I have made so many different recipes for chocolate peppermint thickshakes – but this one is in a league of its own! Not because it’s my favourite (although it may well be!), but because it is SO creamy and rich. The flecks of chocolate and fresh peppermint add a sophisticated…
I am getting closer and closer to my ideal thickshake! You can’t really beat a good old McDonald’s Chocolate Shake, despite what frozen-banana-loving smoothie drinkers will tell you. Anyway, I’ve finally mastered the texture of that all-time favourite frozen treat. Use an ice cream maker! Freezing a milkshake mix in…
I got a wonderful message from my cousin and aunt, who sent me pictures of their morning green smoothie and the recipe. I am so pleased with their amazing drink! We had talked about making green smoothies while on our morning run together, so I really appreciated them sharing. It…
Don’t you don’t love scraping out the bowl when cleaning up cake batter, brownie batter, or cookie dough? Who can help themselves but to try a little of their uncooked mixture? Are you ever disappointed that, after some sneaky sampling, you find the baked product doesn’t even taste as good…
Before we start: this doesn’t taste exactly like ‘proper’ “Cookies and Cream” flavouring. Perhaps I should have called it “brownie and coconut,” but that doesn’t convey the chewy, chocolatey crumbs immersed in the ice-creamy shake. But even though this may not be a perfect replica of the original, I assure…
This isn’t your – or my – regular shake. The coconut flour makes it pudding-like and grainy, which is odd but lovely. If you freeze it for a few minutes, as I did, the top sets into an ice-cream-like layer, with a thickshake underneath. I used peppermint tea to infuse…
I adore coconuts. They are super-healthy, super-tasty, and super-versatile! Think about all the amazing coconut products – oil, butter, cream, milk, water, flesh (fresh, dried, desiccated, thread), flour . . . the list goes on, and people are becoming more aware of their fantastic properties. Satiety for weight loss, healthy…
Have you ever had an excess of ripe avocados, and just didn’t want to eat them all at once? I often find myself in this awful situation. While I love stuffing myself with these lutein-loaded, fibre-filled, power-packed fruits, there is only so much even I (the most avocado-addicted person ever)…
This is a weird recipe, but I can assure you it tastes quite dreamy. The oats provide a thickness to the ‘smoothie’, while adding fibre and filling carbohydrates. You could drink this out of a glass, but my teaspoon-and-bowl obsession means that I tend to eat my smoothies instead…
This isn’t your typical green smoothie, loaded with many fruits and weird vegetables. The spinach and avocado provide the colour, as well as vitamins, minerals, folate, fibre, lutein, and healthy fats. I added coconut flour and psyllium husks for extra thickness and fibre, and the (dairy) milk lends calcium, protein,…
