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Chocolate Peanut Butter Kefir Smoothie recipe

Name: Chocolate Peanut Butter Kefir Smoothie
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 150ml kefir; 150ml water; 2 small ripe bananas (or 1 large); 2 pitted dates (more if your bananas aren’t ripe); 3 tbsp peanut butter (I use chunky); 1½ tbsp cocoa powder; around 10 ice cubes; 1 tbsp chia seeds; 1 tbsp flax seeds; 1 tbsp psyllium husk

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A chocolate, peanut butter and banana smoothie made with kefir. We have this for dessert at least twice a week.

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Chocolate and peanut butter kefir smoothie

Someone recently told me that smoothies are just empty calories. Bah. This one has:

Various strains of good bacteria from the kefir
Omega fatty acids from the seeds
Fibre (from the dates and psyllium husk)
A little protein from the peanut butter and dairy

Plus it’s delicious. My friend, who has a self-proclaimed “children’s palate”, says she could drink it by the pint. The first time she tasted it she asked if it contained alcohol. It doesn’t; the tang comes from kefir but you could use plain yoghurt or milk instead.

As an aside: I've recently discovered squeezy peanut butter made from 100% peanuts. According to reviews the bottle will eventually clog but for now it works a treat. It's great on smoothies, porridge and various desserts.

Notes

This is basically Peanut Butter Banana Kefir Smoothie but it makes a bigger portion and contains cocoa. I leave out the coffee as we usually drink this after dinner.

For a thicker smoothie use frozen bananas and skip the ice.

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