Description
This decadent chocolate smoothie is secretly healthy!
Packed with good stuff to power your day.
Ingredients
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- 1.5 cups (355 ml) almond milk
- 1 handful fresh Swiss chard, chopped
- 0.25 ripe avocado
- 1 tbsp agave
- 2 tbsp raw cacao powder
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cups (237 ml) ice
- Raw cacao beans, chopped, or dark chocolate shavings for topping
Instructions
- Pack chopped Swiss chard in the bottom of a blender and fill with almond milk to the 1 cup line. Blend starting on a low setting and increasing to the highest setting until well blended (about 80 seconds).
- Turn off the blender, add the remaining ingredients, and blend again starting on a low setting and working up to a higher setting (about 60 seconds).
- Add ice and blend for 40 seconds.
- Pour into a drinking glass and top with cacao beans or dark chocolate shavings.
Notes
- For a thicker smoothie, use less almond milk or add more ice.
- If you don’t have agave, honey or maple syrup can be used as a substitute.
- Store leftover smoothie in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 20
- Sodium: 50
- Fat: 15
- Saturated Fat: 5
- Unsaturated Fat: 10
- Carbohydrates: 40
- Fiber: 10
- Protein: 5
- Cholesterol: 0