Our contributor, and Vital Juice Chicago Editor, Maya Henderson is a smoothie genius aaand she has a knack for effortlessly discovering all the best fitness deals, new classes and exciting recipes out in the universe of yum. It’s true. One taste of this easy-to-make Chocolate Cherry Superfood Smoothie and you will become as much of a fan of Maya as we are. This recipe is adapted from Kristen’s Raw Cherry Chocolate Bomb Shake—it takes Kristen’s brilliant combo and amps up the nutritional profile with some superfood goodness like green powder and maca.
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Makes: approx. 2-3 servings
Preparation Time: 10mins
Tools:
Blender
Ingredients:
1 cup fresh coconut water (can substitute pure water or store-bought coconut water)
1 cup of frozen organic cherries
1 ripe, organic banana
2 Tbsp raw, cacao powder
1-2 Tbsp green superfood powder
1/4 cup hemp protein
1 Tbsp Maca powder
1 Tbsp raw, vanilla agave nectar (can substitute organic maple syrup, organic brown rice syrup, raw yacon syrup or raw honey to taste. Note that honey isn’t considered “vegan” and maple syrup and brown rice syrup aren’t considered “raw”)
Let’s Get Started:
Toss all of your ingredients in the blender and mix until smooth. Enjoy right away or store in an airtight glass container for up to one week. You can also pour Chocolate Covered Cherry SuperFood Smoothie into popsicle molds
Where to purchase some of the unique ingredients online:
Find Agave Nectar, cacao powder, green superfood powder, maca, raw, wild-harvested honey and raw Yacon Syrup at Sunfood Nutrition.
You can find the following at Amazon:
Fresh Young Coconuts (Set of 3)
Coconut Water
Organic Maple Syrup
Organic Brown Rice Syrup
Raw Organic Manuka Honey
Organic Fair Trade Raw Honey (Pack of 3)
Raw Honey
Raw Organic Agave Nectar
Vitamineral Green Superfood Powder
RawGuru carries:
Organic, Raw Hemp Seed
Raw, Premium Amber Agave Nectar
Raw, Organic Yacon Syrup
Certified Organic Makuna Honey
Organic Young Green Coconuts (Case 10)
Organic Young Thai Coconuts (15lb Case)
Raw, Organic, Young Green Coconut Water (8, 16 oz bottles)
Raw, Organic, Young Green Coconut Water (Gallon)
Raw, Organic Bali Cacao Powder
Pure Synergy Green SuperFood Powder
Maca Powder
Recommended appliances:
Vita-Mix 1700 Turbo Blend 4500 Countertop Blender
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6 Comments to “Maya’s Chocolate Covered Cherry SuperFood Smoothie”
Your chocolate smoothie looks delicious. When I travel I can’t miss out on my raw vegan smoothies, so I have invested in a great cooler. Keep other fruits and veggies in there as well, so def eat healthy on the road as well as at home!
Charlot
this looks great! Have you done much research into agave? We quit using it after I fully understood what it was. We used it for years without knowing the negatives though, I guess that’s how it goes, can’t always trust what the companies say.
Brittany
Hi there Brittany,
Thanks for the question. I have read about the controversy over agave through and through—I’ve experienced the shock, the sadness, the frustration and the information expedition stages. While I am using it less in my recipes as well these days (more b/c I am in love with nutritious sweeteners like honey and sucanat), I do continue to use agave from trusted sources, which is what I recommend throughout the site (providing links to the companies that have assured me that their agave is raw). As with all natural sweeteners though, I use them in moderation in my daily life. Sugar is sugar, and ultimately, we have to choose what feels right for our individual bodies. This is why, almost all recipes on YU offer up alternatives to agave in the ingredients listing.
You can read more about my thoughts, as well as find link to both sides of the story, re: agave here and here. Stay tuned for a post about this topic coming soon!
Hi, the Maya’s Chocolate Covered Cherry SuperFood Smoothie” sounds fabulous, but you left out the nutrition value like, calorie, fat, sodium, potatassium, carbs (sugar) etc……….
Hi there Rimona~
Great comment, thank you for bringing up this topic! My approach to meals is to primarily think about foods in their whole state—not as the sum of many parts. This has served me incredible well for about 5 years now. Letting go of the obsessive “nutritionism” (that exhausts and confuses the heck out of the majority of us) has actually led me to a place where I feel stronger, more energetic and happier than ever. I tend to think of food in broad strokes. Am I getting enough quality grains, healthy fats, protein, water, a variety of colors in my diet? Am I keeping the sugar to a minimum? Are my portions reasonable? Am I eating a balanced variety of food?
There are many levels of nourishment (macro, micro, trace, things microscopes can’t pick up) going on in each grain, vegetable and piece of fruit, and I believe that nature intended for us to consume the whole package. Consider this: if all we needed was more beta carotene, for example, a beta carotene “food” would grow in the ground instead of a carrot.
I definitely understand and appreciate the fact that some of you need/want to monitor different types of specific nutritional info. So, in some posts I will point out a few nutritional highlights, but ultimately, I will leave it up to individuals to run recipes through many of the software programs/apps that exist out there for the specific nutritional information they are looking for.
This is an interesting article on the topic by Michael Pollan. Particularly the “From Food to Nutrients” section.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html?pagewanted=all
Go Maya, definitely super food girl worthy! Can’t wait to try this one tomorrow . . .
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