Peanut Butter-Banana Smoothie

Name: Peanut Butter-Banana Smoothie
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 2 bananas, peeled; 2/3 cup peanut or other nut butter; 2 tablespoons honey, Simple Syrup, or maple syrup (optional); 1 cup milk or nondairy milk, plus more as needed; 3/4 cup crushed ice

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Makes 6 or 7 servings (about 7 cups) 1x

Time 10 minutes

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Ingredients

2 bananas, peeled
2/3 cup peanut or other nut butter
2 tablespoons honey, Simple Syrup, or maple syrup (optional)
1 cup milk or nondairy milk, plus more as needed
3/4 cup crushed ice

Instructions

Put the ingredients, in the order listed, in a blender. Purée until smooth. Add more milk if you want a thin- ner consistency. Serve immediately.

– Recipe adapted from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Completely Revised Tenth Anniversary Edition

Recipe variations

Banana Split Smoothie
Is it dessert or breakfast? Use only 1/3 cup nut butter. Add 1/4 cup chocolate syrup, and if you’d like, garnish the top of each smoothie with a spoonful of strawberry preserves.