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Choc-Mint Green Smoothie

5/4/2017

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Here's another recipe from FMTV.  This green smoothie tastes just like mint chocolate chip ice cream - sans bloating and sugar overload.
Ingredients:
(use organic ingredients where possible)
  • 12oz (355 ml) unsweetened plant-based milk of choice (coconut, hemp, almond, rice)​
  • 1 handful mint leaves (or optionally 2 drops peppermint essential oil)
  • 1 scoop of protein powder (vegan or hemp seeds)
  • 1 Tbs. raw cacao powder or nibs
  • handful of spinach
  • 1 date, pitted
  • 1/2 avocado
  • 1 banana
Method:
Add all ingredients to blender and blend until smooth.

Why it's so good for you:
One of the star ingredients in this smoothie is raw cacao. Raw cacao offers amazing health benefits for your entire body!

​Cacao is one the healthiest foods you can consume. Cacao contains the mood improver anandamide - known as the bliss molecule -  which creates a feeling of euphoria.  Another mood-enhancing compound found in cacao is PEA or phenylethylamine, which triggers the release of endorphins and pleasurable opium-like neurochemicals.

​It also helps to protect you against heart disease, prevents premature aging, boosts energy, prevents sunburn, helps improve brain function, and helps improve your metabolism.



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