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!)
Frozen bananas and coconut anything are amazing! It’s so wonderful to teach people that healthy food can be so delicious!
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Proving that healthy food tastes great? Yes, that would be my partnership and marriage with Scott the past 12 years…going from bar food, fast food, quick food that was processed to real food, fresh food, mostly plant based food that’s prepared simply and deliciously and has helped him lose 50 pounds and get off blood pressure medication! Yes, real food works. And it tastes great 🙂
Love that milkshake!! 😀
I just read your last post! Your sister’s hair reminds me of mine! After 30 minutes of drying it on high, it’s still wet!! (And it’s fairly short too) I love my hair being thick, but it can be SO annoying sometimes. I switched over to all-natural, vegan shampoo a about six months ago; I’m definitely going to try and find that coconut shampoo! The coconut part would have sold me too 🙂 I love how you mentioned not to “over-process” your hair. I don’t wash my hair everyday either (and everyone still says that it smells and looks really good!), and the only time I died it was when I was like seven and dyed it black and green for Halloween (but it was one of those kinds that washes out right away with water). And I definitely noticed a change in my hair when I started eating healthier with lots of healthy fats – my hair is much shinier and my hair and nails grow like weeds! (Seriously, I will cut my nails and a week later, they will be back to the same looooong length!)
All right, I’m done babbling. Sorry for the long comment…. Just one more thing – I think your hair is gorgeous!! 🙂
<3
LOL I dyed mine green for Halloween too once! And sadly colored my skin as well… that was so hard to get off, and it stained my shower! Oops!
Let’s see….O, ya my entire family 😛
I do that when I make vegan baked goods. I don’t tell people they’re vegan until after they gush about how amazing they taste. For some reason, so many people just assume that vegan goodies are going to be dry and flavorless. Wrong!
I think my brother is one of those people who are biased against certain foods without even giving them a try. He simply “doesn’t like vegetables.” I think “vegetables” is far too broad of a food group to dislike the entire bunch! Green beans are as far as he’ll venture. Haha! Time to make him some spinach ice cream, right?!
Hahaha if you’re brave!
Hi there!
I was wondering what the cream thing piped on top was? Is it the agar agar thing you make?
thanks!
christina
This time, it’s Soyatoo :).
amazing photo. looks so DELICIOUS!
I need to get xanthan/guar gum. What store do you buy it at/ what section? I hear its at Whole Foods but I never see it! Or nutritional Yeast! Im missing out here! haha
Try the bulk section! And definitely ask at Whole Foods. Their workers are usually pretty knowledgeable :).
yes! all of my friends! lol, they’re always makin fun of me for reading every label.
and you are absolutely gorgeous!!!
Ok, you are my new best friend!!! (And lol at first I made a typo and wrote “you ATE my new best friend!” Oops!)
hahaha! 🙂
You’re so adorable, Katie! I couldn’t get my friends to believe that spinach tasted great in smoothies (mostly because they thought you COULD taste it!) I’m so glad some of them changed their minds and tried it. Now they love it!
That’s what happens with my mom… she says she doesn’t like spinach smoothies, but once I put it in a dark glass and didn’t tell her until after she’d drank the whole thing and said it was delicious!