Low-Carb Coconut Smoothie
Source of Recipe
From the Coconut Diet book by Cherie Colbom
Recipe Introduction
This is a quick breakfast you can drink on the go!
List of Ingredients
1 cup Coconut Milk (recipe in Chapter 6)* or 1 13.5-ounce can coconut milk or 1 cup Almond Milk (recipe in Chapter 6)*
1-2 tablespoons protein powder (goat protein, whey, or rice protein)
1 tablespoon virgin coconut oil
1 tablespoon ground flax seeds
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 teaspoon stevia powder
8-10 ice cubes
Recipe
Place all ingredients but ice in a blender and process at high speed until well combined. Add ice after the coconut oil is blended so that it won�t clump. You may use more or less ice, depending on how cold you like a smoothie.
Serves 2
*13.5 fl. oz. coconut milk yields 7 gm carbs or 3.5 grams per serving. Packaged almond milk yields about 8 gm/carbs per cup.
Nutritional Breakdown Per Serving: 310 Calories (85.8% from Fat); 32g Fat 4g Protein; 8g Carbohydrate; 4g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 27mg Sodium.
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