I was at Costco today and the Vitamix guy was there doing demonstrations. I hung around for a while, collecting samples of delicious green smoothies and THEN he made chocolate ice cream. I saw the ingredients and was totally skeptical about whether or not it would be edible by me, much less my kids. I took one sip and was totally sold- I would've eaten all of it, but Lauren took it from me and wouldn't give it back. She licked the sample cup clean! It tasted amazing- I promise you cannot taste one of the "healthy" ingredients. Doug, the Vitamix presenter, sent me a link to his recipe (click here) and I made it for dessert tonight. It tasted just as amazing, and all of my kids were gobbling it up and throwing praises at their "best mom in the world". :) You can add peanut butter, banana, chocolate chips, mint flavor, whatever you want to make it your own.
1/2 cup milk (or half & half, heavy cream for richer taste)
3 1/2 Tbs. cocoa powder
7 Tbs. hot cocoa mix (you can find a healthier one if you try- I used a Trader Joes mix)
4-6 baby carrots
small slice cabbage
small handful spinach (I didn't have cabbage so I doubled this)
1/2 of an avocado
sweetener to taste (5 Hadley dates, agave nectar, honey, etc.)
2 cups ice
Blend these ingredients on low beginning on 1 then increasing to 10, run for 10 seconds then stop. Use tamper stick to push ice down. Results are best when using a Vitamix.
*Doug (and his co-presenter, Keith) has a lot of great recipes for soups and smoothies that can also be found by clicking on this link.
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