Chocolate smoothies make me think of visiting my parents in Costa Rica where local cocoa powder is added to everything. So for Valentine’s Day I thought it would be fun to make a chocolate smoothie packed with heart healthy omega 3’s, strawberries, and spinach.
Smoothies are one of the easiest ways to pack in a lot of healthy ingredients in a delicious and convenient way. This chocolate smoothie is one of those examples of something that tastes like it must not be that good for you, but it actually is. Packed with spinach, cocoa powder, chia seeds, hemp hearts, strawberries, soymilk, and bananas it comes out so thick and creamy it almost seems like a chocolate milkshake. Perfect for a quick, yet very filling and delicious breakfast or snack.
Ingredients: 1 cup baby spinach 1 cup frozen strawberries (you can use fresh, but frozen is better during the off season) 1 cup soymilk 1 large banana or 1.5 medium bananas 1 tablespoon chia seeds 1 tablespoon hemp hearts 1 tablespoon cocoa powder (non-alkaline) 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract Directions: Combine all the ingredients in a high speed blender and blend until smooth and well combined. Sometimes the chia get stuck on the bottom so scrape them off and re-blend as needed.