Creamy Oatmeal Smoothie (A Quick, Healthy Breakfast Recipe!)

Try a Breakfast Smoothie with Oatmeal! This SunButter and raspberry smoothie has oatmeal, and packs in the protein from Greek yogurt and optional protein powder.

A Healthy Breakfast Smoothie!

Smoothies are one of my very favorite things. So many incredible combinations, and they are a great way to sneak in extra fruits and veggies.

This healthy oatmeal smoothie is a full breakfast in a glass. It has clean carbs from the oatmeal and banana, and lots of protein from Greek yogurt and whey protein.

Using a nut butter, like peanut or almond, or a seed butter, like SunButter, also adds satiating healthy fats to help keep you going until lunch time. Sunflower seeds are high in fiber, zinc, folate and vitamin B6, meaning it’s a great option for keeping you immune system running at full speed.

You can’t beat the convenience of this on busy mornings!

Adore healthy smoothie recipes? Try this Blueberry Avocado Smoothie, Healthy Chocolate Chip Mint Smoothie, or the famous Avocolada Smoothie.

Why You’ll LOVE this Creamy Oatmeal Smoothie Recipe:

• It’s fun! Layers of sunflower seed butter and raspberry smoothies give this a “PB&J” feel, but it’s much healthier and dare I say more delicious?!
• Your kids will love this — and you’ll rest assured knowing how much nutrition is packed in. Layering smoothies always gets my son excited.
• You will love this – because it’s high in protein and fiber, from the fruit, oatmeal, and Greek yogurt.
• Even if you choose to mix it all together into 1 smoothie, rather than layering it, it’s easy to make. I have 2 blenders so I just pull two out when I am making something like this. If you don’t, just pour 1 of the smoothies into a large container and put it in the freezer while you make the other smoothie.
• TOPPINGS! Always. I kept it simple in the photos here — just raspberries and a SunButter drizzle, but chocolate chips, nuts, or granola would all be fun here!

What You’ll Need

• Coconut Milk or Unsweetened Almond Milk (or use oat milk or dairy milk)
• Greek Yogurt (or cultured cottage cheese)
• Frozen Banana
• SunButter Sunflower Seed Butter (creamy peanut butter or almond butter are good too!)
• Oatmeal (love the texture from this! I use rolled oats, not quick oats, so they are less processed.)
• Frozen Berries (I love it made with raspberries, but choose whatever frozen berries you love)
• Whey Protein (or other favorite protein powder)
• Collagen Protein (optional)

What Protein Powder Should I use?

Grass Fed Whey Protein: I use an unsweetened/unflavored whey protein isolate. This is all protein, no carbs or fats. I prefer this because it only has 1 ingredient – whey protein.

You can use any protein powder you enjoy in this recipe. If using a flavored/sweetened protein, reduce or omit the sweetener.

I don’t suggest plant-based protein powders. They are lower quality proteins. If you use a plant based protein powder, they have additional ingredients that will bulk up the texture of these oats. Plus, studies are showing because of the amino acid makeup, you will need closer to 40 grams of protein to stimulate muscle protein synthesis.

Collagen Protein: I love adding collagen to smoothies to get a daily does in. Collagen helps improve skin, muscle and bone health [source].

How to Make a Healthy Oatmeal Smoothie

Note: Make this smoothie faster by adding the berries to the oatmeal smoothie recipe, rather than making 2 smoothies to layer together.

Step 1: Add the ingredients of the basic banana oatmeal smoothie into a blender (almond milk, frozen bananas, Greek yogurt, SunButter or other nut butter, and oatmeal, and optional ice). Blend the smoothie on high speed until very thick and creamy. Set smoothie aside while making the raspberry smoothie.

Step 2: Add all the ingredients for the raspberry oatmeal smoothie into the blender, and blend until thick and creamy. The texture needs to be very thick to get the layered appearance.

Step 3: Into glasses, add a couple spoonfuls of the plain oatmeal smoothie, and then smooth it out into a flat layer. Next, add a couple spoonfuls of the berry oatmeal smoothie, and smooth the top of it into an even layer. repeat until the glass is full.

Step 4: Top the smoothie with an additional drizzle of nut butter, some granola, or fresh berries or bananas. Enjoy quickly before the smoothie melts!

How to Layer Smoothies

We love layered smoothies for a fun presentation. I’ve done this before with my Pumpkin Pie Green Smoothie and my Strawberry Colada Green Smoothie.

Here are some tips to help you accomplish this fun smoothie idea!

• If you have two blenders, you might as well pull them both out. You will end up cleaning two containers anyway, so it doesn’t end up being more work.
• If you only have 1 blender, use a pitcher or large storage container to store 1 of the smoothies in the freezer while you prepare the 2nd.
• Make the smoothies slightly thicker in texture than you normally would, so you can create the layers without the smoothies mixing.
• Use a spoon to flatten the layers between pouring each one, so that the layers are more even.
• Choose your favorite toppings! Dark chocolate chips, granola, extra fruit, coconut, or chopped nuts are some healthy options.

Other Healthy Breakfast Smoothie Recipes

• Avocado Blueberry Smoothie, by Sunkissed Kitchen
• Metabolism Boosting Smoothie, by Sunkissed Kitchen
• Dragon Fruit Smoothie, by Sunkissed Kitchen
• Pumpkin Spice Latte Smoothie, by Sunkissed Kitchen

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