Protein smoothie with olive oil—two recipes

Make your morning routine a bit extra by adding EVOO to your protein smoothies.

Some people like to start their day with a spoonful of olive oil and others just swirl it on their breakfast for the extra flavour and nutrition. And since the team over at Citizens of Soil is definitely the latter, this is how we choose to start our mornings—with an antioxidant-packed smoothie!

The idea for this comes from our founder, Michael, who starts every single day with a version of this smoothie (packed with B Corp certified brands). But the recipe itself is from our friends over at Form nutrition who made sure that the two recipes below are as nutritionally balanced as possible!

Here's the method:

Makes one portion

Simply combine all of the ingredients in a high speed blender and enjoy!

Choc Olive Oil Smoothie 1

300ml Rude Health almond milk
1 cup spinach
60g frozen bananas
40g Performance Choc & Hazelnut protein powder from Form
1 tbsp EVOO
1/4 tbs ground cinnamon

Berry Olive Oil Smoothie 2

60g Frozen strawberries
40g Frozen banana
300ml Cashew milk
30g Performance Vanilla protein powder from Form
2 tsp EVOO
½ tsp vanilla extract

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