{"id":1195,"date":"2011-08-20T15:16:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T15:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2012-08-31T15:55:47","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T21:55:47","slug":"chocolate-coconut-protein-smoothie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=1195","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Coconut Protein Smoothie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chocolate<\/p>\n

I\u2019m learning that the less I eat sweets or dessert the less I crave them\u2026but I\u2019m not gonna lie\u2026I still get cravings for it! But I think I\u2019m starting to learn how to beat those pesky cravings.<\/p>\n

Tonight I had plain yogurt (put in the freezer a while) mixed in with Truvia<\/a> and a little bit of semi-sweet chocolate chips. Everyone else had cake and ice-cream. I win! Seriously though, it really does help with sugar cravings.<\/p>\n

Or else I make a healthy dessert. Like these\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Peanut<\/p>\n

Healthy Peanut Butter Freezer Cookies <\/a><\/p>\n

\"Vegan<\/p>\n

Or maybe my Vegan Vanilla and Strawberry Milkshake.<\/a>..<\/p>\n

OR…there\u2019s my latest craving buster is another way to get protein in. Yup\u2026you knew I\u2019d be doing a protein recipe, didn\u2019t cha? I made this recipe a couple days ago for a little sweet to end lunch with. With smaller glasses, it serves 3. It\u2019s coconut and chocolate\u2026and protein. All good, right?<\/p>\n

Chocolate Coconut Smoothie<\/h2>\n
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  1. 1 young coconut, just the meat<\/li>\n
  2. 1 cup raw, unsweetened almond milk*<\/li>\n
  3. 1 tbsp. cocoa<\/li>\n
  4. 3 tbsp. chocolate hemp protein powder**<\/li>\n
  5. 1 \u00bd frozen bananas<\/li>\n
  6. Pinch sea salt<\/li>\n
  7. 3 packets Truvia (or other healthy sweetener)<\/li>\n
  8. 6 ice cubes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    *I used this almond milk recipe<\/a><\/p>\n

    **Or just use original hemp protein powder, doesn\u2019t have to be chocolate flavoured<\/p>\n

    Whiz all those ingredients into submission. Now what I did for a garnish was dip the rims of the glasses in chocolate syrup and then dipped them again into a bowl of shaved, unsweetened coconut. It\u2019s pretty and elegant\u2026and it gives an extra little coconut flavour with each sip! Enjoy!<\/p>\n

    \"Chocolate<\/p>\n

    \"Chocolate<\/p>\n

    Note:<\/span> <\/strong>This time I didn\u2019t post the nutritional facts like I usually do\u2026the program I use doesn\u2019t understand what young coconut meat is, lol\u2026and I want to make sure that my nutritional info is as accurate as possible. But nutritionally, this is a super healthy recipe\u2026it has your healthy fats, protein, fibre, fruits, and chocolate. To me, that\u2019s pert near to perfect. *smile*<\/p>\n

    What do you like to pair chocolate with? Raspberries? Nuts? <\/em><\/strong>I think the only thing I wouldn\u2019t pair chocolate with would be broccoli. It goes with almost everything, right? <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I\u2019m learning that the less I eat sweets or dessert the less I crave them\u2026but I\u2019m not gonna lie\u2026I still get cravings for it! But I think I\u2019m starting to learn how to beat those pesky cravings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,1182,225,1066,290,8,4],"tags":[38,304,47,306,231,1259,301,303,305],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3440,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions\/3440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}