We all know that eating a healthy diet tends to most often be associated with looking good, but there’s more to eating well than the physical results of those smart choices. Fueling with high-quality foods that nourish my body help me to not just survive, but to thrive. With every task and moment of my day, from completing a writing assignment to finishing a challenging workout, consuming a high-quality diet enables my body and mind to perform at its best.
The concept is simple: If you constantly eat crap, your body is going to (eventually) respond to your low-quality diet by feeling tired, lethargic and gaining weight, among other things. If you consistently fuel your body right with high-quality food, your body should respond by feeling amazing. The millions of cells that make up our bodies are constantly regenerating, and just what our newest cells are made of is dependent on the food we’ve been fueling it with.
One major way that I make sure to fuel properly is by following my #1 diet trick of eating fruits and/or veggies at every single meal. I eat a ton of whole foods, and since I lead a very active, busy lifestyle, I also consume a smoothie almost daily that’s supplemented with a high-quality protein. Lately I’ve been using the Protein Superfood from Amazing Grass, and today I’m teaming up with them to bring you a superfood smoothie recipe & giveaway!
Amazing Grass has been growing, harvesting, and dehydrating organic greens at its family farm in Kansas for over 50 years. All of their products are plant-based, non-GMO, and sustainably farmed, and the new Protein Superfood line is a complete plant-based protein made with greens, fruits & veggies.
Their organic Protein Superfood powders contain hemp, chia, quinoa, and pea protein, along with 7 alkalizing greens and 9 nutrient-dense fruits & veggies (including wheat, barley, & alfalfa grass, acai & goji, pineapple, sweet potato & more!). They’re also gluten free and contain no added sugars. THIS is the kind of high-quality fuel that I’m talking about!
The Protein Superfood line includes vanilla, original, and chocolate peanut butter flavors, and being the chocolate & nut butter lover that I am, I naturally chose the chocolate PB to try out.
This smoothie features my favorite blender fruit, the potassium-rich banana, along with omega-3 and fiber-rich chia seeds. Many people are deficient in fiber and omega-3 fatty acids, and chia seeds are a great way to sneak both into your diet! The smoothie also includes two of my favorite ingredients that add in flavor without calories, cinnamon + vanilla extract.
This superfood recipe has been fueling my healthy on-the-go lifestyle, and I hope that you try it out too!
Chocolate PB Chia Superfood Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup chocolate almond milk or milk of choice
- 1/2 frozen banana
- 1/2 scoop Amazing Grass Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Superfood powder
- 1 TBSP peanut butter OR 2 TBSP powdered peanut butter
- 1 TBSP chia seeds
- 1 TBSP cocoa powder
- 1/2 TSP cinnamon
- 1/2 TSP vanilla extract
- 1/2 TBSP maple syrup optional add-in for sweetness
- A few handfuls of ice
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a blender and pulse until smooth.
- Pour into a glass and enjoy!
And now it’s giveaway time!
One lucky reader will win a full-sized (15 oz) Amazing Grass Protein Superfood powder, and can choose their flavor preference: vanilla, original or chocolate peanut butter.
Enter by using any or all of the Rafflecopter giveaway methods below! The giveaway is open until next Wednesday, May 4th, when a winner will randomly be selected. Open to U.S. residents only.
*Amazing Grass is also offering everyone a one-time 30% off discount! Use the code SWEATPINKNicC16 at checkout (expires 5/31). Check out the full line of Amazing Grass products on their website.*
Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Amazing Grass via my partnership with Fit Approach. As always, all opinions expressed are genuinely my own.
I totally agree! When I’m eating well, it’s amazing just how good I feel overall (and how much it affects everything going on like work, etc.!). This smoothie sounds delicious!
The chocolate peanut butter flavor sounds heavenly!
Chocolate peanut butter is my pick too! I always choose anything chocolate.
I would say that my fit friends inspire me to eat healthy and exercise!
Definitely the chocolate peanut butter! Your recipe sounds delicious!
My husband keeps me accountable and encourages me to constantly pursue my health and fitness goals
That sounds really good! I didn’t even know Amazing Grass had a protein!
I feel better within just a day or two of eating better – it just changes everything.
I love making smoothies like this, as it tastes like dessert 🙂
It’s so true how the food that you eat really either makes or breaks your body! I’ve been eating much healthier the past few years and I really feel the difference! I splurge on junk food sometimes and I can’t definitely feel the difference afterward! I’ve been looking for a delicious protein powder to use in my smoothies, I’ll have to check this one out!
I feel so much better when I eat well…it’s so true! And this smoothie is packed with so many things that I love!
I’d like to try the vanilla protein
Yes, Amazing Grass is AMAZING, lol. I haven’t tried the chocolate peanut butter one yet but it sounds drool-worthy in this smoothie. I love that you can pack a serving of veggies in and it tastes like chocolate. Score!
Chocolate peanut butter sounds so delicious! I’m usually a vanilla girl. but the peanut butter has me sold. I’d love to win this!
I want to try chocolate peanut butter
my personal trainer inspires me!
I would like to try the chocolate peanut butter. It sounds yummy!!
My family inspires me to lead a healthy lifestyle. My husband makes me #FeelAmazingEveryday