VitaMix AntiAging Angela Chocolate Avo Green Smoothie

My VitaMix Anti Aging Angela Chocolate Avocado Smoothie is like a souffle, it’s so light and airy.

It’s a viewer submitted smoothie from Angie, who writes,

“Hi Jane!

This morning I made a chocolate shake… with

Half a celery
3/4 avocado
2 Tbspn raw organic cacao powder
1 tspn mesquite powder
4 tbspn of nectar of the gods sweetener
2 tbspns homemade almond butter
About 2 cups homemade almond milk
1/4 frozen banana

Very rich… but at the same time, not too rich… must be the celery… there’s a little hint of avocado but it’s nice

~ Angie

As usual, I adapted the recipe to work with what I have and that’s what I want you to do – use my recipes, and Angie’s, as inspiration for your own!

Transcript of this video:

Hi, I’m Jane from http://www.Blenditandmendit.com where I show you how I turn my VitaMix blender into my #1 antiaging tool. Welcome.

Today I am making my AntiAging Angela Smoothie because it comes from Angie, who wrote in and asked when I made the Chocotini Shake. ”Can I substitute avocado for banana?” Why not? So she sent me in her recipe and in it she says just add half a celery to the Vitamix, half of a stalk of celery, 3/4 of an avocado. So, I have a small avocado here.

I think I’m going to add the whole thing. Avocado is such a wonderful fat. It’s also full of water, which I love, and it makes shakes so creamy. There’s a half, see, it’s a small avocado, I’m adding that, and I might as well add the other half. And you’re going to see me take many liberties with Angie’s recipe, which is what I want you to do with my recipes. Use them as inspiration to create your own and get started drinking your greens. It’s really not important that your recipe is perfect, what’s important is that you drink your greens.

And then she adds 2 tablespoons of raw, organic cacao powder, well, I just happen to have some here, and so I’m going to add a couple tablespoons. Here’s one TBS, right into the blender, and here’s another one, right into the blender. Then she says ”add 4 TBS of Nectar of the Gods Sweetener.”  My Nectar of the Gods Sweetener is Medjool dates soaked in water. So she’s saying add 4 TBS, that’s pretty much what’s in here, about 1/4 of a cup, so I’ll try to add 4, but why don’t I just add half of it, that’s a lot easier, oh, I’m puting it all in, let’s call it 5-6 TBS, can’t resist it. And then, 2 TBS of homemade almond butter and about 2 cups of homemade almond milk. Well, I’ve got my cashew butter that we just made yesterday. This cashew butter is fantastic, so I happen to have it and I’m going to use it.

You don’t have to go crazy and make separate milk and separate butter. Just take some water, take some nut butter, there’s your nut milk. OK,and she says, 1/4 of a frozen banana. Forgot to freeze my bananas, so I’m going to put in fresh. Angie, we’re gonna whip it up and see what you’ve got. Angie says, “Very rich, but at the same time, not too rich, must be the celery. There’s a little hint of avocado but it’s nice.” I know it will be, how can we go wrong with these ingredients. If you’ve been making smoothies and making them along with me or on your own, you know this is good stuff. Here we go.

I give that 20 or 30 seconds. I see a creamy chocolate delight. Very delicious. Very creamy, very light. It’s very souffle-like. I can taste a little bit of the avocado, but, like Angie says, not too much. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. Look at that. Okay. This is why I love viewer submitted smoothies. I get to try so many new things, because, I don’t want to get in a rut either. Thank you so much, Angie, for sending this in. Lettuce blend and mend together.

QUESTION: What’s your best green smoothie shortcut? Share! Use the comment box below. Thanks! Jane.