🌙 Bedtime Vanilla Maple Collagen Milk

🧋Sweet Sleep in a Cup

A mineral-rich, blood sugar–stabilizing nightcap to support deep, restful sleep.

If you're waking up at 2 a.m. or feeling wired at bedtime even though you're exhausted, it might be a blood sugar problem—not a willpower one. Your body needs fuel to stay calm and metabolically stable overnight. This bedtime milk delivers exactly that: fast-acting carbs to quiet cortisol, complete protein from collagen to support overnight repair, and a hefty dose of calcium to nudge melatonin production. It's sweet, simple, and deeply nourishing—no blood sugar crash, no middle-of-the-night wakeup. Just solid sleep.

🥛 Ingredients:

• 1 cup skim milk (rich in calcium and tryptophan)

• 2 tablespoons collagen powder

• 1 tablespoon maple syrup

• Splash of pure vanilla extract

• Dash of sea salt

🌀 Instructions:

1. Add all ingredients to a blender.

2. Blend on high for 20–30 seconds until smooth and frothy.

3. Pour into your favorite mug and sip warm or cold.

Optional: Gently heat on the stove after blending for an extra cozy feel—just don’t boil it.

💡 Why it works:

• Calcium helps trigger melatonin release.

• Maple syrup supplies a gentle glucose hit to keep blood sugar stable through the night.

• Collagen provides glycine and protein to calm the nervous system and support tissue repair.

• Skim milk keeps fat low while maximizing mineral and protein content—perfect for a metabolism-supportive cut or refeed.

🍂 Flavor Variations

1. 🥜 Peanut Butter Cup

Like drinking a peanut butter milkshake that puts you to sleep.

This version adds a hit of roasted peanut flavor that pairs perfectly with the vanilla and maple. Ideal for a little protein, carb, and calcium boost before bed—without the fat spike.

Add:

• 1 tablespoon peanut powder (like Organic PB2 or Just Great Stuff – no sugar added)

2. 🍁 Cinnamon Maple Dream

Add:

• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

• Optional: pinch of nutmeg

Warm gently after blending for the ultimate bedtime hug in a mug.

3. 🍯 Honey Lavender

Replace maple syrup with:

• 1 tablespoon raw honey
  Add:

• ⅛ teaspoon food-grade dried lavender (or a drop of lavender extract)

Let the lavender steep in the warm milk after blending for 5 minutes, then strain. Incredibly relaxing for the nervous system.