Peanut Butter Chocolate Banana Smoothie

Not that I needed anymore chocolate after yesterday's chocolate overload, but after spending the day practicing Melissa Cross' The Zen of Screaming my voice is a little sore and could use some yummy cold goodness.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Banana Smoothie
1c Cup Peanut Butter
2c Vanilla Almond Milk
2 Frozen Bananas
½c Hershey's Chocolate Syrup
<¼c chunked chocolate (left overs from the melted chocolate I used for chocolate covered strawberries last night)
a few ice cubes (we used 6.  Probably could have used more)

I must say.... it is DELICIOUS!  Reminds me of the "Protein Packer" smoothie I used to get at my favorite smoothie place, Pulp, back in Ohio.  We used to get it after work outs at the gym, so off for a walk I go!

Fruity Smoothie

After dinner, my hubby and my furry children usually go for a nice hour long walk along the gulf.  I had some left over fruits from previous recipes and decided to make us a post-walk smoothie!

(I decided to include my awesome $1.50 garage sale blender in the photo because I had already drank most of my smoothie out of my glass.  lol)

Fruity Smoothie:

¾ can frozen orange juice

1 can of water from the frozen orange juice can

½c frozen blueberries

2 extra ripe bananas

4 strawberries

8 ice cubes

Blend 'em up and let 'er go!  The beauty of smoothies is you can add almost anything to them and they will be wonderful.  

Banana Muffins & Banana Bread

While searching the vegan sites I came across this recipe.  Seeing how our bananas always ripen too fast, I thought this would be a good recipe to keep on hand!

Peta.org |  Banana Muffins

I used melted Earth Balance margarine instead of oil, and used Ghirardelli Chocolate Chips inside.  Since there wasn't a time listed in the recipe, I wasn't really keeping track, just testing it every so often.  I would guess the muffins were in about 20 minutes, but the bread was in about 50 with aluminum foil on top for the last 10.  All in all both turned out delish! 

Verdict: I give both versions an A.