I've gotten a few requests for my Pina Colada smoothie recipe as of late, so I thought I'd go ahead and share it with you.

This smoothie is great choice in the AM hours because it not only tastes fab, but it's high in vitamin C (over 100% daily value), a great source of manganese and potassium, and is rich in the digestive enzyme bromelain which is found abundantly in pineapple.

I am super lazy in the kitchen (something my nutrition clients know well about me), so I need to have easy staple recipes that I can whip up in a snap. To make things even easier, I often open a can of full fat coconut milk (without additives or gums) and pour it over an ice cube tray. That way, I always have the perfect amount of smoothie-ready frozen coconut milk for any recipe.

Pina Colada Smoothie

Yield: 1 serving

Prep Time: 3 minutes

Total Time: 3 minutes

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Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons full-fat coconut milk (I use one coconut milk ice cube — just freeze a can of full fat coconut milk in ice cube trays for convenience)
• 1 cup frozen pineapple (organic if you can find it)
• ½ frozen ripe banana
• ¾ cup water
• 1 ½ tablespoons of collagen powder to provide roughly 10 grams of protein

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients in blender.
2. Blend until smooth.

Pro-tip: If you struggle with a digestive condition such as small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), constipation, or just sluggish digestion, add a small chunk of raw ginger to the blender when making this smoothie OR freeze small chunks of ginger in your coconut milk ice cubes. Raw ginger is a natural prokinetic agent, meaning it helps gastrointestinal motility by supporting the strength of contractions in the digestive tract. This can help things move through your digestive system more smoothly — and who doesn't want that?

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