Thursday, February 2, 2012

My new favorite smoothie

I tried this smoothie the other day and was a bit skeptical because I haven't had tremendous success with "green" smoothies before.  I only have a mini-food processor to blend my smoothies, and chunky things like kale and collards were just not getting smooth enough for me to want to "drink."  When the recipe I found for this one involved baby spinach, I was intrigued.  The recipe also suggested adding chocolate syrup "in case it turns out a little too green," but I think that defeats the point of my trying to make a healthy smoothie...  Here's my recipe:

  • 1 large bunch of baby spinach leaves (enough to fill the mini-food processor bowl pretty well)
  • 1 large-ish banana
  • 1 c. unsweetened almond milk
  • 2 Tbsp cocoa powder - unsweetened
  • 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 ice cubes
  • 1 tsp honey (or some Splenda)
Put everything together and blend.  Definitely try and serve this one in an opaque glass if possible because it is not a pretty color at the end.  It tasted pretty awesome though, and you really don't feel like you're drinking greens.  You can also throw some peanut butter in to make a peanut butter-banana-chocolate smoothie.

I'm considering that whole "posting pictures" thing on this blog, but you really don't want to see a picture of this one anyway.  It's tasty, I promise.

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