This Mint Chocolate Chip Green Smoothie is like dessert for breakfast with zero guilt! It’s loaded with cacao nibs, mint, coconut, creamy bananas, and spinach. It’s quick, filling, and so tasty!
Without a doubt, smoothies are one of my most favourite parts of life. You can put anything your heart desires in, like a grown up Build-a-Bear for food. Add, taste, increase this, enhance that, drink it all up. What’s there not to love about smoothies?
The Mr. and I just returned from an amazing first wedding anniversary in Tulum, Mexico. That meant one week away from the blog on vacation, and a week coming back just to recover from the vacation. Honestly, it was one of the best trips of my life. Vegetarian meals done like I’ve never had before, with fresh, seasonal ingredients so delicious that it’s hard to describe! I have so many great inspirational ideas for recipes to recreate and share and I can’t wait to share our vacation photos with you. I also took some time to unplug which although we’ve all heard is good for you, is actually GREAT for you. Seriously, spending the week by the beach, swimming in cenotes along fish and having the best Mexican food of your life needed to be done without being attached to my laptop.
One thing that is needed after a week of endless mezcal drinks on the beach is definitely a green smoothie. I was literally craving a green smoothie upon returning home and couldn’t possibly drink this down faster. There’s something insanely satisfying about the taste, the cleansing feeling and that I’m ready to take on the world feeling it gives you. I decided to have some fun with this one so themed it after one of my favourite combinations of mint and chocolate chips. The base ingredients here are lots of spinach, a frozen banana, vegan protein powder, and Silk Almondmilk Original . I don’t think I’ve ever made a smoothie without some version of Silk Almondmilk or Cashewmilk to be honest. It’s so creamy, a great smoothie base taste that doesn’t conflict with the other ingredients and is perfectly plant based. I used cacao nibs and added in lots of coconut in the form of coconut meat and flakes.
What you get is a delicious, creamy and super minty green smoothie. It’s not fake minty flavour, but a lovely natural flavour. You also get lots of great protein and a 100% plant based smoothie that will take you from that amazing indulgent vacation right back to being a super hero in real life, one to do list item at a time.
MORE YUMMY SMOOTHIES
Strawberry Coconut Smoothie
Strawberry Pineapple Coconut Smoothie
Mint Chocolate Chip Green Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 scoop sweet vanilla vegan protein powder*
- 2 cups fresh spinach
- 1 cup Silk Almondmilk Original
- 1 medium frozen banana
- 1 teaspoon cacao nibs
- About 8 mint leaves
- 1 tablespoon coconut meat
- 1 teaspoon coconut flakes
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients together until smooth and creamy. Add maple syrup to taste if you need the smoothie to be sweeter. Enjoy!
Notes
- This recipe is naturally gluten free and vegan. *I use a pea protein based protein powder, but any sweet plant based protein powder should be fine.
- HOW TO STORE
- This smoothie tastes best fresh!
Nutrition
Mint Chocolate Chip Green Smoothie https://jessicainthekitchen.com/mint-chocolate-chip-green-smoothie/ July 20, 2016
These Vegan Sweet Potato Tacos make a quick and delicious Mexican weeknight dinner. They’re done in just 25 minutes from prep to table thanks to Terra’s Kitchen’s outstanding meal delivery service!
The Mr. and I have been travelling quite a lot this summer, for both business and vacation (hello first wedding anniversary!). It’s kind of been difficult to find time in between to go to the supermarket, unpack ingredients, prep/cut them up, then cook them for dinner. So when Terra’s Kitchen reached out to me give their unique meal delivery service a try, I wasn’t just excited, I was RELIEVED! Let me tell you, this came at the best time ever and it was so worth it. Farm-to-table ingredients from stove to table in just 25 minutes? Yes, please .
TERRA’S KITCHEN – MEANING & SERVICE
So, what is Terra’s Kitchen ? It’s a meal delivery service delivering fresh and seasonal ingredients from the farm straight to your front door. The name comes from la terra , which means “ the Earth “. What makes this so convenient and beautifully unique is that everything is already prepped and pre-portioned out for you. Meaning, all the hard work is already done and all you need to do is cook the ingredients and serve them out.
QUALITY/ECO-FRIENDLINESS
The ingredients come in little sealed containers in, yes , a re-usable, eco-friendly and sustainable refrigerated vessel. If it’s delivered before you come home from work, everything is still cool, fresh and waiting on you. This was probably my most favourite part. Each vessel can be used up to 100 times, and after you’ve put all your ingredients in the fridge, you just leave it outside and it’s picked back up the next day.
I’ll admit, I wondered just how fresh these ingredients would taste but they really were cream of the crop. These plant strong natural ingredients come straight from local farms. You know how obsessed I am with farm fresh ingredients and eco-friendly products. If you follow me on Snapchat, you definitely heard me gushing like crazy over the vessel and the convenience. Needless to say, I was pretty impressed so far at Terra’s Kitchen meal delivery service.
RECIPE/TASTE
So, Terra’s Kitchen company message is great, the vessel is convenient and eco-friendly and the ingredients are fresh. How did the recipe and the pre-portioned ingredients taste?! AGAIN, I was pretty impressed. I have previously declared myself taco princess, and after a week in Tulum, Mexico, I’d like to change that title to taco queen.
The flavour combinations picked by Terra’s Kitchen chefs worked so well with these sweet potato tacos. It was beautifully complemented by the pico de gallo and the corn tortillas. The recipes were also pretty great, down to charring the tortillas which I loved . They put a lot of thought and effort into everything. Of course, being a garlic addict, I added three more cloves. I also added in limes to squeeze over the tacos since, when is lime not great squeezed over a taco? This makes 2 servings (3 tacos each) but it ended up making 3 servings for us, so serving sizes are generous.
Without a doubt, I would recommend using Terra’s Kitchen to everyone. Easy, quick and easy meals delivered to you that you actually can cook in 30 minutes or less.
P.S. Give it a try, and you can use the coupon code JESSICA30 on terraskitchen.com to get up to $30 off your first delivery! Also, save me some tacos, okay?
