I’ve always wanted to get some blueberries into me, but I have never been able to stomach the taste. Â To me, they taste like plastic.
They’re low in fat, but have plenty fibre, to help stop us being hungry all morning. Â This is a great morning recipe for me. Â It also helps with consuming natural vitamin C, which I’m not that great at doing. Â I like oranges, but due to the carb count and high sugar, as a diabetic, I tend to shy away from them a lot. Â Berries are my friends, so I really wanted to add blueberries to my diet somehow. Â Diabetics need to watch their eyes, and given that Vitamin C is said to help prevent glaucoma, it’s not one that I want to do without on a regular basis.
The raw cacao in this, for me, was an acquired taste. Â Don’t get me wrong, I love milk chocolate, but adding chocolate powder to fruit was a new experience for me. Â I was on my fourth or fifth smoothie before I managed to get a taste for this. Â I wouldn’t put it in every smoothie, but the mood enhancing properties certainly draw me to it.
Cacao Berry Blast Smoothie, Raw Cacao, Strawberry, Blueberry & Fig Recipe
Ingredients
- 100 g Strawberries
- 100 g Blueberries
- 10 g Raw Cacao Powder
- 1 Fig
- 200 ml Unsweetened Almond Milk
Instructions
- Toss all the ingredients into your blender or Nutribullet. It uses a 24oz container with my machine.
- Blend until smooth.
- Enjoy. If you leave this standing, it may become very thick and require eating with a spoon. It is, however, very tasty.
