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My Morning Breakfast Routine

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My Morning Routine || Smoothie + Butter Coffee

How I start my morning sets the mood for my entire day.  Before my wife and I had our son, it was a lot easier to jump right into work and be productive.  Now with our wonderful little distraction, I have to be a lot more resolved in how I want to start my day. It’s too easy to get swept away just hanging out with him.

 

Breakfast

If you haven’t already noticed from my other posts, I try to make everything in my life efficient.  It’s my natural resting state, so it makes sense that it would extend to what I eat as well.  Every morning I start with a full fat, blueberry and banana smoothie, and a butter coffee (recipes for both below).  The 32 oz smoothie holds me over for quite a while and my son Noah loves them as well, so we usually spend the first part of the morning sitting on the floor of our kitchen downing our smoothies.

Once I’m done with the smoothie, I move on to the butter coffee.  Some people love them; some hate them. There doesn’t seem to be a middle ground.  As you can tell, I’m on the love side.  The butter helps keep me full for longer, and I’m convinced it causes the caffeine to be more slowly absorbed into my body as well. Because I’ve just downed 32 oz of near freezing liquid from the smoothie, the coffee helps warm me up and gets me set to go.

Blueberrie Banana Smoothie
Butter Coffee Recipe

What I really like about this breakfast is it’s really easy to shop for ( Smoothie: yogurt, bananas, frozen blueberries – Butter Coffee: Butter, Coffee, MCT oil) quick to make, and isn’t too heavy.  The older I get the more I realize how different foods effect me.  Some make me more productive than others, so it’s important that my breakfast works with me to get the most out of my day.

 

What about you?  I’m always interested to learn what others have for breakfast.  Please share below!
 

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Banana & Blueberry Smoothie

This recipe makes almost 64 oz of smoothie. I like to make this amount, because I put half back in to the yogurt container and put it in the freezer to eat later in the day. Recipe can be halved. It's important to use Whole Milk (Full Fat) yogurt, so it keeps you full longer.
Prep Time4 mins
Servings: 2

Ingredients

  • 32 oz. Whole Milk Full Fat Plain Yogurt
  • 1 Banana
  • 3 Cups Frozen Blueberries
  • Blender

Instructions

  • Combine the 32 oz yogurt and banana in blender and blend until smooth.
  • Add 3 cups of blueberries to same blender and blend until smooth.

 

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Butter Coffee

Prep Time6 mins

Ingredients

  • 8 oz fresh hot coffee
  • 3 tbsp Grass fed Butter
  • 1 tbsp MCT oil

Instructions

  • Brew coffee (I prefer using a french press)
  • Combine coffee, butter and oil in blender, and blend until butter is dissolved and you have a nice frothy top.

Notes

If you're using a Nutribullet or a similar small blender, there is no need to preheat the blender. If you're using a normal large blender, I like to preheat it by putting hot water in it. Otherwise, your coffee is going to come out less than hot.
I normally use regular MCT oil, but if I am really going to need to focus, I use Brain Octane oil, which has a higher level of C8 fats.
If this is your first time having butter coffee, you may want to start with a half glass to see how your stomach handles it. If you normally don't eat a lot of fat, you may want to ease your stomach into it.
Under no circumstance should you make the coffee without blending it. If you do not blend the coffee and emulsify it, it can cause stomach cramps.

 

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    • Dylan says

      Yeah, part of the reason I make so much of the smoothie is because my son started eating most of mine 🙂

      As for the coffee, I know it sounds strange… especially the butter, but I’ve been drinking it for almost 3 years and it really does help me to be more productive. I used to drink energy drinks or shots back in the day, but those always made me feel awful the next day. This actually gives me a mental and energy boost, and I don’t get tired later or pay for it the day after.
      Pardon the long reply. As you can tell I love the stuff!