Chocolate Almond Smoothie

Chocolate Almond Smoothie

1 serving

INGREDIENTS:

  1         tablespoon  almond butter

  1                cup  almond milk, unsweetened

  1         tablespoon  cocoa powder

     1/2           cup  ice (add more if desired)

  1              scoop  collagen Peptides (Vital Proteins)

  1           teaspoon  psyllium husks

  1              ounce  cream cheese

DIRECTIONS

whirl it up

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 310 Calories; 24g Fat (63.0% calories from fat); 16g Protein; 16g Carbohydrate; 10g Dietary Fiber; 31mg Cholesterol; 266mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 3 1/2 Fat.

(As with all smoothies, feel free to tweak the ingredients.  I add cream cheese to make it richer and fattier to keep me from being hungry.  Psyllium husk add carbs, but also are pure fiber.  The collage peptides are for my joints, but are also good lean protein.)