Making smoothies is something that we make very often at my house, at least 3-4 times per week. I find it to be a very easy way to include powerful nutrients in our diet and the kids love them. I even use this method to freeze some and make ice pops. You can't never go wrong with healthy ice pops :-)
This chocolate, peanut butter and banana smoothie is one of our favorites, and lets not forget the spinach and strawberry I made a while back. That one is also a FAV :-).
I used dark chocolate because it has much more properties, such as antioxidants, but you can use what ever chocolate you have on hand.
I will be posting some other variations very soon. If you are looking to incorporate more fruits and veggies in your diet making smoothies is a very easy and practical way to do it.
Enjoy!!
I blend the chocolate chips, cocoa powder, peanut butter and 1 cup of the soy milk first. Then I add the remaining ingredients.
Your kids and yourself will love this amazing chocolate and peanut butter smoothy. The frozen bananas gives it the milk shake consistency kids love!!
Ingredients
Yields 4 servings
3 cups of soy milk (more if you like and you can use almond milk or regular milk as well)
2-3 frozen bananas, chopped
1 tablespoon unsweetened dark cocoa powder
1/4 cup dark chocolate chips (using 3-4 squares of 70% cocoa chocolate its better, I just didn't have any on hand)
1 tablespoon raw cacao nibs (optional)
2 tablespoons honey
1/4 cup flax seed meal (optional, sometimes I add it and sometimes I don't)
2-3 tablespoons peanut butter.
In a blender add the chocolate chips, cocoa nibs, cocoa powder, peanut butter and 1 cup of soy milk. Blend for about 30 seconds. Add other remaining ingredients and blend until liquefied.
You can also freeze these on individual 3 oz Dixie cups for the kids. I do sometimes.
The nutrition facts are based on 5 servings. It is kind of high in sugar however you can omit the honey if you like. The sugar would drop down to 22g instead which is the nutrition label on the left.
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