Bring on the peanut butter.

Nope, I’m still not sick of this fabulous nut (legume?) butter yet.

Considering that I’ve been consuming peanut butter every single day for the past 10 years, this is kind of a miraculous feat.

Well not really, since it is pretty much the most tasty edible substance on planet earth.

I literally start to drool (much like my family’s insatiable golden retriever) whenever I see its creaminess, smell its nuttiness, or of course, taste all of its lusciousness.

And yeah, I have drooled at my desk countless times, although I’m pretty sure this embarrassment has gone unnoticed thus far.

If peanut butter were capable of producing a sound, what ever noise that would be would surely elicit some drool as well.

Although, touching peanut butter just doesn’t do it for me.

Plunging a finger into a fresh jar of any nut butter feels a little… strange.

And not in a good way.

So that’s what jumbo spoons are for!

After enjoying peanut butter thickly spread on whole grain toast, slathered over a hot stack of pancakes, plopped then swirled into a steaming bowl of oatmeal, layered between slices of cinnamon french toast, andddd stirred into breakfast bowls complete with graham cracker crumbs, I had to incorporate the stuff into a smoothie!

(Those were all just breakfast items… obviously you can do a heck of a lot more with peanut butter for lunch, dinner, and dessert, plus snacks.)

Clearly we’re not going to drink peanut butter straight up.

Ohh I would, but it’s not really possible…

So blend your salted creamy peanut butter with some original unsweetened almond milk, nonfat plain yogurt, ground cinnamon, vegan vanilla protein powder, rolled oats for some fiber and frozen banana slices because you want this smoothie to be refreshing, and fruity too!

P.S. You can totally leave out the protein powder if it weirds you out. Maybe add a splash of pure vanilla extract instead.

P.P.S. If you want to be all vegan, double the almond milk and take out the yogurt. Or just use a dairy-free yogurt.

P.P.P.S. If gluten-free is your thing, make sure you use gluten-free rolled oats and that your protein powder is gluten-free as well.

P.P.P.P.S The riper the banana, the sweeter your smoothie will be! As long as that thing hasn’t gone from pleasantly speckled to black as coal, you’re good to go.