Recently, I met a new friend, named Erika. This girl did not believe healthy food can taste delicious.
She hadn’t yet heard of the CC Diet philosophy.
Naturally, I felt it was my duty to introduce her. But for Erika’s grave situation, a plain cake-batter shake just wouldn’t suffice. I needed to bring out the chocolate.
Chocolate Cake-Batter Shake
(It’s healthy and sugar-free!)
- 1 frozen, large banana, as ripe as possible
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1-2 tbsp coconut butter
- 1/2 to 2/3 cup milk of choice (I used 200g almond milk) (For an extremely rich, “ice cream”-like shake, try coconut milk. Also, use more or less, depending on desired thickness.)
- 1-2 tbsp cocoa powder (or protein powder)
- For a more cake-like flavor, you can add a very scant 1/8 tsp butter extract. But I opted to leave this out of the recipe, as butter extract isn’t exactly raw! (It is, however, vegan. I emailed Wilton.) Or maybe even use a little melted vegan butter?
- Optional: handfuls of sprinkles
Blend everything together in your Vita-Mix or blender. Add some sprinkles, pre-blending, and throw some more on top! If, like me, you prefer smoothies in a bowl, just reduce the milk.
Or add a little xantham/guar gum, like with the Mint-Chocolate Milkshake.
If you want to un-rawify it, throw in some of the mix for Healthy Chocolate Cake.
(Well, technically you’ve already un-rawified it with the sprinkles. But you can easily choose to leave them out if you want a 100%-raw shake.)
Erika loved the milkshake!
So of course, I invited her over tomorrow, for…
Just kidding! I won’t push my luck. She might not be ready for that yet.
Know someone who hates healthy food?
Have you ever tried to prove to him/her that it can taste good?
How did it go? I’ve had a lot of success getting people on board with the whole “healthy is naughty” thing. Fudge Baby recipes work especially well, like the Raw Thin Mint Brownies.
But sometimes (especially with guys) a person is subconsciously biased against the food before even tasting it. (This is why I often won’t tell someone a food is healthy until after he/she admits to liking it!)
These look so good! My inlaws freaked out when we went vegan. They didn’t want anything to do with us for over a year. When they finally come over and ate a meal I had made they loved it and talked about it for a long while.
Blessings, Debra
Raw Vegan Diet
My omnivore fiance is not a fan of the healthy (his favorite foods are chicken parm and buffalo wings…uck) and, back before we were dating, he actually had expressed to me his opinion that “nothing vegan is tasty.” The first thing I ever made for him, however, was an Oreo cake (using the Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World cookies n’ cream cupcake recipe) which caused him eat (pun intended) his words! While I wouldn’t say he was “converted,” it definitely helped. Now, he’ll try anything vegan that I make or order when we’re out, and while not everything in my diet is something he’d want for his own meal, he’s definitely come around to eating healthier and more veg-friendly.
My brother is going through a phase (he’s 20) where he refuses to eat vegetables or anything remotely healthy. It is really frustrating! He even tried to count Cherry Coke into his fruit intake.
LOL oh my gosh, that sounds like my dad! I once was nagging him about not having any veggies, and he pointed to his smuckers-jelly sandwich and was like, “But jelly is a fruit!” Umm… no not really!
This looks very yummy!!! I will be making it this weekend for sure, with the addition of coconut butter (mmmmmm) because my coconut oil is not virgin (it’s been a little naughty, hehe).
Of course, in order for this shake to be completely raw, cacao powder is needed instead of cocoa powder, cause the latter is roasted. But it’s too pricey, so I’m going with the cocoa version – still healthy, though!
Oh my gosh, I cannot stop laughing at your silly comment. I wonder who your coconut butter was naughty with… maybe the peanut butter jar?
Ok, I’m taking this a little too far, huh? 😉
You, know it’s so dark in that cupboard – who can tell! =O
Kinda like a raunchy version of Toy Story? hehehe
This sounds almost identical to my chocolate milkshake recipe! So delicious and refreshing:)
I always wait until after a friend says they love it to tell them it’s vegan or has healthy ingredients in it! Or I don’t tell them at all.
My dad hates healthy food.But I fooled him with your cookie dough dip AND your avocado ice cream! It.’s so fun to trick people into healthy desserts..
HA! I always wait to tell people it is healthy until they say they like it. Just about everyone I’ve met has been pretty darn biased. Especially my little brother! I have to wait until after he is finished with the food to tell him. Once I made the mistake of telling him halfway through….he liked it at first, but once I told him…all of a sudden he didn’t like it 😛
I have plenty of family members who don’t like healthy foods — they think you have to eat lettuce and “rabbit food” to be healthy. When we have them over for dinner (or if we go over there) — we bring something healthy to share. I can’t change them, but I can try to lead by good example.
Love it, Katie! Can’t wait to try it! I also can’t wait to see the chocolate cake batter pizzert 😉 How about some cake batter pancakes….yummm
Oh my gosh, or waffles!
You know what I love about your milkshake recipes? They don’t call for a ton of weird ingredients tha nobody ever has on hand. I think for all but one of them I’ve had everything in my pantry!
Hahaha like spirulina or cacao butter or mesquite?! I hate hate hate when I get all excited to make a recipe, only to find out I can’t because I don’t have the ingredients!