Cherry Almond Potassium Smoothie
MOOTHIE MONDAY HEY HEY WHAT WHAT! Yeah. We're back. Monday morning smoothie goodness intended to PUMP YOU FULL OF POTASSIUM. In case you're into that kind of thing. I am. Especially when it's been hotter than hot and I spent all weekend standing in a blazing sunny gravel parking lot surrounded by hundreds of sweaty Portlanders. Also, being a sweaty Portlander myself. Sounds like fun, right?!
But really, it was fun. Project Pabst set up two days of music on the waterfront, and a friend gave me a free ticket, so ... I went! We spent Saturday hiding in the PBR-cade (think: lots of free arcade games and AC) between shows, and wisely chose not to show up until the bands we were really interested in (Passion Pit, Weezer) played Sunday. Still: HOT day. Hot and fun! But now my muscles are all cramping from sweating all my salts out - hence the potassium intake!
Also, I realize this is two "cherry almond" recipes in a row ... which is completely unplanned and a total food blogger fail. SORRY GUYS. It's a good combo, OK? This started as "all the potassium things" - bananas, coconut water, dates - and then morphed into "all the yummy things" too. So I added cherries and almonds (to fill me up!). Definitely a good, simple, easy smoothie! And waaaay too easy to drink. You might be surprised at how quickly this disappears.
If you don't have a strong blender, you might opt to either soak your almonds overnight, OR use almond butter instead of almonds. If you have a strong blender (like a vitamix), just turn it WAY up and let it obliterate the almonds so you don't have a grainy smoothie!
Tomorrow I'll be showing you a little bit of Iceland - GET EXCITED!! I'm gonna talk all about our time in the Snail van!
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Cherry Almond Potassium Smoothie
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 1x
Ingredients
- 12 oz coconut water
- 1 frozen banana
- ⅓ cup cherries (pitted)
- ¼ cup raw almonds
- 2 dates (pitted)
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients and blend until smooth!
Notes
I add 1 teaspoon of maca to mine, too!
I actually think the back-to-back cherry/almond recipe is great for grocery planning 😉 Makes sense to have more than one way to use them! And this looks delicious and refreshing.
That's a good way to look at it! I WAS PLANNING AHEAD FOR YOU!! 😀
Enjoy! xoxo
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