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.)

Avocado-Cardamom Lassi (zero stars, don't ever make it again)

Avocado-Cardamom Lassi

Serves 1

INGREDIENTS:

     1/2                avocado
     1/3           cup  greek yogurt, Plain
     3/4           cup  almond milk, unsweetened
     1/4           cup  half and half
  1            package  truvia
  1         tablespoon  lime juice
     1/4      teaspoon  ground cardamom

DIRECTIONS:

Blend until smooth

Adapted from this Source:


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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 334 Calories; 29g Fat (72.5% calories from fat); 10g Protein; 15g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 32mg Cholesterol; 164mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 4 1/2 Fat.

Keto Mexican Chocolate Shake

This is a bit higher in carbs than I'd like, but the ratio is good, and 5 of the carb grams are fiber.

                      Keto Mexican Chocolate Shake

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  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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     1/4           cup  coconut milk -- full fat
  1         tablespoon  coconut oil
     1/2    tablespoon  chia seeds -- ground
  2        tablespoons  unsweetened cocoa powder -- (10 grams)
  1              scoop  collagen Peptides (Vital Proteins)
     1/4           tsp  vanilla extract
     1/4           tsp  cinnamon
     1/4           tsp  cayenne
  1                cup  water
                        ice as desired


Get the directions here!

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 357 Calories; 31g Fat (72.0% calories from fat); 14g Protein; 14g Carbohydrate; 5g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 76mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Fruit; 6 Fat.

*to make this a "fat fast" recipe, increase coconut oil and omit chia seeds.