Cocoa-Fruit Superfood Smoothie
My Good Friend
Tick. Tick. Tick.
My best friend, Tom, called the other day.
“Hey, Buddy, I had a heart attack,” he said. Not the opening I expected.
On Monday, March 19, 2018, Tom had quadruple bypass surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. He turned 68 on March 7th and two weeks later he was in the emergency room.
It gives one pause.
Of course, I went to visit my best friend once he had been home from the hospital a few days. He has a new drug regimen and an upcoming physical therapy session as soon as his chest healed enough.
Tom is retired. He exercises. He’s was a champion wrestler in college. He did everything right.
One thing he said to me when I visited was, “Someday, I’m going to eat a cheeseburger again.”
“Tom, the burger and cheese are okay. It’s the bun that you’ve got to worry about,” I told him...
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Cocoa-Fruit Superfood Smoothie
This is a Z3 (ZReboot) recipe. Adding the almond butter and peanut butter makes it smooth and delicious. Almost a chocolate peanut butter cup, but exceedingly good for you.
Ingredients:
2 cups of unsweetened Almond or Coconut Milk
2-4 Tbl unsweetened Whey Protein or Hemp Protein or Rice Protein
1 Tbl ground flax seeds
1 Tbl organic cacao powder
5 drops of liquid stevia
1/3 cup of frozen organic berries (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries or mixed berries)
Optional: 1 Tbl unsweetened almond or peanut butter
Instructions:
Pour almond milk into Magic Bullet or blender. Add the rest of the ingredients in order. Put the frozen berries in last. Blend for at least 60 seconds.
The best advice I’ve gotten from the smoothie books is to eat your smoothie.
Take a sip and chew it. You’ll have chia seeds and flax seeds. Your saliva will start the digestion process.
Plan on savoring it for at least 15 minutes instead of slamming it.
I add more protein powder on the day of and day after my weight lifting workout.
Enjoy!
Cheers,
Zola
