Kick start your morning with this delicious Coffee, Oat & Banana Smoothie – with coffee to wake you up and oats to keep your hunger away. You can enjoy it hot or really cold too, so it’s perfect all year round.
A couple of weeks ago I popped into my local Costa and I saw them advertising a coffee, oat & banana smoothie and I thought it sounded yummy, something I know I would enjoy. The sensible food blogger in me, always curious about how new things look and taste, should have bought one to try. However, it was quite early in the morning and freezing cold so I bought a coffee instead. The next morning I decided to give it a try for my breakfast and I can confirm that (my version of) it tastes delicious. Having not actually tried the Costa version I can’t confirm how like their’s it is, but who cares if it tastes good.
I like my breakfast smoothies to be a medium sort of temperature – warm enough so that they can be drunk in a hurry without chilling my insides, but not hot. However, I know that there are some of you out there who like super cold smoothies so I’ve shared how to adapt it for that, and Jon likes his hot, so I’ve shared how to do that too (it’s great if you need warming up, like a delicious, drinkable porridge).
For this recipe I’ve used regular cows milk but it can easily be switched for dairy-free (& therefore vegan) alternatives such as soy or almond milk.
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Coffee, Oat & Banana Smoothie
INGREDIENTS
- 1 banana - can use fresh or frozen
- 200 ml milk - I use skimmed but any is fine
- 1 heaped tbsp oats
- 1 shot of espresso - or 1 tsp coffee granules mixed with about 40ml of boiling water – if you really need waking up then use a double espresso.
RECIPE VIDEO
INSTRUCTIONS
- Pop all of the ingredients into a powerful blender and blitz until smooth.
Make it extra cold
- Once you’ve blitzed together the ingredients, add a handful of ice cubes and blitz again.
Make it hot
- Add an extra 100ml of milk and pop into the microwave on high for 1 minute. Give it a stir and return to the microwave for a further 30 seconds.
NOTES
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
Any nutritional information provided is the estimated nutritional information per serving. Please refer to my guide to Charlotte’s Lively Kitchen nutritional information if you would like to learn more about how this is calculated.
Free From/Suitable For…
The ingredients I used to make this recipe are all free from the following allergens. However, please check any labels carefully for allergens you need to avoid as brands can vary and product recipes can change over time.
- Suitable for Vegetarians
- Gluten-Free (double check your oats as whilst they are naturally gluten-free, gluten is often introduced in the manufacturing process)
- Egg-Free
- Tree Nut-Free
- Peanut-Free
- Sesame-Free
- Soya-Free
- Sulphur Dioxide & Sulphite-Free
- Lupin-Free
To make this dairy-free switch the milk for oat milk.
I’m sharing this recipe with the following blog challenge… #CookBlogShare with Easy Peasy Foodie.
Lilly says
Could you add Greek yogurt to this would it still taste nice?
Charlotte Oates says
Yes and yes.
Molly Jemson says
Had a craving for the Bills ‘Banana Boost’ smoothie today, and found this recipe, its so much better! Absolutely delicious, will be having this for breakfast (if I fancy a real treat, I add a tbsp Nutella ;))
Thanks for this great recipe! x
Gemma says
Just found this recipe and I have to be up at 5am for work tomorrow so I will be giving this a try to really wake me up. Sound absolutely delicious
Tracey Homan says
I loved this recipe. I’m a big fan of the one they sell in costa but this in much nicer and cheaper. I did add a touch of honey but that’s just a personal preference.x
Mizuki says
Hey! i love this. I’ll definitely try this out this weekend with my family. Thanks for sharing!
mtolives says
I think Costa also adds honey
Evelyn Strong says
Hi,
Was just wondering if instant coffee like Nescafe would work?
Charlotte Oates says
It should be fine. Dissolve it in a little boiling water first before adding it to the smoothie.
Evelyn Strong says
Thank you! I tried it out and it was wonderful! 🙂 Love your blog. I actually found it by chance when looking for a quick recipe for homemade custard. Btw, that turned out well too. 🙂
Sam Mason says
I might swap the milk out for almond milk for a vegan version
Charlotte Oates says
That should work well. I’ve also heard the it works well with oat milk too.
Ciara says
I am definitely going to give this a try as I love the costa one- and it’s a great source of energy!! But a £3:50 a pop a homemade one would be ideal!! Also if you don’t drink regular milk- oat milk is really good in this- as it adds to the oaty flavour!
Charlotte Oates says
I noticed a sign in Costa after I created this recipe saying that they use Oat milk in theirs.
Kate - gluten free alchemist says
I would not have thought about combining banana and coffee in a smoothie, but I imagine (now I have thought about it) that it is pretty yummy……. cold, very cold or hot! May just have to whizz one up! x
Charlotte Oates says
Great! I hope you enjoy it x
katherine says
This looks so perfect! Filling AND delicious
Eb Gargano / easypeasyfoodie.com says
I love the idea of this – sounds like the perfect breakfast. I had no idea people drank smoothies anything but cold. I’m going to have to try the hot version now! Maybe I have been missing out??? Thanks for linking up to #CookBlogShare 🙂 Eb x
Charlotte Oates says
If you search on Google you’ll find quite a range of hot smoothies. I personally don’t think it suits the fruity ones as well as I think they need to be cold and refreshing, but this one is like a really smooth, warming porridge.
Midgie says
Love a smoothie in the morning especially with oats in! So easy to adapt it for the Peachicks (although have to figure out what to replace the bananas with for me!) Never thought of putting coffee in a smoothie -def going to try it! I’m with you though, I like them not ice cold (unless its the summer)!
Charlotte Oates says
I didn’t realise you couldn’t have bananas 🙁 I’ll have a think about what might make a nice alternative (although I may struggle as you won’t find a banana-free smoothie on here, I’ll try my best though x)
Monika Dabrowski says
This is a great breakfast idea, my children aren’t crazy about oats (unless it’s overnight oats) but they would love the coffee flavour in this recipe (I’d use a bit less coffee for them but a double espresso for me!).
Charlotte Oates says
This would be perfect then as you can’t really tell the oats are there.