Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Banana Chocolate Milkshakes


I was looking through one of our cookbooks this weekend before heading to the store, trying to find a few new recipes that sounded good to me. I usually would skip over the "beverages" section; but I actually found two different ones I'm going to try this week.


We had an overly ripe banana that might be a little mushy (or "gross" in my wife's words) if you were to eat it by itself.  But I happen to be one of the many people that feel this is precisely when they are the most flavorful. If you're ever baking with bananas, I would recommend waiting until they have browned like this.


Add a 6 oz vanilla yogurt, 1 ripe banana, 1 cup of small ice cubes, 1/4 tsp vanilla, 2 Tbsp chocolate syrup, and 1/2 cup of milk into a blender.  You can freeze the ice cream first to add a little more frozen texture to the milkshake if you want it thicker. Otherwise, refrigerated will be fine.


I once made a smoothie that I dubbed "The King" because it had peanut butter and banana. This is pretty similar. But I might actually prefer the chocolate-banana combination. This was really tasty. My wife liked it. So that was all I needed to know.  It only take a couple minutes to make. And it really isn't that unhealthy. Other than the chocolate syrup, it's all good for you.  So I'm not going to feel guilty making these often.

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