink fresh. It separates and thickens within an hour.
Substitutions
- Nut allergy: use tahini or sunflower seed butter in the same quantity.
- Thicker and colder: freeze the bananas the night before.
Cooking times assume a standard domestic hob and oven and will vary with your equipment. No nutritional figures are given: calculating them reliably needs the exact brand and weight of every ingredient, and an invented number would be worse than none. If you are managing a health condition, follow your doctor’s dietary advice.