This chocolate peanut butter smoothie tastes like a Wendy’s Frosty but made even better with the addition of peanut butter!
Welcome to the first WIAW of 2012. It’s a good one! If you like Wendy’s Frosty’s I promise you’re going to be one happy camper today.
Breakfast:
Pumpkin waffle with some fruit, almond butter and maple syrup. I ate the same exact thing on Monday (this waffle was leftover from that batch) and I’m sad there aren’t any more. I used to think waffles were a weekend only breakfast but when you use a pancake mix and only have to add a handful of ingredients it barely takes any longer than stovetop oatmeal. I need to do this more often during the week. It definitely made going back to work on Monday morning (while the rest of the country had the day off!) a little more tolerable.
Lunch:
An egg bake that I’ll be posting about later this week. It’s such an easy lunch or dinner. And there’s feta. Lots of feta. In our house it’s FEH-TA, like a true Greek would say.
Snack:
You ready for this? Dark chocolate, banana and peanut butter in a smoothie. Think texture and flavor of a Frosty except add PEANUT BUTTER! So, so, so delicious. It tasted like dessert and yet, it really wasn’t. (Recipe below)
Besides the fact that it was 21 degrees outside when I drank this and I shivered the rest of the afternoon, this was amazing. It trumps any and all smoothies I’ve ever made and will definitely be making future appearances in my afternoon snack routine.
Dinner:
Linguine with meatballs and avocado sauce. Meatballs aren’t really the most photogenic meal in the world. After this picture, things got even uglier when I tossed it all together and mashed the meatballs up to create one giant, tasty mess.
Dessert was an unpictured Godiva dark chocolate truffle. They’re so rich, I had actually taken two chocolates but couldn’t eat the second one after the truffle. That never happens to me with dessert.
On an unrelated note, two important things are happening today.
1. This girl is getting that bump (it’s a wart) on her head removed finally. We’ve decided she’s looked like Frankendog long enough.
2. I’m getting a haircut and considering bangs. Bangs! I can’t even write it without freaking out. We’ll see how this goes…
Chocolate Banana Peanut Butter Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup of milk, I used 1/2 coconut, 1/2 almond
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened dark cocoa powder
- 1 individually wrapped dark chocolate square, I used Ghirardelli 72%, 1 square is .375 ounces
- 1/3 cup greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- handful of ice
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth and creamy.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Smoothie looks awesome but it has gotten way too cold for me to drink that. Need a recipe for protein packed hot chocolate instead! Haha!
Do you work from home? Just wounding because you always have such nice pics o your meals!
I do. I use my lunch break to take a million photos while there’s still good light!
You are right… it is a good one. I am very hungry now. That smoothie is definitely one of my faves to have. Then again, anything peanut butter and chocolate is right. LOL.
The meatballs…. the waffles…. *stomach growling* ;)
I’m so making this for my afternoon snack with my daughter. And I say go for the bangs! You can always do what I do – I like them for a week and then just pin them back :)
true! I always hate bangs when I get them and regret it the minute the scissors snip them off, but I’m thinking “longer” ones this time. ;) I hope you & your daughter like the smoothie if you make it!
gahh that smoothie sounds amazing! all of my favorite ingredients in one smoothie!
I barely like smoothies at all- but I want that one stat. Seriously it looks really really good. And so does dinner- I’ve been loving these meatballs I made lately so much too. All you’re pics are so professional looking! :)
Thanks Katie! It’s a constant work in progress with the pics. I just realized my camera came with software to be able to edit RAW photos so I’m totally excited to play around with that now without having to have bought lightroom. It’s pretty bare bones on the options, but I’ll give it a shot!
I’m more excited about that egg bake than the smoothie!
What an awesome sounding snack! Wendy’s has nothing on you. Go for the bangs. I got bangs three years ago and I am still loving them.
Oooo, I bet you would look cute with bangs! I can never pull off bangs — seriously, I would look 10 times more Asian than I already do. It’s just not for me..unless you’re talking about side bangs or like full on bangs? I have side-swept bangs but the full on bangs — yeah, let’s not talk about it lol..you had some seriously yummy treats! I would love that smoothie sans banana! Good luck to your dog on that wart removal :)
Love chocolate/PB/banana smoothies. They never get old! Adding avocado in place of some of the PB makes them SO decadent.
Bangs are so fun! I’m thinking about getting them again but it took about 8 months to grow them out! ;)
Wow, so many yummy eats! :) Your snack looks awesome, I love how you added peanut butter!