This is our recipe for the Egg Nog Smoothie that we make regularly for my growing toddler! I also ate this healthy, nutrient-dense recipe when I was pregnant. We love this simple smoothie for breakfast, as a snack, or for dessert.
We make this nutrient-dense treat just about every week in our house. It’s healthy, delicious, easy to digest, high in calories, and easy on your tummy. This smoothie is great for growing toddlers who need extra calories in for any reason – maybe for weight gain, or maybe they’ve been under the weather and haven’t felt hungry. It’s also great for pregnant mamas who are feeling kind of queasy. If food just isn’t sounding good but you need something super simple to that your tummy might not reject, this is a great smoothie to try.
This recipe is so simple I feel strange even calling it a recipe. Let me know in the comments how you like it!
Egg Nog Smoothie recipe:
1 small ripe banana
8-12oz raw milk
2-4 egg yolks
Dash salt
dollop of vanilla extract
Any spice you prefer (cinnamon is great; in the video I’m using a “pumpkin spice” blend that we happened to have)
Combine ingredients, blend, and enjoy! If you’d like it warm (which I do) you can gently warm the milk on the stovetop for about 2 minutes on medium before blending. If you make it too hot 1) it’s too hot to drink and unsafe to blend 2) the milk won’t be raw and 3) you’ll cook the eggs, so it’s just a very quick warming on the stove top.
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Tools and ingredients we love:
Nutribullet Blender the easiest thing to use and clean, and it fits right into our cabinet when I’m done.
Favorite sal:
Vanilla I’m using
Eggs we use when local isn’t available
Milk we use when raw isn’t available
Straw lid for mason jar
Small mason jars
Silicone straws
The ingredients are ripe banana, raw egg yolks raw milk, vanilla and salt and spices. Sometimes we also add some raw cream if I’m trying to increase the calories for my high-energy toddler. You can use whatever milk your family likes, but we like raw milk for the rich flavor, easy digestibility and high vitamin and mineral content.Â
Raw milk has B vitamins, vitamin A, calcium, and so many other nutrients. If you can’t access or would prefer not to use raw milk, many stores carry unhomogenized grass-fed cow milk that would be a great option as well. Egg yolk is rich with vitamins A, D, E, B12, and folate or vitamin B9. Egg yolks also contain minerals, antioxidants and carotenoids. They are such a powerhouse of nutrients that helps our eyesight, our brain, and our whole body. Look for bright yellow or orange yolks from pasture-raised chickens.
If raw eggs freaks you out, there are a few ways to address this: First, get the highest quality eggs from healthy hens that you can. Healthy hens with access to the outdoors and fresh pasture, like you find on local family farms, will have healthy eggs that won’t make you sick when you eat them raw. Two, wash the egg shell before you crack it open and separate the yolk. When I was pregnant, I washed my eggs with soap and water, and did a quick rinse with vinegar before I cracked them open to get the yolk for my smoothies.
The riper the banana, the sweeter this will be, and also the more banana-y the flavor will be. If you don’t want to use banana, the egg nog won’t be as thick, but you could use molasses, maple syrup, or honey to sweeten the drink. All these sweeteners offer some nutritional content and different flavor profiles. I like to use the banana because it’s a whole food, plus it gives the smoothie some body. Your taste for sweetness will vary with how much sugar is in your diet. For us, I like half of a moderately ripe banana or one small banana. More than that and the smoothie is too sweet to really enjoy.
Because there’s no sweetener other than the banana (unless you choose to add more – you do you!), I’m comfortable with my toddler drinking this basically all day every day. I don’t see any reason to limit this. It’s very filling so one smoothie usually lasts my kiddo a whole day. Snacks like this can also be a huge help for nursing mamas who struggle with keeping enough weight on. This wasn’t an issue for me, but I know many mamas struggle with this.
Probiotics
thiamine decreased in human milk processingÂ
Raw cow milk connected to lower asthma, allergies, infectionsÂ
Improved health, mood, and immune function from consuming raw milkÂ
Egg yolk nutrition factsÂ