Vegan Chai Banana Smoothie
from The Blender Girl Smoothies bookOctober 26, 2014
This chai banana smoothie from The Blender Girl Smoothies book is vegan, gluten-free, and paleo-friendly, and is super creamy and delicious.
Vegan Chai Banana Smoothie
This chai banana smoothie from The Blender Girl Smoothies book is vegan, gluten-free, and paleo-friendly, and is super creamy and delicious.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 2 16-ounce glasses
Calories 211 kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups (480ml) unsweetened almond milk (or hemp, cashew, or coconut milk)
- 2 pitted dates, chopped (see Notes for sugar-free option)
- 1 teaspoon (5ml) natural vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon (1g) ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon (0.25g) ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
- Pinch of ground cloves
- Pinch of Celtic sea salt
- 2 medium-sized frozen sliced bananas
- 1 cup (125g) ice cubes
optional boosters
- 1 tablespoon (12g) chia seeds
- 1 tablespoon (15ml) flax oil
- 1/2 teaspoon (1g) probiotic powder
Instructions
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Throw all of the ingredients into your blender (including any boosters), and blast on high for 30 to 60 seconds, until smooth and creamy.
Recipe Notes
Recipe from The Blender Girl Smoothies book
SUGAR-FREE OPTION:
Substitute the dates for:
1 tablespoon Lakanto, plus more to taste
Comments 18
One word – Yum! This is so good that I have whipped up a batch of the spices for my next Chai attack!
Awesome! Yes, this smoothie is hard to stop drinking. It’s so delicious, and one of my all-time favorites!
Love Chai! This looks awesome!
Yay! Enjoy!
I am obsessed with Chai. I just finished this, AH-MAZING!
Me too! So glad you enjoyed this. I just love it, too!
The only thing that would make this and all of your recipes better would be to have the nutritional and calories information along with it. Love it though!!
Thanks for the feedback Kate. I value it. There is nutritional analysis for all of the smoothies in the app, and there will be nutritional analysis for all recipes in my next two books.
Sorry just brought your app and it on there. Perfect!
Yay! Yes, it’s good to have it all there in the app.
I just bought your app and all I can get up is a picture of what looks like a rasberry smoothie. Is there a problem with your app?
So sorry to hear that Deb. I have just sent you an email and copied in Random House so that we can help you. Please use the contact form in the app and somebody from RH will help you ASAP. The app does work. But, we had one other person who had a bad download and experienced something similar, and then when she loaded it again everything was fine. Rest assured, we will resolve this for you. Thankyou for your support and patience.
I LOVE this smoothie–definitely one of our favorites! We use it as dessert when I make it and it’s so satisfying! Thanks so much for all of the wonderful recipes!
Oh, wonderful. I love it, too. I’m so glad you’re enjoying it. Let me know what else you are making in the app.
I do like the idea of this, but I just made it exact and all I taste are bananas. Maybe substitute the bananas for cashews? Everyone else must be ok with the banana taste. I just don’t want that taste in my chai drink.
Amy – you can tweak the recipe any way you like. The bananas are there to sweeten, thicken, and add creaminess. I would sub one of the bananas with cashews. But, if you take out all of the banana you will need to add sweetener. Enjoy.
This is one of my favorite recipes from your book. Today I added some pumpkin to it and an extra date for a pumpkin chai and it was so good! Thanks for your amazing recipes!
Oh Yum! That would be delicious! Thankyou so much for sharing. Heading off to try that NOW. x