Charanya from Yes I am vegan is our guest today. I know Charu ever since I started blogging. I believe butter, milk are key for delicious cooking, but she proves me wrong. Being a big fan of coconut, no wonder her recipes blow my mind. Initially we started talking through our blogs and now we are talking through emails. In one of our chats I told her about the toddler recipe series, and the reply email was with a recipe.
My friend is bringing a healthy drink for the post.
Over to Charu,
Vidya and I are great blog buddies. There's not a single post in my blog without Vidya's like on it 🙂 Thanks for your support Vidz <3 For the toddler-friendly series that Vidya is collecting recipes for, I am very sure that I am not an eligible candidate ( I don't have kids yet). But I know, kids love chocolate, sugar which inturn makes it junk food. How about a recipe that includes chocolate but no sugar, low in calorie, nil cholesterol and divine 🙂
Cocoa is processed form of cacao. Processing removes the goodness of cacao beans. If you get your hands on cacao powder, please stock them up. They are mostly organic, free trade (no child labour) and full of nutrients. Same applies to peanut butter. You gotta check the ingredients list. If it has sugar/salt added, they are not the best. Unless it says 100% peanuts, it is not something you need for your body. Also, this is a nil cholesterol. Instead of using milk, this uses almond milk. You can use any non-dairy milk.
I blog at http://yesiamvegan.com/
Now, on to the recipe
You need:
- Cacao powder-1 heaped Tbsp/extra 1.5tsp if you want it really chocolaty
- Banana-2 medium sized ones
- Peanut Butter-1 Tbsp
- Chia seeds (optional)-1 tsp
- Non-dairy milk-1.5 cups
- Medjool Dates-5/6 (how sweet you want it to be)(soak in water for 10 minutes)
- Almond meal-to top with
Method:
- In a smoothie maker, add everything except almond meal and blend until dates is all processed well.
- Serve and top with almond meal
Ingredients
- Cacao powder-1 heaped Tbsp/extra 1.5tsp if you want it really chocolaty
- Banana-2 medium sized ones
- Peanut Butter-1 Tbsp
- Chia seeds optional-1 tsp
- Non-dairy milk-1.5 cups
- Medjool Dates-5/6 how sweet you want it to be(soak in water for 10 minutes)
- Almond meal-to top with
Instructions
- In a smoothie maker, add everything except almond meal and blend until dates is all processed well.
- Serve and top with almond meal
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This is my favorite smoothie.
Reblogged this on The Militant Negro™.
Thanku:-)
As always lovely post from Charu, 🙂 <3
Now that is some healthy drink...
Lovely post.
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Lovely post V.. ... smoothie looks nectarous Charu....
Healthy and delicious drink!
Thank you sweetheart <3 You're very kind
Thanks for the delicious treat Charu:-)
We in Delhi are dying for summers so we can enjoy all this!
Lovely guest post charu... and beautiful drink dear
Wonderful quick smoothie.Def filling too.Great job guys.Will be hopping to vidyas blog now
A drink packed with goodness.
This is surely a power packed smoothie!! tempting clicks:)
healthy and tasty smoothie
What a delicious smoothie!!!
Kids friendly power packed smoothie:)
Nice post from Charu!