Banana Cocoa Smoothie

Name: Banana Cocoa Smoothie
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 min
Total time: 6 min
Yield: 1 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 large banana, chopped; 100 ml milk (skim works perfectly. Can also be made vegan no problem); 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa (Add more if you like yours chocolatey); 1 tablespoon sugar (or sugar substitute, syrup, honey or jam. I used a generous teaspoon of fig jam, which gave it a gre)

Submitted by NOOBchef

"Rich, creamy and filling... this is delicious, easy, healthy and tastes more fattening than it should. Any questions ?"

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Ready In:: 6mins
Ingredients:: 4
Serves:: 1

ingredients

1 large banana, chopped
100 ml milk (skim works perfectly. Can also be made vegan no problem)
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa (Add more if you like yours chocolatey)
1 tablespoon sugar (or sugar substitute, syrup, honey or jam. I used a generous teaspoon of fig jam, which gave it a gre)

directions

Heat milk if desired. If unsure, consider whether the idea of a sweet, rich, banana-y drink made WARM is sickly or sublime to your tastebuds.
Combine all ingredients a blender or food processor until smooth.
Savor!

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Reviews

Hi there - what a terrific smoothie! I have had one for breakfast three mornings straight! :) I used 2% milk (what I always use), unsweetened raspberry preserves, a little splenda & of course the banana, & the unsweetened cocoa, made it with a little ice in the food processor! Wonderful and am so happy I tried it and thanks for posting it, Diane :) Reviewed it for "I Recommend ....New Thread" on QueenBee49444's review! ;)

Manami
This smoothie is wonderful. I did not add the sugar and it was sweet enough for me. Thanks for posting a healthy dessert I can look forward to!

Gator Bake
This is pretty good. DD (5 years old) liked it. I added some Q'ia cerial by natures path to make it healthier and liked it for a little energy boost. I used very ripe bananas, cashew butter and water to make a dairy free milk, fair trade organic cocoa powder, &, organic, raw, local honey. Made for Healthy Choices Tag Game 2013.

UmmBinat
This was just fabulous! I've made it 3 times in the past week. I used whole milk and real sugar and added an ice cube because I like my smoothies really cold. It was so creamy and chocolatey. The next time I made it I skipped the sugar all together and I thought that was great! I am a dark chocolate lover and the banana added just enough sweetness for me. This would be a great recipe for chocolate lovers looking for healthy ways to enjoy it. Thanks!!!

sweetysjd
Yummy...but I think it needs more banana! :)

Mona K.

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http://www.recipezaar.com/members/home/258867/IMG_0034.JPG Me at Christmas , eyeing the mince pies , muaharhar. I'm sixteen years old and love to cook. Seriosuly , I always bug my mum when she's coming home - " Can I boil an egg ? Do you want me to put on the pasta ? " etc - and I have little tradition where I cook a complete dinner once a fortnight. Thats' generally what I review recipes for as I don't get a chance to cook the rest of the time :( Since I live in Hong Kong, I don't have access to a lot of the stuff most Recipezaar-ers in the US do , so I spend a lot of time filtering out refrigerated buttermilk biscuits , frozen pie shells, pastry flour and all those instant mixes >< Its' not just that I live in Hong Kong though , my pantry (physically impossible in a two-bedroom flat, but there in mind and spirit) is small. What I always have in the kitchen : plain flour, self-raising flour, sugar, cocoa, pasta, canned beans, canned tomatoes, fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, some kind of cheese, low-fat yogurt, low-fat milk, water, frozen berries, muesli. I guess a love of food is born in as I'm half-Italian. I go to Sicily every summer and its so different from here - there is this ...respect for food. I LOVE IT The other half of me has an ex-baking grandma ( she stopped after she had no-one to fatten up ) and I think I got a bit of that too , I absolutely ADORE making cakes, cookies,muffins but I hate having them around the house . I mulled over the idea of selling my baked stuff but in the end decided I'd probably get arrested for hawking and no-one would know what I was doing anyway. My rating system - ***** Perfect. this is for whatever the recipe claims to be, i.e. if a recipe a simple,quick, economic stew I won't give it *** for not being finicky or delicate. These are often foolproof, too :) **** Almost perfect, but there was something missing. *** All right . Not a bad recipe, but I didn't like it. ** Not enjoyable, but with some spark or facet with merit. * Godawful. SORRY ! <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/Adopted1smp.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/CV.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/adoptedspring08.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">

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