Well, after my totally INSANE workout this morning, I had a delicious protein filled breakfast. With a little prep work the night before, I had a quick, rich and creamy breakfast! In
yesterday's post I mentioned I used vanilla protein powder in my smoothie. Even though I used just half a scoop, I could taste all the artificial ingredients. Luckily, I'm not use to eating more natural foods, so anything with artificial ingredients really wheys (ha, get it...whey protein :-p) me down. I decided to start using non fat ricotta cheese in my smoothies to replace the protein powder. I like this for many reasons. First of all, the ricotta cheese will take on the flavor of anything you put in it. Secondly, there are no artificial ingredients...it's pure protein. Third, the same amount of calories/fat/protein I get from a protein powder, I can get from the ricotta cheese. In just 1/4c of non fat ricotta cheese, there is 30 calories, 0g fat, 6g of protein. I used half a cup of ricotta today for only 60 calories and 12 grams of protein! Lastly, ricotta cheese, when whipped or blended has an unbelievably smooth, creamy texture...think cheesecake peoples!
Now, going back to my prep work from last night. In my little blender I put half a cup of non fat ricotta cheese, 1 cup of frozen raspberries, 2TB of almond butter. This morning I was going to add some water to make it a more smoothie like consistency, but changed my mind when I saw the defrosted raspberries let out some juice. I whipped this all up in my blender and had an unbelievably, decadent berry breakfast. This tasted like I was eating raspberry cheese cake! So smooth and creamy! I think this will be my new go to breakfast for mornings! So yum and delish! Best of all, no weird metallic after taste from protein powders, but all the protein needed!
How was your breakfast?
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