I've been in a very berry-licious mood lately. I find when it comes to smoothies, frozen berries are always best so I was happy enough to buy a large bag of frozen raspberries. The thing I like about raspberries are the seeds. I know some find the seeds annoying especially blended in a smoothie, but it's nice because it feels like you're eating the smoothie instead of drinking it.
RASPBERRY SMOOTHIE
1/2 cup frozen raspberries
1/2 a pear
1/2 frozen banana
1 tbsp chia seeds
1 scoop brown rice protein powder (vanilla) - optional
Stevia to taste
Water to blend
I've been seeing chocolate peanut butter around a lot lately and it's a shame because I always wished there was carob peanut butter, just this once, for those not into the cocoa thing. Well I took matters into my own hands and made "chocolate" peanut butter using carob and stevia! It tastes so good like Reese's peanut butter cups!
The peanut butter I used was Valencia peanut butter which tends to be more "liquidy" than regular peanut butters so it worked great to achieve a smooth, peanut buttery consistency.
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| Peanut Butter, Carob Powder, drops of vanilla stevia to taste, sea salt to taste |
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| Coconut Toasts! |
Happy Birthday! I'm an avid follower of sketch-free vegan eating. I found you guys on vegweb, and love reading and trying your interesting and unique recipes. It's hard to pick a favorite, but I do love the chocolate peanut butter fudge for a sweet one and the tempeh pizza for a savory one. Thank you for your blog, and I hope I made your birthday a bit better with this comment. Have fun in New York!
ReplyDeleteaww thanks so much! that means a lot to us :D New York was great, just got back last night from 5 days of broadway shows, couldn't ask for anything more ;)
DeleteI love making my own chocolate peanut butter, because it's cheaper! haha
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, lovely!
yes so much cheaper! :) thanks!
DeleteI love carob.... mixed into walnut butter is my favourite! Happy Birthday... very envious of your NYC trip - I would LOVE to go there!
ReplyDeletemm sounds great, never tried walnut butter...;)
DeleteHappy Birthday! Your smoothie and the spread looks great - Im a chocolate lover all the way around but love carob too.
ReplyDeletethank you! ;)
DeleteHappy Belated Birthday!
ReplyDeleteI wish you both a marvelous year that overflows with days that feel wonderful to you!
yum to these treats!
thank you ;)
Deletehappy belated!
ReplyDeletei've been experimenting with carob lately and have been pleasantly surprised by the taste. :) i love when you two post recipes using carob!
we love carob! it has a slightly sweeter, maltier taste which goes great with a lot of other ingredients ;)
Deletehappy birthday ladies! i hope your trip to NYC is fabulous. there are some great healthy eats in this area too :). and i love the carob stevia touch to the peanut butter. YUMM!!! ps - why is valencia pb more liquidy? does it have more fat?
ReplyDeletethank you! it WAS fabulous, we were so sad to leave :( we went to one lucky duck which is a raw vegan restaurant, got a mango cucumber coconut cilantro smoothie - so good! I am not sure why valencia is more liquified, i guess it depends how much they grind the peanut butter too.
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