100% Raw Cacao-Banana Smoothies
Share November 14, 2008 | Health & Lifestyle, Raw Foods
For someone making the transition to a 100% Raw Food Lifestyle, from personal experience, a Raw Cacao-Banana Smoothie is one of the best things to help that transition go much more “smoothly”.
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After getting fresh ingredients from Whole Foods Market, I went home to make my first batch of raw almond milk. I had some almonds soaked in water since last night, and I placed them in a blender with 3 cups of water and, presto… fresh almond milk! I squeezed the stuff through cheese cloth to capture the pulp, and the liquid looks just like fresh milk with some foam on top. Awesome!
I’ll keep the pulp to make some almond cheese later. For detailed instructions, check out my post on how to make fresh raw almond milk.
Ingredients
1 – cup freshly made almond milk
1 – large banana
1 – tablespoon agave nectar
1 – tablespoon cacao powder
1 – sprinkle of cacao nibs (optional)
15 – ice cubes
Basic Instructions
- Simply put all the above ingredients into a high-speed blender and blend until smooth… and that’s it!
Anyway, the end result… I was able to make a very delicious raw cacao smoothie!
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Note: This is similar to a Cacao Banana Smoothie recipe I posted sometime last year, but the big difference is the raw, freshly made almond milk. Soy milk (from the other recipe) of course, is not raw. But, the almond milk tastes so much better freshly made, and allows me to be 100% Raw!
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Carlos (a.k.a Randomguru) is a working musician, web developer and web publisher living in San Diego, California.
I had the same thing for breakfast, only I add Vitamineral green to all my liquids, makes me feel like I am getting all the nutrients I need.
stay raw!
deb
Thanks for the tip, Debbie! I will have to try that out. It’s not “green” in color, though? Does it turn your cacao smoothie green color?
Omg that looks sooooo good!
Hi G! Yes it does look quite good, doesn’t it? And, I think this is something I can have every day. It is a good raw energy booster.
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I just tried this tonight. Amazingly good! Thanks for the recipe. One of my new favs!
Glad to hear that you liked the recipe. Yep, it's a good one! ;o)
Glad to hear that you liked the recipe. Yep, it's a good one! ;o)
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this drink is SOOOO delicious!!! Thanks for it :) It gives me such an awesome boost in the morning!
You're welcome! :)