While I was in Seattle last fall visiting my sister Brittany, she introduced me to this DELICIOUS and healthy smoothie and I have been making it ever since. It is the perfect treat without the guilt. No fattening ice cream is used, but you can't tell! I normally use 1% milk, all natural peanut butter and agave to sweeten. Seriously fabulous! It tastes like you are indulging in a thick ice cream parlor shake, but with far less calories. Try this the next time you need a mid afternoon pick me up, or swap this for your milkshake splurge. YUM!
I believe this recipe came from the Blendtec recipe book that came with our blender. I LOVE our Blendtec Blender and recommend it wholeheartedly:) It is such a powerful blender, that I can easily and quickly make a Green Smoothie or Frog Nog almost every day for my family (such a great way to sneak in some greens:).
So, I am trying to stick to my New Years resolution to be more healthy. So far so good. I have been doing this 30 minute workout which I love. I would love to get some more ideas for quick but effective workouts. If you have any suggestions, let me know! Have a great week!
Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie
submitted by Melanie
1 cup milk
2 bananas
1 TB cocoa powder
2 TB honey or agave
3 TB peanut butter
2 c ice cubes
Put all ingredients in a blender and blend. Pour in a glass...enjoy!
Throw some spinach in there and it's still really yummy!
ReplyDeleteYum, my husband would love this! I made something similar to it for him when he had gum surgery and couldn't eat regular food for a week. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it on a regular basis (although it was good), but we added cooked oatmeal to beef up the calories for him. If you blend it well you can't tell and it's still yummy!
ReplyDeletemade this last night. My 4 year old loved it and so did I!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a great idea--especially for a quick smoothie meal:) Thanks HEather
ReplyDeleteHi Nabella,
ReplyDeleteI am glad you and your little man liked it! Good to hear from you:)
I eat a version of this shake every morning for breakfast. I have been doing it for almost a year now, and I seriously still look forward to it every morning. So good.
ReplyDeleteLOVE this shake and eat it most days! :) You better note that it's ripe bananas you use - green ones are not good in this at all. I'm actually doing a health challenge now and these smoothies are helping me get in my fruits and veggies (the spinach ones)!
ReplyDeleteSo, cocoa powder... Like natural unsweetened, or hot chocolate cocoa.. .
ReplyDeleteSo yummy! Thank you for sharing. We've made this a couple times now. It's a great post gym smoothie!
ReplyDeleteCame back to leave a review – this was so good that I had to!
ReplyDeleteOkay, here were my modifications...look, this is definitely sweet enough without the added honey (which is not healthy), so I left that out. Also, if you slice and freeze the bananas before, it will taste thicker and more "shake-like." I wanted to reduce calories, so I tried it with just two tablespoons of peanut butter, and it was perfect. Thanks for the great recipe!
My 2-year-old son and I loved this! I added a teaspoon of pure vanilla and even though raw honey would have added a ton of nutritional value, it was sweet enough for me with just the bananas. :) Thank you so much for a great smoothie recipe!
ReplyDeleteThis was so good!
ReplyDeleteI had to half the recipe as I would not have been able to finish the regular recipe.
Thanks for the recipe. (:
I don't like bananas but I love this smoothie! Thanks for the recipe!
ReplyDeleteWhat about trying a little Nutella with this recipe? Has anyone done so? And if so, how was it
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