Banana Almond Smoothie: For me
Selfish.
I use this expensive piece of machinery to fulfill my own desires and pretty much ignore what anyone else wants. The green smoothies I make are all about me and what I think will taste good or I'll make something that tastes really bad and not share. Not that anyone wants the grass flavored smoothies I've somehow managed to make twice in a row. But aside from the green smoothies, I've discovered my favorite decadent smoothie and it's this one.
When I'm feeling a bit peckish (generally when the kids are about to get out of school) I'll throw a few key ingredients into the Vitamix and I come away with a super creamy and decadent shake that is reminiscent of an ice cream shake but is better for me.
It's adapted from Gwyneth Paltrow's It's All Good and it's probably my favorite dessert these days. I'll have another one tomorrow and the next day and the next, and I'm probably not going to share with anyone anytime soon.
Banana Almond Smoothie
adapted from Gwyneth Paltrow’s It’s All Good
Serves 1 (or 2 if you really want to share)
Ingredients
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 ripe banana - frozen if you have it, but if you don’t, it’s okay
2 dates, seeds removed
6 raw almonds that have been soaked in water at least overnight (I just have a container of almonds soaking in water in the fridge so I’m always ready to go)
1 tablespoon chia seeds (optional - can also use flax if you desire)
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup of ice
Method
In your blender container, put milk, banana, dates, soaked almonds, chia seeds, cinnamon and ice. Turn on low until mixture begins to come together, and then pulse it on high until the mixture is uniform and smooth and creamy.
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