Aug 07, 2015, Updated Jul 29, 2022 It’s sweetened with ripe bananas and dates and filled out with oats, which fill you up and boast lots of soluble fibre – and actually make the smoothie creamier. The cocoa powder is basically just a yummy, antioxidant-rich bonus. Skim milk powder is added as a protein boost (and I don’t know why it’s skim milk powder is such a secret!). When I was counselling as a dietitian, I recommended it all the time as an inexpensive, practical and healthier substitute for artificially sweetened/flavoured, highly-processed, expensive, basically awful protein powders. A quarter cup of skim milk powder has about 11 grams of protein and costs a few cents. Only a few grams less than an overpriced whey, soy, hemp (or whatever!) based protein supplement that likely comes with a laundry list of ingredients you’d do better to avoid. It has a naturally pleasant milky flavour. Anyway, this yummy breakfast milkshake… er, I mean smoothie… is super creamy, super chocolatey, basically everything that is good and right in the world. 🙂
