There are many ways that you can add peanut butter to your diet. Peanut butter is also a great addition to any smoothie. The heart healthy fats and fiber naturally found in peanut butter helps make any protein packed smoothie more nutritionally balanced. When adding peanut butter to your smoothie, it is important to use the right kind of peanut butter.

All-natural, no sugar added peanut butter, like Smuckers.

I always warn clients about flavored peanut butters (or nut butters for that matter) - especially honey and dark chocolate flavored peanut butter. These sound healthy (and delicious) but they come with added sugars that negate any potentially added health benefit. Stick with natural, no sugar added peanut butter when making smoothies.

1. Mixed Nut Keto Smoothie

This ketogenic diet friendly smoothie has great flavor due to the combination of the different nuts. It is best made with a whey/casein blend protein powder in order to have the smoothie be creamier.

Ingredients:

● 2 Tbsp pistachios

● 1 Tbsp peanut butter

● 2 Tbsp chopped walnuts

● 1.5 scoops Vanilla Metabolic Drive protein powder

● 1 Tbsp ground flaxseeds

● 4 ice cubes

● 2 cups water

Nutrition Information:

● Calories: 489

● Fat: 34g

● Carbohydrates: 17.5g

● Fiber: 6g

● Protein: 35g

2. Creamy Peanut Butter Smoothie

This smoothie makes replicates a milkshake without needing to add ice cream. Not only will drinking this shake feel like you are cheating on your diet, with 52 grams of protein it is also a great quick meal for rebuilding and repairing muscle after a hard workout.

Ingredients:

● 1 scoop vanilla protein powder

● ⅔ cup full fat cottage cheese

● 3 TBSP natural peanut butter

● 1 TBSP chia seeds

● 4 ice cubes

● 1 ½ cups water

Nutrition Information:

● Calories: 586

● Fat: 30g

● Carbohydrates: 34g

● Fiber: 9g

● Protein: 52g

3. Peanut Butter Cappuccino

This amazing Peanut Butter-Cappuccino combination was stumbled upon by a client of mine that used cappuccino protein powder as it was all he had access to when his local store ran out of vanilla protein. This happy accident turned into one of the greatest flavor breakthroughs in smoothie history.

Ingredients:

● 2 Tbsp Peanut Butter, natural

● 1 Scoop Cappuccino flavored Ascent Whey Protein

● 2 Tbsp hemp seeds

● ⅓ frozen banana

● 1-2 cups water

Nutrition Information:

● Calories: 472

● Fat: 27g

● Carbohydrates: 19g

● Fiber: 5g

● Protein: 40g

4. Coconut Peanut Butter Smoothie

The combination of chocolate, coconut, and peanut butter is something straight out of the candy aisle but this smoothie is carb controlled (only 11g) and packed with protein (40g!) making it the perfect drink when you need a carb conscious meal but are short on time.

Ingredients:

● 1 scoop chocolate protein powder

● ¼ cup low fat cottage cheese

● ⅓ cup lite coconut milk, canned, shake well

● 2 TBSP natural peanut butter

● 1 cup water

● 3 ice cubes

Nutrition Information:

● Calories: 400

● Fat: 22g

● Carbohydrates: 11g

● Fiber: 3g

● Protein: 40g

5. Peanut Butter and Jelly Smoothie

No Best ofPeanut Butter article would be complete without the peanut butter/jelly combination. Using a strawberry protein powder and powdered peanut butter helps strengthen these flavors of this great combination while keeping it under 400 calories - making it a great snack.

Ingredients:

● 1 cup strawberries

● 1 Tbsp natural peanut butter

● 1 scoop strawberry protein powder

● 1 Tbsp ground flaxseeds

● 2 Tbsp PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter

● 4 ice cubes

● 2 cups water

Nutrition Information:

● Calories: 361

● Fat: 14g

● Carbohydrates: 24g

● Fiber: 6g

● Protein: 37g

Mike Roussell, Ph.D. Mike Roussell, Ph.D., is a nutrition consultant who takes complex nutritional concepts and breaks them down into easy-to-understand, useful strategies with one goal in mind: to help his clients keep the pounds off for good. His most recent work

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