Smoothie bags. Add water and protein powder (zip bags are reused)

Working very early shifts and wanting to sleep in, having these ready to grab from the freezer and throw onto the blender with water and a scoop of protein powder have been a huge time saver. Pour into a Nalgene and drink on the way to work. This is my warm weather breakfast every year.

These work for me for calorie counting (each is around 250 calories) and the protein powder and mix of fruit keep me feeling satisfied until lunch.

The mix varies from bag to bag keeping things interesting. Half a banana in each (I don't care for the taste of them but like the smooth texture and vitamins they give). 4-ish large strawberries, and half a cup of either cherries, mango, peaches or pineapple.

Cost effective too! These large bags of frozen fruit are around $10 each and can do large batches like this 3+ times depending on the fruit. Way less expensive than buying a smoothie out (which I was doing before starting this). This batch was 12 bags so no need to think about breakfast for several weeks.