oh wow.
there were some big, fat, deep purple cherries, which are locally in season, in the supermarket yesterday and i couldn't resist buying some.
tonight i made them into a cherry-chocolate smoothie and it is so delicious i just have to spread the word!
i used:
one small banana
a punnet of pitted cherries
two teaspoons raw cacao powder
two teaspoons grated solid cacao
one teaspoon lecithin
one teaspoon green superfood powder
glug of light agave syrup
pinch ground cinnamon
pinch salt
half pint water
whys and wherefores:
the lecithin often helps blend things in, i find, and i was hoping it would help particularly mix in the solid cacao, but it's definitely optional. you could add a few green leaves without it affecting the taste. if you don't have the solid cacao you could substitute some coconut butter or raw almond butter to keep the creaminess. i personally like a bit of salt in my food and the extra sweetness of the agave is just plain decadent, but the really healthy among you should just scratch them from the recipe.
good things:
it is just like drinking a blackforest gateau, i kid you not. but no refined flour, sugar or dairy to mess you up. i'd say that's a win-win.
bad things:
i found the cherry skins did not want to blend completely away to supersmoothness and the cacao stayed a bit grainy despite the lecithin, but i have a crappy little blender so those vita-mix owners out there should have no problem.
