A healthy Chocolate banana strawberry smoothie
This chocolate banana smoothie is packed with simple nutritious ingredients : healthy fat, fiber and protein. It means that you can drink this smoothie as a fufilling vegan snack or vegan breakfast shake! Let see what you need to make this strawberry banana smoothie without yogurt or milk, cause yes it is a vegan smoothie !
- Frozen strawberries – frozen fruits makes smoothie creamier and strawberry marry very well with chocolate
- Ripe banana – for natural sweeteness and extra creamy texture. The ripest the sweetess the smoothie will be
- Unsweetened cocoa powder
- Unsweetened coconut milk or almond milk or any plant based milk you love
- Ripe avocado – it adds healthy fat and the most creamy thick texture to the smoothie !
- Dates – for extra boost of sweeteness while adding magnesium, potassium, iron and vitamin B6. I used small deglet noor dates. Medjool dates are larger !
- Chia Seeds – for extra protein and fiber
Smoothie adds-on ideas
The good thing with smoothies is that you can play with ingredients. For example, you can add greens like spinach or kale in this recipe to sneak some extra veggie into your day. But in general, I recommend keeping the same ratio of frozen ingredients and liquid to get the perfect consistency.
- Vegetables – add kale, spinach or cucumber
- Seeds – add 1 tablespoons of chia seeds,flaxseed, hemp seeds
- Nut or seed butter – add 1 tablespoons of almond butter, peanut butter or sunflower seed butter
Chocolate banana smoothie: dessert for breakfast
Do you love dessert for breakfast? this chocolate banana smoothie is creamy as a chocolate pudding, very satisfying and therefore taste like dessert. Don’t get me wrong here, it still the best healthy breakfast shake or post-work drink. In fact, one serve of this strawbery chocolate smoothie brings you :
- 3.8g protein
- 8g fiber
- Only natural sugar from fruits
More vegan chocolate avocado recipe
Avocado is the best ingredient to add creamy thick texture to desserts without using yoghurt or milk. For the chocolate and avocado lovers I recommend you also try:
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Your friend, Carine
chocolate banana strawberry smoothie
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup frozen strawberries
- 1 small banana , sliced
- 1/2 small flesh of ripe avocado (1/4 cup mashed avocado)
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon chia seeds
- 4-6 soft pitted deglet noor dates OR 2 medool dates or 4 stevia drops or 2 sugar free erythritol
- 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk or unsweetened almond milk
Decoration
- 2 fresh strawberries
- 1 tablespoon chopped vegan dark chocolate or cocoa nibs
Instructions
- Add all ingredients into the blender, order doesn't matter. Starts with 4 small deglet noor dates you will adjust later if you want a sweeteer smoothie!
- Blend until smooth. If it is too thick, this may happen if your banana is larger, add a splash more of unsweetened coconut milk, up to 1/4 cup extra. Blend between each addition. The more milk you add the more liquid it will be so don't add too much or you will lose the thick silky texture.
- Taste the smoothie, if not sweet enough, add 2 more dates, blend to combine.
- Serve as 2 small smoothies or 1 large breakfast smoothie.
Storage
- You can store the smoothie in the fridge for 24 hours in an airtight jug or into glasses sealed on top. Give a good stir before serving as the ingredients can separate and form layers
- Freeze in popsicle mold to make creamy vegan chocolate popsicles !
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