I Never Wake Up Hungry, But This Coffee Hack Sets My Day Up For Success  

I love breakfast food for pretty much every meal besides breakfast. That’s because I’ve never been a morning eater. I’m just not hungry, and I like to honor my hunger cues. Instead, my first bite of the day is typically a decent-sized snack late morning. 

The idea hit me when I realized that you can add protein powder to just about anything. I was loving mindbodygreen’s grass-fed whey protein isolate+ in smoothies, but smoothies aren’t a daily menu item for me. 

I still didn’t want to miss out on the benefits of starting my day with at least 25 grams of high-quality protein, which is what this powder provides. Plus, this is the smoothest and creamiest protein powder I’ve ever had (and I went through countless chalky and artificial-tasting ones over the years). 

To make this drink, I brew about 8 ounces of coffee (using these beans), add one serving of vanilla grass-fed whey protein isolate+, and one serving of creatine with taurine+, and use a handheld frother to mix everything thoroughly. 

The final product tastes like a vanilla latte. And no, this vanilla does not taste fake or chalky. grass-fed whey protein isolate+ uses organic vanilla extract, giving the drink a rich and pure flavor.

The hint of cinnamon (from organic cinnamon bark) always adds the perfect amount of coziness. 

I’ve been making my coffee this way for over a year now, and it’s absolutely something I look forward to every morning. 

I also think that getting more protein consistently in the morning is giving me a lot more energy than coffee alone to start my day off right.* 

One morning when I was logging this drink into my Oura app, I read a note that reinforced my belief. The app flagged that adding protein to coffee was a great way to support alertness and that creatine is a well-studied ingredient for both mental health and muscular health.*