Hey friends! I hope you’re having a lovely week. It’s been a busy one for me – new (online) clients beginning this week, teaching a big boot camp for Naked Juice (more on that soon!) and preparing for a few exciting things happening later this month 🙂

When I create nutrition plans for my clients, one factor I consider is the time of day they complete their workout.

I’m in the camp that says you should generally eat something before your morning workout, as long as you can stomach it.

For my clients who workout close to first thing in the morning (and I myself, as a morning exerciser,) this means either a pre-workout snack, followed by breakfast afterward or a post-workout snack right after, followed by breakfast a little later.

For this pre-workout snack, I generally stick to half a serving of protein and half a serving of carbs.

However, I can definitely appreciate not being hungry early in the morning. My solution? Drinking your protein!

I know a cup of coffee is a pre-requisite for, well, anything before I start my day. The easiest way to have my pre-workout snack is by incorporating it in my must-have: coffee!

I was recently invited to try out and review Silk’s newest nut milk – Cashewmilk.

Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Silk through their partnership with POPSUGAR. While I was compensated to write a post about Silk, all opinions are my own

Before trying it out in my pre-workout concoction, I tried it out by itself, just to gauge its taste-factor.

Um, wow. Talk about creamy! Unlike almond milk, which just kind of has a non- descriptive taste, Silk’s Cashewmilk tastes distinctively like cashews. And how they got the formula to be this creamy while being only 25 calories per serving is a mystery to me.

Having passed the taste test, I came up with a plan to create my pre-workout snack: a Creamy Cashewmilk Protein Latte:

The ultimate factor for milk beverages to me is how well they mix into coffee. Please tell me you know what I mean. Some “milk products” just do NOT belong in coffee. Well, cashewmilk is not one of those products – it mixes great! Here’s how to do it:

Creamy Cashewmilk Protein Latte:

1⁄4 c. Silk Cashewmilk (I used the unsweetened variety)

1⁄2 scoop vanilla protein powder (I used About Time)

8 ounces coffee

Place the Silk Cashewmilk and protein powder in a blender or shaker bottle and blend. Brew your coffee, and pour the protein milk mixture over the coffee. It blends nicely together and creates a decadent foam on top.

Yum! It almost feels like an indulgence in my morning routine compared to my usual coffee + coconut milk. Plus, it provides just enough fuel to power through a 45 minute strength sesh.

Aside from my latte, I also gave the Silk Cashewmilk one final test – the bowl of cereal test (dun dun duunnnn…)

One of my favorite nighttime snacks is a bowl of cereal and milk, but the milk has to actually taste good for it to complement a bowl of cereal. Since the Cashewmilk was so tasty on its own I figured it’d pair great with a crunchy cereal – and it did!

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Yes, this post is sponsored, but I fully plan on incorporating Cashewmilk into my regular smoothie/latte/cereal routine.

Silk Original Cashewmilk: 60 cal/serv; skim dairy milk: 80 cal/serv. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 27. Data consistent with typical skim dairy milk.

What type of milk do you typically drink/use in recipes?