I don’t know what season it is.
First it’s cold, and my body says:
Girl, please give me some Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal.
Then the very next day is bright and sunny; over 100 degrees again. Yesterday was one of those hot days, which meant the canned pumpkin in my fridge didn’t receive any love. (Sorry, pumpkin.) Instead, I went with something cool and refreshing: a thick strawberry milkshake.
It’s so thick you can even opt to eat it in a bowl, like ice cream!
Strawberry Thickshake
- 1 cup frozen strawberries (160g)
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup full-fat coconut milk (you can use lite, but it won’t be as rich)
- optional: stevia or other sweetener to taste (agave, sugar, etc)
- optional: cocoa powder
Thaw your strawberries until they’re *just* soft enough to blend. Then blend everything until smooth and serve with a spoon—this shake is thick! (Have I mentioned how thick this is yet? Only about 100 times?)
This milkshake is another one of my Vita-Mix Recipes.
But it works in a regular blender, too. My Magic Bullet was easily able to handle it.
Why not also bake some Cauliflower Chicken Nuggets…
McDonalds of the Future?
Maybe in ten or twenty years, places like McDonalds will be serving healthy foods, as opposed to Big Macs and McFlurries. They’re already heading in that direction, with new menu offerings such as apple dippers and oatmeal. Consumers have become increasingly more health-conscious in the past decade, and movies and books like Super Size Me and Fast Food Nation are swaying public opinion even further towards the side of health. I really feel like the growing demand for healthier restaurant options will soon render obsolete our current definition of “fast food.” But maybe I am just an idealist?
Question of the Day:
Do you think fast food places will become healthier in the future?
Can you imagine Burger King serving lentil curry? Or Wendy’s giving out Spinach Frostys? (Hmm, maybe Spinach Frostys is taking it a little too far…)
I hope iconic places like McD’s and IN-N-Out never stop serving burgers (even thought I don’t eat them) and milkshakes, because I think it’s important to understand that a small fry is a treat we should reward ourselves with from time to tome, but I definitely think there will be huge overhauls in the not so distant future. I predict that so long as the public want it, they will use better quality ingredients and begin to offer more and more veggie burgers, whole grains, and fresh produce. McD’s seems to be leading the way. I think as soon as they offer some sort of quality veggie burger and on-to-go produce options (as opposed to BK’s soggy microwaver veg burger – they still get effort points), the rest will follow suit. Maybe we should start a petition to get McD’s to pair up with Amy’s 🙂
If fast food places ever become healthy it will be because they start serving real food that isn’t full of junk carbs and sugar. It’s no good that they’re trending towards franken oatmeal and apples with caramel sauce.
That looks amazing!!!!
Hi Katie! Love your milkshakes! Any chance theres a recipe on her for raw sugar cookie dough balls? Maybe I’ve missed it!? thx!
I did try to do a sugar cookie dough ball once… it failed miserably! The closest thing I have is my raw snickerdoodle babies, but they taste more like Larabar’s cinnamon bun bars than sugar cookies. I still have sugar cookie dough balls on my to-do list! Maybe for Christmas! 🙂
That shake looks amazing. As for fast food restaurants, I don’t know…there are SOME smarter choices in some of them, but I’m not sure they’ll ever be viewed as “healthy” overall.
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Your strawberry shake lookss sooooo refreshing. I feel like making one right now. But today we need cinnamon bun more than a shake 🙂 Anyways, congratulations for your 4000 hits.
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I hope fast food places become healthier in the future! The world can only benefit from healthier people. If the already existing places don’t become healthier, I have faith that new fast food places will emerge, featuring fresh and local ingredients (and lots of vegan & GF options). Society is catching on (I’ve really seen a boom in GF awareness lately) and food establishments (even fast food places) are going to need to step up their game if they want more business. Unfortunately, there will always be people who love fast food places no matter how unhealthy they are, which means it might be a while until we see a Spinach Frosty. Haha! I’ll keep my fingers crossed for that one!
I feel like if I can cook a meal for myself in 10-15 minutes that’s healthier than most restaurant food, fast food places can step up their game. One thing I’ve loved seeing, though, is that so many restaurants are starting to offer vegetarian/vegan options. So refreshing!
Unfortunately, I haven’t eaten strawberries in quite a while. My best friend (and roommate last year) has a life-threatening allergy last year, so we couldn’t keep any strawberry products around, and I just got accustomed to not buying them. However, this looks like a delicious way to get back into munching on strawberries!
YUM!!! I make a strawberry shake just like this-so good! The cocoa powder is a good addition, too, because it tastes like chocolate-dipped strawberries in shake form!
And you know what, I think fast food restaurants are getting healthier and healthier each year. I still don’t eat at them, but the awareness level of healthy food is really growing and so many businesses are picking up on it.
That looks super yummy. I have to add strawberries to my grocery list. Just looking at the pictures is making me thirsty!