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Chocolate Banana Blueberry Smoothie

Yum. This healthy chocolate banana blueberry smoothie recipe is kinda like dessert in a glass, but it has amazing SUPERFOODS in it so you can’t really feel like you’re making a bad choice here. All of the ingredients here would be best organic : ) Play around making some substitutions if you don’t have all the ingredients.

Recipe for healthy chocolate banana blueberry smoothie

Yield: About 4 cups

Ingredients:

  • 4 medium frozen or fresh bananas
  • 1 cup frozen or fresh blueberries (frozen is better because you can add less ice)
  • 2 heaping tablespoons coconut butter
  • ¼ cup or less flax seed
  • ¼ cup or less raw cacao powder
  • 1 cup filtered water
  • 6-10 ice cubes

Blend on high in good blender, the finer the better (especially for the flax). Don’t let the smoothie warm up in the blender, blend in increments and add a few ice cubes at a time. Share and enjoy!

 

healthy chocolate banana blueberry smoothie

 

If you like this smoothie recipe check out my other smoothies:

guava passionfruit green smoothie recipe

blueberry banana smoothie with chia seeds

chocolate banana flax smoothie

green smoothie love

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Chocolate avocado mousse with banana

From about July to October we have avocados raining down from a very old, tall large tree. Raining. Each morning during these months I pick up perhaps 20 avocados from the ground. I know for city dwellers this is an insane amount of avos. It’s almost like a money tree if you consider how much money people spend on avocados a year.

For 25 years of my life I never really cared for avocados thinking there we just another bland, fattening, caloric food that people were trending on. I would always give up my share of avocado to the next person that wanted them. My brother told me I was NUTs and one day, craving mousse (but abstaining from milk,) I came across the avocado mousse concept…and it was this dish that made me LOVE avocado.

This recipe is vegan, dairy-free and uses unrefined sugar. It is so luscious you will have a hard time putting it down.

If you like the idea of using chocolate with healthier desserts you may like to try my recipes for gluten-free chocolate beet brownies and my chocolate banana brownies

Recipe for Chocolate Avocado Mousse with Banana

Yield: 4-6 servings

Equipment: Blender

Ingredients:

  • Avos (about 2 large)
  • ¼ -½ cup cocoa powder (depending on the size of the avos)
  • To taste honey or maple syrup, or stevia (ideally stevia is an addition to honey or maple syrup and allows you to use less of the honey or syrup by adding a few drops of stevia to bring out the sweetness).
  • Bananas, sliced

Steps:

  1. Add avocados and some of the cocoa powder to blender, add some of the sweetener
  2. Blend until smooth and give it a try for taste
  3. Add more cocoa powder and sweetener to taste
  4. Chill and serve with sliced bananas

 

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Chocolate Banana Cookies with Macadamia Nuts

I have made a lot of cookies in my life. I have also witnessed the reactions that cookies have on people.  And I have been told by many friends, that these cookies, are “VERY good”. The banana in them is pronounced and the oatmeal is not. The texture is chewy, almost like a chocolate brownie cookie. Give them a try!!

Recipe for Chocolate Banana Cookies with Macadamia Nuts

Equipment: Oven and baking sheets

Yield: 15-24 cookies

Dry ingredients:

  • 2 cups oatmeal
  • 1 and ¾ cups flour
  • ½ to ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ cup raw organic extra rich cacao powder
  • 1 cup chopped macadamia nuts

Wet ingredients:

  • 2 eggs (beaten)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1.5 cups sugar
  • 2 cups mashed/blended bananas

Steps:

  1. Mix the dry ingredients in medium-large bowl (except for the mac nuts)
  2. In a separate bowl, mash the bananas or blend with a hand mixer and measure 2 cups
  3. Mix in the beaten eggs, butter, sugar, and vanilla to the bananas mixture
  4. Add the dry ingredients a little at a time to the wet ingredients and mix well
  5. Then, fold in the chopped mac nuts
  6. Place the mixed dough in the freezer and chill for at least an hour.
  7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  8. Drop 1 inch balls onto un-greased cookie sheets and bake  for 10-15 minutes until the tops of cookies look done (the color changes from light brown to darker brown)
  9. Chill on cookie sheet and enjoy!

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