Banana Almond Date Soy Smoothie

This vegan smoothie is amazingly rich, creamy, filling, and healthy. It has a nice texture to it from the almonds and a natural sweetness from the banana and dates. I like that there is no refined sugar added or any animal products, all good for us and the planet. I like using a frozen banana to make the drink cold, but room temperature works well too. If you want to freeze bananas, peel them before freezing. Peeling frozen bananas doesn't work! And place them separated in the freezer so they don't freeze together.

• Ready In: 4 mins
• Serves: 1
• Yields: 1 glass

Ingredients

• 1  ripe frozen banana
• 10  almonds
• 1 -2  pitted dates
• 1 -2  cup  plain soymilk

Directions

1. Add banana, almonds, and dates, preferably cut into smaller pieces, in a food processor or blender. Add some of the soy milk.
2. Run the blender for roughly one minute, adding more soy milk until you like the consistency. You don't want lumps of frozen banana in the drink, so make sure it is all smoothiefied. Don't run too long, or the almonds will disappear.
3. Enjoy.