Chocolate Smoothy (Vegan, Eat for Health)

"From Dr. Fuhrman's new book, Eat for Health. This is a delicious and very healthy breakfast or lunch (or snack or whatever). You can't taste the spinach at all."
 
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Ready In:
6mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
2
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ingredients

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directions

  • Blend all ingredients together in a high powered blender until smooth.
  • Enjoy!

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Reviews

  1. Yummy! Sweet and chocolaty. I only made one serving and used half the spinach, twice the banana, and twice the soymilk (otherwise it wouldn't blend). Also, I didn't have any dates so I used a dried fig. Definitely a winner.
     
  2. This was mega-high on the carbohydrate scale (like 70% of the recommended daily intake!), so I halved the banana and skipped the dates, but upped the soymilk to make it more drinkable. I also added 1 Tbsp. of protein powder. In any case, this was good for a breakfast shake, but I had to make a lot of changes to make this legitimately healthy, so I'm only giving a 3.
     
  3. I added an extra banana. I think if I were to make this again, I would add some more dates, too. But I also wonder if maybe my blueberries were on the tart side. Blueberries were on mega-sale, so I bought a bunch and froze them myself. I skipped the flax seed. I might try this again with regular store-bought-frozen berries. Reviewed for the Veg*n Recipe Swap.
     
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