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Chocolate Quinoa Smoothie

Name: Chocolate Quinoa Smoothie
Prep time: 15

(8 votes, average: 4.38 out of 5)

15 min prep

2 servings

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5 ingredients

This Chocolate Quinoa Smoothie is yet another wonderful way to use cooked quinoa! It adds some health protein to this yummy chocolate smoothie to keep the nutrition coming. Ounce for ounce, agave nectar tastes...

½ cup quinoa, cooked
½ cup unsweetened Dutch processed cocoa powder
¼ cup agave nectar (or to taste)
1 cup ice
1 cup almond milk

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Nutrition Facts

Calories

240 cals

Fat

5 g

Saturated Fat

2 g

Polyunsaturated Fat

2 g

Monounsaturated Fat

5 g

Carbohydrates

55 g

Sugar

31 g

Fiber

11 g

Protein

7 g

Sodium

98 mg

Directions

Combine the quinoa, cocoa powder, agave, ice and almond milk in the bowl of a blender.
Blend until the smoothie is smooth and the ingredients are combined.

Chef Tips

Don’t be tempted to use drinking chocolate (hot chocolate mix) for this smoothie. It’s the dark richness of unsweetened cocoa powder that gives it its delicious taste.

If you don’t have agave nectar, you can sweeten this with sugar but you’ll need to add more than the ¼ cup in the recipe. As mentioned, agave tastes twice as sweet as sugar, so add ¼ cup of sugar, buzz, taste and adjust the amount a tablespoon at a time until it tastes good to you.

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