Morning Power Smoothie, Chocolate

Total Time: 6 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup almonds
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 banana, very ripe
• 2 cups spinach, raw
• 3 tablespoons cocoa
• 2 dropperfuls stevia, liquid vanilla from sweetleaf
• ice

Recipe

• 1 put all of the above ingredients in a vitamix or other high speed blender. i have never used anything but a vitamix and it comes out perfectly smooth with one. i can't vouch for any others.
• 2 note, that the stevia is two dropperfuls -- not two drops. i have tried different types of stevia and have a definite preference for sweetleaf liquid. this is also good with hazelnut stevia (instead of vanilla).
• 3 variation- sometimes i add a teaspoon of coffee granules for a frozen mocha. sometimes i add a tiny bit of peppermint extract. sometimes i use carob instead of cocoa and add the peppermint (the carob mint is good, but not a fan of the plain carob).
• 4 for an immunity boost, i also often add water kefir grains. they don't affect the taste. i realize many people don't have those, but if you do -- they make a great addition -- 2 teaspoons or so.
• 5 add enough ice to make it thick, about 2-3 cups.