Saturday, January 8, 2011

Raw Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie

Hi Jacinda! Here's my recipe:

1/4 cup raw peanuts (or a big scoop of peanut butter)
1/2 cup rice milk (or milk)
1 frozen or fresh banana
1/8 cup raw cacao powder
1 tbsp raw honey (or 3 or 4 dates, or agave nectar)
1 spoonful flax seeds (optional)
1 shake bee pollen (optional)
1 drop vanilla (optional)
handful ice

Blend and enjoy. It's better cold. I have also substituted an apple for the banana and I really liked that, too. It is hard to find raw peanuts. Look for "Spanish Peanuts," as in the type that are used to make homemade peanut brittle.



Just FYI - here are some nutrition facts on raw peanuts:

One-fourth of a cup of raw peanuts, which is 36.5 grams, provides over 35 percent of the daily value requirement for manganese. One-fourth of a cup of raw peanuts also supplies over 20 percent of the daily value requirements for tryptophan, folate, copper and vitamin B3, which is also known as niacin. One-fourth of a cup of raw peanuts is a good source of protein, also, and supplies over 18 percent of the daily value requirement.

One cup of raw peanuts has 161 calories, according to The Peanut Institute. This serving size also includes 7.3 grams of protein, 4.6 grams of total carbohydrates and 2.4 grams of dietary fiber.

A cup of raw peanuts has 14 grams of total fat. This serving size of raw peanuts has 1.9 grams of saturated fat, 6.9 grams of monounsaturated fat and 4.4 grams of polyunsaturated fat. Raw peanuts have no cholesterol.

Raw peanuts are sources of vitamin E, niacin, thiamin, riboflavin and vitamin B6. Peanuts are also a source of zinc, copper, phosphorous, potassium, calcium, sodium and iron.

4 comments:

  1. Oh good, I was wanting this recipe too! We tried a "chocolate smoothie" with cacao powder and it was just awful. We had to end up adding peanut butter and ice cream to make it edible. : )

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  2. yum! I want to try this one. Please make it for me and deliver.Lynn

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  3. Just made this one...my new favorite!!

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