Nutty pear and chocolate smoothie

Serves:

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup almonds
• 250ml (1 cup) milk
• 2 dates, pitted
• 1 cup pear, unpeeled but roughly chopped
• 1 banana, sliced
• 2 tbsp raw cacao powder

Method

Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth and frothy.

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Serving Suggestions

Note

• Frozen bananas will give this smoothie a creamy texture.
• Shake some chocolate on top for effect.
• You can hide some LSA (linseed, sunflower and almond) mix in this smoothie to boost the nutrition content and add some extra fibre.
• This recipe was created by Sophie Hansen for Kidspot, New Zealand's best recipe finder: You can follow Sophie on Local is Lovely, Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest.