Post-Workout Treat: Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
This recipe is just a simple but audacious chocolate peanut butter smoothie.
Shona Vertue’s smoothie tips and tricks:
- Peel, slice and bag up bananas to freeze so that you can just whack them straight into your smoothie.
- Make sure your ice containers are always full; there’s nothing worse than a warm smoothie.
- Please make sure you choose nut butter that is made from sustainable palm oil or, better yet, is completely free from palm oil.
- In my recipes I prefer to avoid dairy so I would love you to try a milk alternative. Almond milk can irritate some people’s guts (like mine) so if that is the case, I would suggest you try switching it up with unsweetened oat or rice milk.
| Servings |
| 1serving |
| Servings |
| 1serving |
Ingredients
- 1 small frozen banana
- 1 tsp organic peanut butter (or another sugar-free nut butter)
- 150 ml plant-based milk of choice
- 20 g vanilla protein powder (one scoop)
- 1 tbsp cacao powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 4 ice cubes
Servings: serving
Units:
|
Ingredients
Servings: serving
Units:
|
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a blender and blend until creamy and smooth, adding the teeniest bit of water if it has trouble blending.
Recipe Notes
Nutrients per serving: 662 calories, 36 g protein, 38 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 57 g carbohydrates (14 g fibre), 345 mg sodium
This recipe is excerpted from The Vertue Method: A Stronger, Fitter, Healthier You — in 28 Days by celebrity personal trainer and yoga teacher Shona Vertue. Available for purchase at Winners.
