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 don’t know if I could ever imagine a spinach frosty…. But that would be SO amazing if fast food restaurants really started to incorporate more healthy foods into their menus.
This was like getting a strawberry milkshake from the drive through! Although its been so long since that has actually happened that I might be mistaken 😉 Either way, yum!
Hey, I was wondering…did you use canned coconut or in a carton like the silk kind for the thick shake? It looks so yummy, I love strawberry smoothies! (Second to chocolate peanut butter smoothies, that is!)
Hey, I was wondering…did you use canned coconut milk or the kind in a carton like silk for the thick shake? I love strawberry smoothies! (Second to chocolate peanut butter smoothies, of course!)
canned 🙂
First of all, I would just like to apologize to my blender for being too impatient to let my strawberries thaw. 😉 I used almond milk rather than coconut milk and ended up adding a bit more since the blender was struggling so, but this still came out pretty thick… kind of like a melty sorbet. I probably could’ve added a little sweetener, but left it out since I normally don’t need it for the banana-based shakes. Very refreshing and summery!
I realized that, quite by accident, I’ve managed to eat all my meals from this blog today: Irish soda boatmeal for breakfast, chocolate-strawberry hugs oatmeal for lunch, peanut butter breakfast pudding for dinner, and this shake for dessert. (That’s a lot of oatmeal in one day, lol.) If that isn’t a testament to how awesome CCK and all her recipes are, I don’t know what is!
As far as the question of fast food chains serving healthier food, I’d actually be happy if they (and other restaurants) would start serving normal-sized portions! The stuff on the kids’ menu is more often an appropriate amount of food. I don’t think it’s bad to have fast food infrequently, but if you get a combo meal of any type it’s just an absurd amount of food for one person. Oatmeal and salads are good in theory, but they’re so big and still packed with calories (nuts, dressing, etc) that sometimes you’re better off with a sandwich!
Ok, you are just awesome. That is all.
🙂 🙂
(: Oh, and I almost forgot… I also had funfetti cookie dough balls I’d made for my friend’s first day at her new job. Not kidding!
I can’t wait to try this! I love smoothies and things like that :). This looks so yummy!
Hey Katie, Just wanted to say I made this treat today and it was fantastic! Can’t wait to try out some of your other recipes!
How about strawberry cinnamon rolls? The dough would be a strawberry dough (maybe strawberry almond) with the cinnamon goodness rolled inside.
It’d probably need a strawberry sauce (no sugar used, just boiled, simmered, then pureed) in the dough rather than an apple sauce…. Or a mango sauce in the dough with a cinnamon coconut frosting 😀
I just made this and have died and gone to heaven
It works with almond milk too!
I just made this for myself and my husband and all I have to say is…thank you chocolatecoveredkatie! You rock my world!!!
Didn’t have strawberries, so I used mangoes (don’t think mango and vanilla would go well together), doubled the coconut milk (it looked thicker than usual for some reason), and added in 2/3 cup almond milk. It was a last minute decision, so mangoes didn’t get to thaw.
To me this tasted nothing like a milkshake, at all. It was much more smoothie like, however it was nice 🙂
OMG! I think this is the best strawberry shake I’ve ever made. As I transition to veganism, I am finding that flavors have so much more punch than items prepared with dairy. I love the idea of using coconut milk for rich creaminess. This is a keeper! In fact, I think I’ll fix another glass now!
Going to try it. Sounds Tasty!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just made this and it is so delicious! I am in love with coconut milk :). I can’t wait to make with blueberries and raspberries too.