Banana Chai Smoothie

This is a tasty, healthy smoothie perfect for breakfast.  Whenever I add oatmeal to a smoothie I just feel like it's made for breakfast.  Since this smoothie also has chai tea, it's great to wake up and enjoy this smoothie first thing in the morning!

I actually adapted my recipe from a few different recipes I found online, taking parts of each recipe or adding more or less of certain ingredients I liked.  Here's my recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1 chai tea bag
• 1/2 cup water
• 3/4 cup almond milk
• 1 frozen banana
• 2 tbsp GF rolled oats
• 1/2 tsp ginger
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Brew chai tea bag in 1/2 cup boiling hot water.
2. Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth and creamy.

Notes:  Feel free to add about 1/4 tsp guar gum (for creaminess) and 1/8 tsp xanthan gum (for thickness) if desired.



Sorry, but picture will be coming soon.  I didn't get a chance when I first made this smoothie, but I will definitely be making this again sometime very soon!