Peanut Butter Smoothie with Benefits

This healthy smoothie is loaded with more veggies than you can imagine and tastes just like peanut butter and chocolate. The perfect breakfast meal replacement!  Milkshake-like consistency and dairy-free.  Creamy, gluten-free, paleo, and vegan.  

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It's the Summer of 2013, and it marks the day of my first smoothie video on youtube.  I filmed it, I shot it, I edited it.  It's called How To Make a Green Smoothie and we go step-by-step.  It was so fun doing something I was so incredibly nervous to do.  However, I felt I had to shoot this smoothie video so I could show you how easy smoothies can be.  How nutritious they are, and how some foods mask the tastes so you can get all the good veggies and nutrients into your body.

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If you've been reading along you know that I ADORE making smoothies.  I fell in love with the concept of liquid nutrition when I was studying holistic nutrition at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.  The idea that we can give our digestion a break, and flood nutrients into our bodies while drinking a shake that tastes like chocolate was something I was quite intrigued by.  And the idea that we can put so many veggies into one smoothie and not taste a thing but goodness was wild.

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What veggies are loaded into this smoothie?

• Spinach
• Celery
• Cucumber
• Avocado.  But if you really know fruit trivia you'll know that avocado is actually a fruit.

Do you taste the veggies?

Nope.  Never.  Definitely not with this smoothie.  There are many foods in this smoothie that will mask the taste of these veggies.  In fact not only will it mask the taste but you'll be shocked so much is in it while tasting so good.

How to mask veggies in this smoothie?

• Vanilla extract or vanilla pods
• Agave syrup, or maple syrup
• Frozen bananas
• Nut or seed butter
• Cacao or chocolate

Benefits of smoothies

• Boost of nutrients
• Floods of energy
• Ingestion of healthy fats, veggies, and protein all at once
• Gives your digestive system a break
• Hydrating
• Filling

How is the smoothie consistency?

• Thick
• Creamy
• Just like a milkshake, sans dairy
• Cold like ice cream

More nut and seed butter smoothie recipes

• Healthy Sunbutter Chocolate Smoothie
• Snickerdoodle Cookie Smoothie
• Sesame Chocolate Smoothie

Tips:

• If you need a step-by-step demo of this smoothie check out my Youtube video on how to make this smoothie.
• Don't like coconut milk?  You can use any plant milk you want such as almond, cashew, hemp, quinoa, macadamia milk.
• Cannot have peanut butter?  Use a seed butter like sunflower seed butter, or sunbutter, or pumpkin seed butter, or even hemp seed butter.

Ready to gather your ingredients?

Print Recipe

Peanut Butter Chocolate Smoothie with Health Benefits

This healthy smoothie is loaded with more veggies than you can imagine and tastes just like peanut butter and chocolate. The perfect breakfast meal replacement!  Milkshake-like consistency and dairy-free.  Creamy, gluten-free, paleo, and vegan.  

Prep Time17 mins

Total Time17 mins

Course: beverages

Cuisine: American, Dairy-Free

Keyword: avocado, bananas, celery, creamy, cucumber, dessert, dessert smoothie, milkshake, peanut butter, spinach, vegan

Servings: 2 people

Equipment

• high-speed blender

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups coconut or almond milk
• 1 cup chopped cucumber organic
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 2 handfuls spinach organic
• 1 ½ whole frozen bananas
• ⅓ cup unsalted peanut butter organic
• ⅓ cup avocado ripe
• 1 tablespoon agave syrup or maple syrup
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 tablespoon cocoa powder or cacao powder
• 2 teaspoon chia seeds
• 3-4 ice cubes

Instructions

• In a high-speed blender add 2 cups of plant milk, celery, cucumber, spinach, and blast until fully blended.
• Then add the frozen bananas, chia seeds, avocado, and peanut butter and blend again till almost creamy.
• If you need more milk you have ½ cup left to add if you need it.
• Followed by the cocoa powder, agave syrup, vanilla extract, and ice and blast until desired consistency.
• Pour into two glasses and serve with a straw. If you want an extra frosty, freeze your smoothie for an additional 20 minutes before you dig in. Serves 2. Can be stored in the fridge for up to a day before consuming.

Love, and healthy smoothies!