Chocolate Banana PB {Green} Smoothie

For all of you chocolate lovers out there, this is your day! This smoothie was like a dessert!

{Photo op in front of my chocolate mint plant}

The ingredients: 

1/2 cup plain yogurt

1 frozen banana

1 cup spinach

1/2 cup almond milk

1-2 T cocoa powder

1-2 teaspoons cacao nibs (this gives it a bit of crunch)

1 teaspoon PB, optional

goji berries and agave for sweetener 

(I know I promised for a chocolate raspberry recipe, but I ran out of raspberries so I had to improvise.)

{I just love this pretty little pottery pitcher. It's from a trip our family took to Montana several years back. Definitely, one of my favorites states!}

Place all ingredients in blender or food processor, starting with the milk. Blend until smooth and creamy. Add ice if you want to thicken it up a bit or a squeeze of honey or agave if you want it more sweet, both which I did. 

Thanks to Embrace True Health for the recipe inspiration! Ooh, and I ran across this really neat smoothie website (Smoothie-Handbook.com) with lots of helpful information on green smoothies that I thought was interesting as well as this link from IncredibleSmoothies.com

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Workout update:

I went for a short run this morning and then got in a good stretching session. After going for a run there is nothing I love better than a cool glass of water to hydrate my cells and a nice long stretch to release tension. It's amazing how just spending as little as 20 min to an hour a day can positively influence the rest of it so greatly. :)) 

How about your workout, anything you'd like to share? 

Are you going for the green nutrition today?

 If so, I'd love to hear about it! 


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