{"id":4221,"date":"2012-12-27T11:16:34","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T17:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realfoodhouston.com\/?p=4221"},"modified":"2018-10-25T12:40:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T17:40:52","slug":"banana-cocoa-smoothie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/2012\/12\/27\/banana-cocoa-smoothie\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana Cocoa Smoothie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Banana<\/a>It’s been almost a year since I wrote about my morning smoothies<\/a>.\u00a0 I still have one most mornings but thought it was about time I updated my post with some changes I’ve made in the recipe.\u00a0 The base of my smoothie is almost always kefir, fermented raw milk, but occasionally I use raw milk or a combination of raw milk and raw cream.\u00a0 Now my kefir is homemade from local raw cow milk.\u00a0 My favorite breakfast is satisfying, delicious, and<\/em> nutritious–full of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, probiotics, protein, and healthy fats.\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, I just feel better when I start my day with a kefir smoothie.\u00a0 The one I make most often is a banana cocoa smoothie made with kefir, raw cocoa powder, and banana.\u00a0 Here\u2019s how I make it now (I just had the one in the photo this morning–ooom good!):<\/p>\n

1 cup raw cow milk kefir
\n1 small ripe organic banana (or half of a large one)
\n1 tablespoon raw organic cocoa powder
\n1 to 2 tablespoons organic flax seeds (optional)
\n1 tablespoon coconut oil
\n1 egg or 2 egg yolks, from pastured chickens
\nStevia to taste<\/p>\n

Measure kefir into a beaker [I still prefer my heavy-duty borosilicate glass beaker to the plastic beaker that came with my hand blender.] Add\u2013in any order\u2013banana, flaxseed, coconut oil, cocoa powder, and stevia.\u00a0 Blend until well combined and the flax seeds are broken up.\u00a0 [The flax seeds are optional, if seed pieces in your smoothie bother you, just omit the flax seeds. I love the chewy bits of seed in my smoothies, but not everyone likes to chew on their smoothie.]\u00a0 Add the egg or egg yolks at the very end and blend briefly–1 to 2 seconds.<\/p>\n

The smoothie could be made in a regular blender, but I find it’s easier to clean up the hand blender and beaker.\u00a0 Often I just\u00a0sip\u00a0my smoothie\u00a0out of the beaker\u2013saves one more cleanup.\u00a0 Digestion tip: sip the smoothie slowly and let each sip roll around in the mouth to allow the digestive juices to do their job.<\/em><\/p>\n

Variations:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

There are many variations for smoothies.\u00a0 I’ve also posted recipes for mango<\/a> and persimmon<\/a> smoothies and here’s my original morning smoothie<\/a> recipe<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

kefir<\/em>: Houston area raw milk,<\/a> raw milk in other areas.at RealMilk.com<\/a>
\nraw cocoa powder<\/em>: Sunfood, Wilderness Family Naturals, Navitas
\ncoconut oil<\/em>: Tropical Traditions Gold Label
\nflaxseed<\/em>: Bob\u2019s Red Mill Organic
\nstevia<\/em>: SweetLeaf
\npastured eggs<\/em>:\u00a0my favorite local farmer\u2019s rainbow eggs\u2013beautiful!<\/p>\n

This post is shared on Freaky Friday<\/a>, Monday Mania<\/a>, Fat Tuesday<\/a> and Real Food Wednesay<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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