Crunchy Green Health Nut

Spinach, banana, chia seeds, almond milk smoothie. I felt like having a green smoothie tonight and this was the result. I made it very thick and creamy and it hit the spot.  Used one Frozen cut up very ripe banana. I take the over ripe bananas, cut them up into individual sandwich baggies and freeze them. That way whenever I want a smoothie I just grab one Baggie = one banana. This time I used enough frozen cut leaf spinach to fill the nutribullet. If you do not like a strong spinach taste just use less. I'm used to the taste of veggies in my green smoothies so used a lot of the green stuff :-) The chia seeds went in next, a tablespoon's worth. Finally enough unsweetened almond milk to make the Bullet work. First I added about 1/2 cup but it wasn't enough. I had to stop it and add a bit more. The over ripe banana gave it the right amount of sweetness, since I'm on the #Whole30 I can't use any sweetener. You could use pitted dates for sweetness too, I just didn't...

Dates and almond milk latte Lets face it, I love coffee, I drink it black, with almond milk, with coconut milk, strong brewed, light brewed, espresso, with or without various spices. I'm Cuban, I grew up drinking that wonderful bean juice and can't imagine living without it.  Here is a latte I came up with this morning.   If you have a Nutribullet or some sort of blender or food processor that can completely purée dates then this one is for you. I used my Nutribullet Added a steaming hot cup of regular brewed coffee, about 6 oz 2 large pitted dates, I used Natural delights Medjool dates. A good dash of apple pie spice (cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice) About 1/3 or 1/4 cup of almond milk I just eyeballed the amount, I used Silk PureAlmond Unsweetened Vanilla. Process well till smooth, silky, creamy, frothy goodness. :-) Enjoy! Till next time,  Have a happy healthy crunchy green day :-)