My apologies, but I realized I did not include this particular smoothie in this summer's Smoothie Series, and it's one of my favorites. Below you will find a recipe for a delicious green smoothie that is sweet and healthy as well as a recipe for making your own cashew milk. Ta da!
Banana with Dates, Spinach, and Homemade Cashew Milk
Serves One
1 cup of homemade cashew milk (see below)
3 pitted dates
1 frozen banana
1 handful of organic spinach
juice of 1 lime
Place all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.
Cashew Milk (adapted from recipe courtesy of Katherine McCord)
½ cup raw cashews soaked in 1 cup of water over night (ie. plan ahead)
2
cups
water (or 1 cup water and 1 cup coconut water)
1
½
teaspoon
extra
virgin
coconut
oil
¼
teaspoon
vanilla
extract
2
teaspoon
agave
(or 1 teaspoon if you use coconut oil)
Drain
the
soaked
cashews.
Combine
all ingredients
in
a
blender
and blend until
smooth.
Enjoy.
