Has this ever happened to you? You’ve got all kinds of natural goodies in the blender and it’s blending away. Not even halfway through the blending, it stops. Just stops. Kaput. Nada. Switch outlets. Still nothing. Take it apart. Put it back together. Plug it back in. Still nothing.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
The blender is D.E.A.D.
This seems to happen every time a blender has died on me. Every time it’s been a smoothie in the blender. Of course the first time, we had a rather cheap one that wasn’t built for frequent use. Neither was the second. The last one, however, should have lasted a lot longer seeing as how I bought it two years ago and it’s higher quality.
It happened to me again last week while trying to create this smoothie. I was hungry and looking forward to it, too.
After several days I decided to finally do it. I bought a Vitamix a week ago and used it for the first time this past Sunday while Chaz was still in bed. Using the blender while he’s still sleeping is like poking the bear. He always glares at me when he wakes up and says, “That blender is loud.” “Yes, you tell me that every time I use it.”
When he finally got out of bed I asked, “Did you hear the blender?”
“No.”
Score!
The Vitamix blended better on its lowest setting than my last blender. I’m loving it. And this smoothie I finally got to make. I’ve made it several ways and will give you allergy-free options. Right now, it’s my favorite. The picture is my first attempt with the recipe and I couldn’t tell where the liquid line was so, I the liquid measurement will be good for 16 ounces.
Chocolate Cherry Almond Smoothie
1 cup frozen cherries (or more if you’d like)
1 tablespoon almond butter (or Sunbutter for a nut-free smoothie)
1 tablespoon raw local honey (or other sweetener of your choice to make it vegan)
2 tablespoons raw cacao powder
Unsweetened almond milk (or unsweetened coconut milk, rice milk, or hemp milk for nut-free)
Add cherries, almond or Sunbutter, honey, and raw cacao powder to the blender. Pour your dairy-free milk to just under the 2 cup or 16ounce line. Blend well.
Out of all the variations I made of this, it is much better with the almond milk if you can have nuts. It was so good with the almond milk I had a hard time not drinking it all at once.
This post is linked to Wellness Weekend at Diet, Dessert, and Dogs and Seasonal Sunday at Real Sustenance.
Congrats on the new purchase (but wow, my VitaMix is LOUD!). And congrats on this luscious smoothie! Thanks so much for submitting to WW this week! 🙂
Thanks Ricki, and you’re welcome! 😀 I tried the high setting the other day and it was pretty loud. lol Luckily I don’t need the high setting for the smoothies. 😀
So funny to see this recipe – I’ve been making a very similar smoothie this week to use up a big bunch of cherries! You are right, it is a delicious combination of flavors! I add protein powder and some yogurt to mine as well.
That is funny, Nikki! I really wanted to make it because Brittany of Real Sustenance got me on the chocolate cherry almond kick so I’ve been messing around with that in different things. 😀 I’m going to start looking at adding hemp protein and flax meal to bump up the nutritional value, but I wanted to get the base down first.
Love that flavor combo! I hope my blender keeps going. I’m not ready for the loudness of any of the super duper babies. 😉
xo,
Shirley
I was just glad that I could make smoothies in the Vitamix without it being so loud that Chaz would complain. It made the mornings where I woke before him, smoothie-less!
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