here's what you need to make this drink:
- 1 package of carnation breakfast essentials (the powdered kind) in any of their chocolate flavors (check out the variety of flavors)
- 1 cup of unsweetened almond milk. i use unsweetened vanilla almond milk because it tastes good and has WAY fewer calories than even 1% milk.
- 1 package of starbucks via in blonde or breakfast blend
- 2 cups of ice
- stevia or any other kind of sweetener (optional)
you can use regular milk, other starbucks via flavors that have added calories, and even regular sugar, but my intentions here are to make a healthy breakfast alternative with very few calories using the ingredients i have listed above. i promise, that even if you are not a fan of almond milk, you can not tell a difference.
in a blender, add one cup of unsweetened almond milk. (in the photo above, i actually used unsweetened coconut almond milk, but i wasn't fond of it, so i will be sticking to unsweetened almond milk from now on.)
i found these ice cube trays at my grocery store that are perfect for blenders.
add all other ingredients, plus 2 cups of ice, and then blend until the ice is completely crushed. if you prefer, you can choose not to add the ice to the blender and make this an iced coffee drink by adding the ice after you have blended the ingredients.
total calories (using the exact ingredients i have listed): 170
total weight watchers points: 4
i drink this every morning and it keeps me full all the way up until lunch.
try it and let me know what you think.
i was not compensated to mention any of these products. they are products i actually use on a regular basis and love!
